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Budget 2023: Business to benefit from energy assistance and renewables investment, but key tax break scaled back

Renewable energy and the transition away from fossil fuels are the government's key focus in its assistance to businesses, big and small, but a key small business tax break has been scaled back.

ABC News

COVID-19 | Active cases in India dip to 22,742

India has recorded 1,331 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases have come down to 22,742 from 25,178, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on May 9.

The Hindu

Covid measures to return to schools

The Education and Public Health ministries have been told to increase Covid-19 control measures in schools when students return to class later this month.

Bangkok Post

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Housing tower COVID-19 lockdown reaches $5m settlement

Thousands of residents impacted by a sudden lockdown in Melbourne public housing towers in 2020 are eligible for $5 million after a class action settlement.

The New Daily

Virus curbs set to return to schools

The Education and Public Health ministries have been told to ramp up Covid-19 control measures in schools due to concerns over a potential spike in infections when students begin returning to class later this month.

Bangkok Post

COVID mission not accomplished, Joe

The national public health dashboard is blinking hazards ahead

Salon

Victorian government offers to settle class action over towers' COVID-19 lockdown for $5 million

Residents of public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne launched a class action against the government over the sudden lockdown in July 2020.

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The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

WEKU

Flu threatens young children with only 6 per cent of kids vaccinated

Ash and her young daughter Clancy caught influenza after they forgot to get vaccinated last year. She never wants to experience it again. So why are so many Aussie kids not getting their flu shot?

ABC News

Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than COVID-19 or AIDS

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle's kind gesture to Prince Harry's ghostwriter who was missing his family

J. R. Moehringer, Prince Harry's "Spare" ghost writer, stayed at Harry and Meghan's guesthouse and would spend hours working alone on his bombshell revelations

Daily Mirror

Of hope and vigilance: announcement that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency

Despite WHO’s announcement, the task for WHO and nations is to ensure that it is not selectively received

The Hindu

Coronation loyalty pledge was a backwards step for Australia's PM

It's at odds with building support for an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution and the reality of a more diverse Australian population.

Newcastle Herald

Fauci and Biden Are Rewriting the History of COVID-19 Restrictions

Here are three people whose record on COVID-19 shouldn't be forgotten.

Reason

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U.S. seeks to shore up border as migrants gather ahead of end to Title 42

The Biden administration and Texas state government are sending reinforcements to the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare for a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 restrictions known as Title 42 are set to end on Thursday.

The Conversation

Remote teaching in Nigeria and South Africa got a COVID wake-up call -- how to capitalise on it

Universities had to deal with many anxieties and uncertainties during the early days of the COVID pandemic. One of these was how to move all of their teaching online. For some, the process was fairly simple as they had already been offering blended online and in-person lessons.

Dublin Live

Visitor restrictions eased at National Maternity Hospital after years of Covid-19 measures

Children and grandparents can now visit the hospital to see loved ones between 6pm and 8pm

Dynamite News

Study gives more insight into post-vaccine heart inflammation cases

When the new COVID-19 vaccinations were introduced two years ago, public health experts discovered an increase in incidences of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, particularly among young guys who had received mRNA immunisations. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Timeline: Title 42 expulsions at the US-Mexico border

Biden administration is preparing for end of contentious US policy that let authorities turn away most asylum seekers.

Fortune

The next wave of virus detection: A good boy

Will scent-sniffing dogs help prevent future mass outbreaks like COVID?

The Conversation

Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it's a routine and essential tool in all biology research

The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can result in variants that gain the ability to infect people but this does not necessarily mean the…

The Hindu

Long COVID linked with self-perceived cognitive deficits: Study

Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems

The Independent UK

'Risk it all': Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end

A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants

The Guardian - UK

‘Sometimes I don’t recognise my own family’: life with face blindness

Can long Covid make it harder to identify acquaintances, friends, even close relatives? Scientists are investigating a possible link

The New Daily

Aged-care boss says staff trained before deadly COVID-19 outbreak

The former boss of a Melbourne aged-care home says the facility had processes to protect against a COVID outbreak before resident deaths.

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