Have long-term care systems learned from early pandemic failures?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Natalie Stake-Doucet is haunted by deaths she witnessed working as a long-term care nurse in Montreal
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COVID pandemic created immunization gaps in Africa. More than a half-million children are at risk
Routine immunisation has resulted in diseases like measles being drastically reduced. Credit: Laszlo Mates/shutterstock The COVID pandemic exposed the fault
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Cardiff Devils kept afloat by Welsh government support during pandemic
Cardiff Devils won the 2021 Play-Offs after finishing third in the Elite League table Cardiff Devils “would not be here”
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Covid-19: End of pandemic not yet in sight, says Ian Young
Prof Ian Young urges people to get their autumn Covid booster jab as the virus is still spreading. Read more
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US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud
The accused allegedly used the proceeds to buy luxury cars and property in the US, Kenya and Turkey. Read more
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'The pandemic is over': Joe Biden insists America is through the worst of COVID-19
Joe Biden has said the “pandemic is over”, despite hundreds of Americans dying with the virus every day. Sky News
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Covid-19 pandemic 'is over' in the US – Joe Biden
The president said there is still “a lot of work” being done to control the virus in the US. Read
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Disease spillover risk poorly communicated, oversimplified during COVID-19 pandemic
Three simplified hypothetical sets of scenarios in which land change may either increase or decrease zoonotic disease spillover risk. Each
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Women’s mental well-being more sensitive to exercise than men’s during different stages of pandemic
(A)—Decision Tree of the adjusted margins (probability) for severe mental distress on men. (B)—Decision Tree of the adjusted margins (probability)
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‘Years of life lost’ to unintentional drug overdose in adolescents spikes during pandemic
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a 113% increase in the “Years of Life
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China’s Xi to meet Putin in first foreign trip since pandemic
Mr Xi will begin his three-day trip in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. He will then meet Mr Putin on Thursday at
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Organs donated and eligible organ donors in UK both fell by about 30% during early pandemic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Organs donated and eligible organ donors in UK both fell by around 30% during the first
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Novel pandemic strategies helped extroverts safely remain extroverted, and happier than introverts
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The isolation and social restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic hit extroverts especially hard, but those
Read morePandemic federal programs helped kids in need get access to 1.5 billion meals every month
When schools closed during the first year of the pandemic, an immediate and potentially devastating problem surfaced: How would millions
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Teenage girls visiting emergency departments with mental health concerns increased during the pandemic
Weekly presentations and admissions before and during the pandemic. Presentations to emergency department and admissions by week for 1 year before
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Research shows the number of babies born with cytomegalovirus declined during the pandemic
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Published in JAMA, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered the number of babies born
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Physical activity may still not match pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels
Worldwide physical activity in the 2 years since COVID-19 onset (A) Global mean daily step count. (B) Mean daily step
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UK health workers were let down by government during COVID pandemic, say doctors
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Health and social care workers were often let down by the government whose claims that it
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Covid inquiry to examine Boris Johnson’s pandemic decisions
Baroness Heather Hallett, who is chairing the inquiry, said: “My team and I will establish what was understood about Covid-19
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Covid-19 inquiry to examine NI Executive's response to pandemic
It will examine the decision-making of key groups and individuals at Stormont. Read more BBC News Now retrieving an image
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