Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say The time for urgency, the experts say, is now. Fortune · Jan 9, 2025
Two charged in Luton over sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination records Unvaccinated people reportedly paid for fake vaccine passports so they could travel during pandemic The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
IRS Faces Challenges Despite Improvements In Taxpayer Services IRS faces challenges in processing pandemic-era tax credit claims and resolving identity theft cases. Recommendations for enhancing operations and concerns... Top News · Jan 8, 2025
California wildfires: state of emergency declared in Los Angeles ...Tech and Science Daily podcast Plus, why HMPV is not another Covid-19 pandemic Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025
Meet the bird flu pandemic preppers Reminded of the ways COVID disrupted normal life, some see bird flu as an imminent disaster Salon · Jan 8, 2025
US Urged To Do More To Fight Bird Flu After First Death The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House. International Business Times · Jan 7, 2025
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse When we set out to study pandemic-related changes in schools, we thought we’d find that learning management systems that rely on technology to improve teaching would make educators’ jobs easier. Instead, we found that teachers whose schools were using learning management systems had higher rates of burnout. The Conversation · Jan 7, 2025
Girls suffered more learning loss than boys during the Covid-19 pandemic, new report finds ‘This not only will hurt girls now, it will change college enrollment,’ one expert warned The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025
First U.S. death from bird flu reported The patient had previous complications that scientists said could spark another pandemic Salon · Jan 7, 2025
Toyota's 'City Of The Future', Flying Cars And AI: CES 2025 Is Here Back in the day, the Detroit Auto Show was the Super Bowl for those of us who covered the automotive industry. Three days of news conferences, interviews and new car debuts in the Motor City, all with the top executives from all over the world in attendance. (We used to… InsideEVs · Jan 6, 2025
Kenya Airways Shares Trade Again After Four-year Hiatus The airline sought a suspension in July 2020 when the government proposed a law to renationalize the troubled carrier in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that devastated global air travel. International Business Times · Jan 6, 2025
HMPV: What is human metapneumovirus, are cases surging in China, and should we be worried? An outbreak of the virus in northern China has prompted some online alarm but experts say the risk of another Covid-like pandemic is low The Guardian - AU · Jan 6, 2025
Aubrey Plaza discusses impromptu wedding in resurfaced video after husband Jeff Baena’s passing Aubrey Plaza talks about her pandemic wedding during December 2021 episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show”. The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2025
Dutch Government Apparently Hates EV Motorcycles, Slaps On Massive Tax Electric motorcycles were once considered by many as the shining beacon of the future of mobility. This was a few years ago, and the surge in demand during the pandemic era fueled innovation. It drove manufacturers to develop more and more electric offerings. But the sad reality is that the… RideApart · Jan 5, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025 Paw things: how to help your anxious dog The pandemic unleashed an epidemic of anxiety in dogs. The experts advise patience, positive training and tasty treats. But will it work for John-Paul Flintoff’s pet?
International Business Times UK · Jan 4, 2025 Quick Facts About Aubrey Plaza's Husband: Car Accident, Their Secret Wedding, and His Tragic Suicide Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza's husband, tragically died by suicide, leaving behind a legacy of creativity and a secret pandemic wedding.
Fortune · Jan 3, 2025 Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns The 2024–25 flu shot doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025 Store closures hit highest point since the pandemic More than 7,300 stores closed in 2024
Fortune · Jan 3, 2025 TGI Fridays’ former CEO, who introduced sushi to a restaurant chain famous for potato skins and mozzarella sticks, will step up to oversee more than 400 locations post-bankruptcy Ray Blanchette served as CEO from 2018 to 2023, a time when Fridays struggled during the pandemic.
International Business Times · Jan 3, 2025 World Food Prices Dip 2% In 2024: UN Food Agency World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025 From sleep apps to chatbots: how a new generation of health tech is widening access to treatment The latest digital therapies, prescribed and monitored by clinicians, could make treatment more convenient for patients across the UK
AAP · Jan 2, 2025 Aussie dollar rebounds after dropping to 26-month low The Australian dollar has moved back above 62 US cents after falling below that level for the first time in more than two years against a surging greenback.
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025 5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries
The Conversation · Jan 2, 2025 How effective is tutoring in the United States? – 4 essential reads The private and in-schooling tutoring market in the United States has grown substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Radio France Internationale · Jan 2, 2025 Poorer children hit hardest as scurvy makes a comeback in France Scurvy, a disease caused by severe vitamin C deficiency, is making a comeback in France. A new study links its resurgence, particularly among young children from low-income families, to rising food insecurity and inflation since the Covid pandemic.