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UK scientists react to COVID inquiry: ‘The real problem is the repetition of mistakes’
Oct 14, 2021 16:40Several scientists advising the UK government said that the failure to prevent the second wave of coronavirus pandemic was inexcusable given how much was then known about the virus and the imminent availability of COVID vaccines.
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World’s growth cools and the rich-poor divide widens
Oct 14, 2021 16:31The International Monetary Fund has warned the emergency support provided by central banks and finance ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled speculation and left the world vulnerable to another financial crisis.
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'Reckless': Doctors Without Borders slams US for hoarding 500 million vaccine doses
Oct 14, 2021 16:25The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders has recently unveiled a new report estimating that the United States is hoarding nearly 500 million excess coronavirus vaccine doses—the most of any country—as poor nations across the globe remain without sufficient access to lifesaving shots.
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Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’
Oct 13, 2021 06:08Britain’s early handling of the coronavirus pandemic was one of the worst public health failures in UK history, with ministers and scientists taking a “fatalistic” approach that exacerbated the death toll, a landmark inquiry has found.
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US schools gave kids laptops during the pandemic. Then they spied on them
Oct 13, 2021 05:52Thousands of school districts across the United States have installed surveillance software on school-provided devices to monitor their students’ online interactions.
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Why easing COVID restrictions could prompt a fierce flu rebound
Oct 12, 2021 05:38The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to have unusual and unexpected effects on a number of respiratory diseases — some have been quashed, others have ploughed through and still more are rebounding off-season.
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Anti-vaccine chiropractors capitalizing on COVID and sowing misinformation
Oct 11, 2021 12:35The Associated Press discovered a vocal minority in the US tout their supplements as alternatives, donate large sums of money to anti-vaccine organizations and sell anti-vaccine ads on Facebook and Instagram.
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US coronavirus death toll reaches 700,000 as health officials push vaccines
Oct 06, 2021 17:58The US coronavirus death toll has crossed 700,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. With the country averaging just under 2,000 deaths per day from COVID-19, the death toll is a reminder that even with vaccines widely available, the US is still struggling with the pandemic.
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Survey finds staff shortages spreading to all corners of UK business
Oct 06, 2021 17:52UK Businesses blamed the pandemic and Brexit for the shortage of overseas workers, with 38% saying a lack of regional talent was hurting their ability to recruit much-needed staff.
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As rich nations waste doses, most African countries miss 10% vaccination goal
Oct 06, 2021 17:47More than two-thirds of Africa's 54 countries were denied the ability to vaccinate at least 10% of their populations against COVID-19 by September's end—a modest World Health Organization target—as rich nations continue to hoard doses and shield the pharmaceutical industry's monopoly control over production.