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Hong Kong struggles to win back tourists, ‘World City’ crown

Chinese territory welcomed just 500,000 visitors in January, compared to 6.8 million arrivals in 2019.

Al Jazeera

Biden awarding 1st batch of arts and humanities medals; Chicagoan Fred Eychaner, Bruce Springsteen among honorees

The medals are Biden’s first batch of awards for the arts and humanities, which were delayed by the pandemic. Mindy Kaling, Gladys Knight, Amy Tan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are also among the medal recipients.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden signs bill to share COVID-19 intelligence

US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassification

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Strange new Covid symptom identified - that turns your loved ones into 'strangers'

A new paper cites the case of an artist known as Annie who caught Covid in the early days of the pandemic, and later struggled to tell her father apart from her uncle

Daily Mirror

Numbers tell Illinois’ dismal COVID story, early voting begins and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vaccine makers preparing human bird flu shot ‘just in case’ of pandemic

Current risk of transmission from birds to humans remains low, but vaccine producers are ready to prepare a new shot “within months”

The Independent UK

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Bill Gates says the world must create “a fire department for pandemics” to avoid the next catastrophic outbreak

“‌We need to prepare to fight disease outbreaks just as we prepare to fight fires,” Bill Gates writes in a NYT op-ed.

Fortune

Air pollution can increase the risk of COVID infection and severe disease – a roundup of what we know

The early part of the COVID pandemic led to a significant reduction in air pollution in many parts of the world. With lockdowns, travel restrictions and decreased economic activity, there was a noticeable drop in the emission of air pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and particulate matter (PM) that…

The Conversation

American and Southwest still fall short for getting passengers on-time post-pandemic

As passengers came out of pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand to travel in 2022, airline on-time arrival rates still lagged 2019 levels at most of the country’s major carriers including Fort Worth-based American Airlines and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.

Tribune News Service

Is NZ ready for the next pandemic?

H5N1 only sporadically infects humans - but it kills half of those who catch it. As the largest ever outbreak of the virus continues to rage, is New Zealand prepared?

Newsroom.co.nz

Britain not prepared for bird flu pandemic, warns top professor

Scientist warns diagnostic testing capacity is not advanced enough to cope with virus if it jumps to humans

Evening Standard

Scrapping mental health funding for overworked NHS staff is 'reckless', Tories told

Wellbeing Hubs were set up in 2020 to help medics with the stress and trauma of the Covid-19 pandemic - but the number of referrals to the hubs is continuing to rise, and cash is set to run out in a matter of weeks

Daily Mirror

Pandemic stress, gangs and utter fear fueled a rise in teen shootings

Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun.

Tribune News Service

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Los Angeles Times

Maternal deaths surged during the pandemic. How California is fighting that trend

LOS ANGELES — With federal data showing a surge in deaths among pregnant women during the pandemic, California advocates say it is furthering their resolve to continue trying to prevent as many of those deaths as possible.

Reason

Britain's 'Lockdown Files' Reveal the Sordid Thinking Behind Pandemic Policy

Eye-opening insights into the messy motivations behind restrictive COVID-19 responses.

Evening Standard

London house prices dipped last month as UK asking prices jump £3,000

There are signs of a reduction in people making coronavirus pandemic-driven lifestyle changes, Rightmove said.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What happened in Pajaro isn’t just a ‘natural’ disaster

In the last few years, California has experienced extreme wildfires, heat waves and the ever-present COVID-19 pandemic. What has become abundantly clear, particularly from the ravages of the pandemic on low-income communities of color, is that disaster risk is not an equal-opportunity affair.

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The Guardian - UK

To Battersea Park by Philip Hensher review – fever dreams and dystopias

This four-part journey through life under lockdown is filled with beautiful writing but the ubiquity of the pandemic experience proves hard to ignore

Tribune News Service

Confidence in cruising: Travel picking up despite lingering COVID concerns

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After earning a reputation in the early days of the pandemic as floating disease carriers, cruise ships are back in favor with American travelers.

Axios

Read: The world's 20 happiest countries for 2023 revealed

Happiness has risen slightly since the pandemic began amid acts of kindness, global report finds.

The Times of India

Bhumi Pednekar reveals Akshay Kumar helped her a lot when her mother was sick during the COVID pandemic

Bhumi Pednekar, who is busy promoting her upcoming film, 'Bheed' with co-star Rajkummar Rao, recently opened up about how her friends and co-stars from the industry reached out and helped her during the COVID lockdown.

The Conversation

The post-COVID crisis hit Queensland hardest. With 100,000 households needing low-cost housing, here's how it can recover

Pandemic-generated pressures have left our rental housing market reeling. Australia-wide, vacancy rates are at rock-bottom levels. Rents are soaring at record rates.

The Guardian - UK

Covid has not affected people’s happiness around world, study reveals

World Happiness Report finds higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemic

The Independent UK

Average price tag on a home jumped by nearly £3,000 in March, says Rightmove

There are signs of a reduction in people making coronavirus pandemic-driven lifestyle changes, Rightmove said.

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