The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Wells Fargo fires employees for faking keyboard strokes

A number of larger firms have been using tools to monitor employees after expansion of remote work in pandemic

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024

Fauci recounts expletive-laden lecture he got from Trump when stock market didn’t increase enough on vaccine news

Anthony Fauci has a new book plan and detailed one conversation with trump where the president said he “loved” him, but also expressed anger with the doctor.

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024

Texas students’ STAAR scores decline in math and science

The latest results in math are a setback after two years of modest progress toward recovering from the pandemic.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 14, 2024

Met Opera in New York sold 72% of tickets this season, up from 66% and highest since pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Immunisation rates fall among Australia’s vulnerable as experts blame pandemic misinformation and practical barriers

Below-target levels come after record highs in 2020, with some areas in NSW, Queensland and WA now showing consistently lower vaccination rates

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2024

Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning

It took a global pandemic to convince American businesses that their employees could work productively from home, or a favorite coffee shop. Post-COVID-19, employers are struggling to find the right balance of in-office and remote work. However, hybrid work is likely here to stay, at least for a segment of…

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024

‘We’re asking a lot of these people’: how fragile is the global supply chain?

A new book looks at how the pandemic highlighted issues with the supply chain and how precarious things still are

The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2024

An ounce of prevention: Now is the time to take action on H5N1 avian flu, because the stakes are enormous

Bird flu poses a massive threat, and the potential for a catastrophic new pandemic is imminent. We still have a chance to stop a possible humanitarian disaster, but only if we get to work urgently, carefully and aggressively.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2024

The hot metros of the pandemic are crashing back to earth as demand for their homes cools

Housing markets in Texas and Florida were once all the rage, so their home prices and rents soared, but now they’re falling in this very different economic environment.

Fortune · Jun 12, 2024