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US has the highest COVID death rate among wealthy countries
Feb 06, 2022 11:51Citing figures from Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and the U.S. government, the New York Times reports that the US’ deaths during the ongoing Omicron wave “have now surpassed the worst days of the autumn surge of the Delta variant, and are more than two-thirds as high as the record tolls of last winter, when vaccines were largely unavailable.”
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Will Boris Johnson’s COVID hypocrisy finally break his political grip in the UK?
Feb 04, 2022 14:21A much-awaited report on booze-soaked parties attended by top U.K. officials — including Prime Minister Boris Johnson — in violation of COVID rules was finally released by senior civil servant Sue Gray. It marks the worst crisis of Boris Johnson’s premiership.
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Gray finds ‘failure of leadership’ at No 10 as police investigate 300 photos
Feb 03, 2022 12:19In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been left desperately trying to shore up his premiership after the Sue Gray report as detectives were revealed to be investigating 300 photos and 12 events in Downing Street, including a party in the prime minister’s private flat.
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Oxfam warns as the poor die, suffer from COVID, rich get richer
Feb 02, 2022 07:04A new report warns the coronavirus vaccine divide is costing lives and supercharging inequalities worldwide.
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Long COVID study finds abnormality in lungs that could explain breathlessness
Jan 31, 2022 12:14The findings, from a pilot study involving 36 patients, raise the possibility that COVID may cause microscopic damage to the lungs that is not detected using routine tests.
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UK Conservatives charged with ‘levelling up’ stunt to save Boris Johnson’s job
Jan 31, 2022 12:10UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent much of the past fortnight calling and meeting his MPs to persuade them to stick with him as the row about lockdown-busting parties has grown.
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Boris Johnson braced for perilous days with release of Sue Gray’s report
Jan 27, 2022 05:46The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, announced on Tuesday Jan. 25 that her officers are investigating charges of law-breaking at the heart of UK government on the basis of evidence unearthed during an inquiry by the senior civil servant Sue Gray.
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One year into Biden’s administration & its poor record
Jan 26, 2022 06:48The crisis of the supply chain of basic goods, which has been evident on occasions such as Thanksgiving or the New Year, has played a large part in the Americans’ negative view of President Joe Biden’s poor economic performance.
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How does Omicron spread so fast? A high viral load isn’t the answer
Jan 25, 2022 16:32In countries around the world, Omicron has rapidly surged past other variants to become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain. Now, two studies show that the variant has achieved success despite causing viral levels in the body that are similar to — or lower than — those of its main competitor, the Delta variant1,2.
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President Biden’s economy is failing the Big Mac test
Jan 24, 2022 12:16Measured by the value of the wages that workers take home, which this board regards as the most important metric for assessing the health of the American economy, President Biden’s first year in office was not a very good year.