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We should care more about emerging infectious diseases, and the tools we need to fight them

Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What’s different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

The Conversation

Covid inquiry evidence on Mone-linked PPE firm to be heard in closed session

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett ruled there would be a risk of harm or damage to any possible criminal trial relating to the firm.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session

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'Realistic chance' of charges in Michelle Mone-linked probe, crime agency says

THERE is a “realistic" chance that criminal charges will follow the ongoing investigation into Covid contracts handed to a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland)

Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’

INTERVIEW : The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Independent UK

Fox News bemoans that ‘vaccine confidence is at an all-time low’ amid measles outbreak

Studies have found that vaccine hesitancy increased dramatically among regular viewers of Fox News.

The Independent UK

5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

This Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.

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Is new bat coronavirus a concern to public health? What CDC has said

A new coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 capable of entering human cells through the same pathway as Covid-19 has been discovered by scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. While the discovery may spark pandemic concerns, experts assure that the virus has only been found in laboratory studies and that the risk of…

The Times of India

Impact of remote court hearings ‘breach of natural justice’, inquiry hears

Solicitors from the Legal Services Agency in Glasgow gave evidence at the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, along with Roddy Dunlop KC.

The Independent UK

The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction?

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

The Conversation

Covid families meet Emma Little-Pengelly in bid to influence policy

The families previously accused Stormont’s leaders of ignoring them.

Evening Standard

How is the new Wuhan coronavirus different from the old? Key differences between SARS-CoV-2 and HKU5-CoV-2

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 triggered a worldwide pandemic, leading to widespread devastation, another bat-borne coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 - a distant cousin of Covid-19 has been discovered in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. It has caused concern as the new bat coronavirus is capable of binding to the ACE2 reception in human…

The Times of India

New Bat Coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 Raises Pandemic Concerns

New bat coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 discovered in China shares similarities with SARS-CoV-2, highlighting zoonotic risks and the need for global preparedness.

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Jamie Lee Curtis presents SAG prize to Colin Farrell, saying he gave her Covid

Farrell joked that Brendan Gleeson had infected him with the virus.

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The Guardian - US

Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices

Despite conflicting laws, a wave of amateur homesteaders have started keeping fowl in the spirit of self-sufficiency

The Guardian - UK

Allan Weber: My Order; Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes – review

Drawing on his stint as a food delivery driver in Rio during Covid, Allan Weber riffs on life in the favela where he was born, lives and works. In a separate show, Puerto Rico’s Daniel Lind-Ramos speaks to colonialism and the climate crisis

Evening Standard

New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

The Times of India

Is another pandemic just around the corner? Chinese scientists discover a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans

A team of Chinese researchers have discovered a new bat coronavirus, named HKU5-CoV-2, that has the potential to infect humans, according to reports. This virus binds to the same receptor as SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Independent UK

More people are currently dying from the flu in California than from Covid

Flu across the U.S. is at moderate to very high levels this year

The Guardian - US

Can baby bonds reduce childhood poverty? California thinks so

A new initiative targets 58,000 kids who lost a caregiver or were in the foster system during the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

SNL 50th anniversary cast members test positive for Covid after outbreak on set

‘The SNL 50th Covid curse is real,’ said Steve Martin

PetsRadar

Problem behaviors in ‘pandemic puppies’ are impacting the relationship between owner and dog, new research suggests

Puppies who found homes over the COVID-19 pandemic faced unique challenges that could still be having an impact

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Martin Short contracts COVID-19 following SNL anniversary special

Martin Short contracted COVID-19 after the 'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary celebration, his pal Steve Martin has revealed.

The Independent UK

Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia's death row from execution

Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution

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Pfizer CEO Booed At White House Event

President Trump's praise of Pfizer CEO at Black History Month event sparks mixed audience reactions due to company's Covid-19 vaccine controversy.

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