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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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Record number of Americans quit their jobs in August: Labor Dept.
Oct 13, 2021 04:08A record number of Americans quit their jobs in the month of August, says the US Labor Department, with walkouts mostly hitting the food and retail sector.
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IMF cuts US growth outlook and warns of rising risks to the global economy
Oct 12, 2021 14:08Persistent supply chain disruptions and pricing pressures are constraining the global economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday as it cut growth outlooks for the United States and other major industrial powers.
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Russia rejects British tabloid's report about 'stolen design' of Sputnik V
Oct 12, 2021 11:36Russia has angrily rejected a recent allegation in a British tabloid that it has stolen and used the design for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to develop its Sputnik V shot.
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COVID death toll in Iran surpasses 123,000
Oct 12, 2021 08:38The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has exceeded 123,000, according to the Health Ministry.
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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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Nearly 2,000 new COVID cases hospitalized in Iran
Oct 11, 2021 11:48The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at around 2,000, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
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US SouthWest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights amid staff protest against vaccine mandate
Oct 11, 2021 10:31US Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 1,800 flights, disrupting travel plans and stranding thousands of passengers in US airports due to shortage of staff amid a protest against the vaccine mandate.