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Thursday briefing: Labour is betting on an NHS overhaul to deliver real change, but can they pull it off?

In today’s newsletter: With no new funding and a workforce already stretched, questions loom over whether ambition alone can overcome a system in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Joe Rogan Once Said He Started Doubting The Apollo Missions After COVID-19, Compared Post-Flight Press Conference To A 'Hostage Video'

Podcast host Joe Rogan once told political commentator Matt Walsh that after the COVID-19 pandemic, he started questioning his long-held beliefs, including whether the U.S. actually landed on the moon.

Benzinga

FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent UK

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How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases

The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a surge in emergency care needs, information was lacking about the location of facilities, bed capacity and oxygen availability, and even where to find medical specialists. This data could have enabled…

The Conversation

Inquiry told of older people ‘cull’ as Matt Hancock defends care home policies

At a press conference in May 2020, Mr Hancock said: ‘Right from the start, we’ve tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes.’

Evening Standard

‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry

Former health secretary defends decision to discharge untested patients into care homes as ‘least worst option’

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock defends Covid care home plan as ‘the least-worst decision’

A civil servant earlier this week described the toll as a ‘generational slaughter within care homes’

The Independent UK

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Wrexham nursing home owner tells Covid inquiry lack of testing terrified staff

Helen Hough says her husband was traumatised by ‘horrific’ death of patient and later killed himself

The Guardian - UK

“For Tomorrow”: I Returned To Japan After The Pandemic, Here’s What I Saw (23 Pics)

I'm Davide Sasso and after a long period of uncertainty and difficulty, the long-awaited day has finally arrived: my return to Japan after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ex-aide to New York governor pleads not guilty to new pandemic fraud charge

A former aide to two New York governors already facing charges of acting as an illicit agent of China has pleaded not guilty to new charges that she improperly profited from the state’s purchase of critical medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

European Central Bank head: Frequent shocks to economy make inflation more unpredictable

The head of the European Central Bank said inflation has become more unpredictable due to shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - and that policymakers need to take the possibility of such extreme scenarios into account and communicate them to the public as well

The Independent UK

Texas lawmakers have gotten used to state budget surpluses. That era may be ending.

As federal pandemic aid ends and sales tax revenues cool, analysts say it could constrain the Texas Legislature in coming years. But they don’t see an immediate budget crisis on the horizon.

The Texas Tribune

Will we ever know for sure how COVID-19 began? Not without more data from China, WHO says

An expert group from the World Health Organization failed to find a definitive answer to the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins in its final report.

Euronews

War of words over GST carve-up as states butt heads

Two states are going head to head over the GST carve-up after one claimed it was given an unfair shortfall to cover COVID-19 failures.

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Why India needs to urgently address gender gap in digital skills

As India’s mobile phone ownership increases, the country’s digital divide is showing up not in usage but in the digital skills that her citizens possess in order to leverage the devices, according to data from the Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom 2025 (CMST 2025), under the 80th round of the National…

The Guardian - UK

It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing

Those turning to ChatGPT aren’t lazy. My generation has found itself stranded in a rapidly changing and, since Covid, badly mishandled education system, says student Elsie McDowell

Evening Standard

Bereaved urge ‘truth’ as Covid inquiry shifts focus to care homes

Matt Hancock will appear on Wednesday for a full-day session to face questions during a module set to last five weeks.

The Guardian - UK

‘People told me it gave them a sense of hope’: Ismail Zaidy’s best phone picture

The Moroccan photographer intended this portrait of his sister, taken during the Covid pandemic, to bring optimism in uncertain times

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The Conversation

RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have

The United States used to be a leader in vaccine research, development and policymaking. Now US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining the country’s vaccine program at the highest level and supercharging vaccine skepticism.

The Independent UK

A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration is continuing to make its imprint on U.S. vaccine policy in recent days

The Guardian - UK

Public trust in science has been eroded, from Covid-19 to climate

Letters: The market orientation required of scientists isn’t doing society any good, writes Steven Lee; Dr Richard Milne says the media needs to challenge anti-science voices

The Independent UK

WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has found no definitive answer

MusicRadar

“I pretty much haven't worked since 2020”: How the effects of Long COVID have harmed professional musicians and DJs

Though the 2020 COVID pandemic had many negative effects on the music industry, an underreported aspect is how Long COVID has left some professional musicians unable to continue with their careers

The Independent UK

RFK Jr.'s made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

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International Business Times UK

COVID Vaccine Side Effects: FDA Announces Rare Heart-Related Reactions - What You Should Know

FDA has updated safety warnings for the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) and Moderna (Spikevax) COVID-19 vaccines.

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