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Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?

It’s been three years since the World Health Organization's first called COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020

The Independent UK

The coronavirus has infected New York City's rats. Why that's bad news for people

Rats, whose populations in cities exploded during the pandemic, have now joined the list of wildlife believed to be capable of catching and transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19, new research finds.

Los Angeles Times

London NHS nurses to sing at event marking 3 years of pandemic

A choir featuring London NHS nurses will perform at an event on Friday to mark three years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) designated Covid-19 as a pandemic.

Evening Standard

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Was the Covid pandemic bad for mental health? It depends who you ask

A report has been seized upon to argue that lockdown had little effect on mental health – but the truth is more nuanced, says public health professor Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

CoreLogic and KPMG make bold housing market calls

CoreLogic thinks U.S. home prices have bottomed, while KMPG expects a 2008-style decline in 2023.

Fortune

On this day: Last game before pandemic pause; Murphy, Ehlers born

On this day, Boston played their last game for months as the pandemic interrupted the season, and a pair of Celtics O.G.s were born.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Constipation, bloating and diarrhoea join list of Long Covid complaints, say scientists

Research based on medical records of millions of people who contracted coronavirus during the pandemic

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Downing Street won't rule out Covid having started in a Wuhan lab leak

The Prime Minister's spokesman said the theory remains 'on the table'

Wales Online

Suicide attempts rose among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for girls

Will the kids be alright? There was hope that children and adolescents would “bounce back” as the pandemic progressed, but sadly, the data suggest otherwise.

The Conversation

2023 Supercars Newcastle 500 – Start time, how to watch, channel & more

The port city in New South Wales will host the category for the first time since 2019, the past three events having been thwarted by the pandemic.

Motorsport

Research shows rise in nicotine use during early COVID

Australia's nicotine consumption increased by 30 per cent in the early stages of the pandemic due to high stress and restrictions, researchers suggest.

AAP

Three years into pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. This is what we need to focus on

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organisation classified COVID-19 as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that. As much as we don’t want it to

The New Daily

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

Americans who came of age during the pandemic are skipping college in big numbers

The Independent UK

Three years into the pandemic, it's clear COVID won't fix itself. Here's what we need to focus on next

On March 11 2020 the World Health Organization classified COVID as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that.

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Lowe’s wins COVID lawsuit over unmasked customer who spat repeatedly in store

A Lowe’s shopper in California lost his appeal this month of a court ruling that dismissed his claim that Lowe’s workers should have intervened when another shopper repeatedly spat in his face during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insider UK

Scotland’s National StartUp Awards finalists revealed

The second annual event has been organised to celebrate new businesses founded since the pandemic

Belfast Live

Excess deaths during Covid pandemic nearly 10% higher than expected in Northern Ireland

NISRA has published a report on the excess mortality and Covid related deaths

The Conversation

COVID poetry: how a new genre is helping readers to comprehend the pandemic

Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more and used reading to cope with the anxieties brought on by sudden changes to their lifestyle.

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More than 230,000 small businesses get free training to boost digital skills

Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic., the business.connected initiative has pledged to upskill the online capabilities of 800,000 SMEs

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Italian leaders tried to protect country’s image at start of pandemic

Messages accessed as part of inquiry show politicians also appeared to make light of cases

Tribune News Service

Phone data, surveillance used to monitor San Jose church that violated COVID rules

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly unearthed court documents reveal a bevy of extraordinary surveillance measures Santa Clara County used in trying to prove a San Jose megachurch and its congregants were violating COVID rules at the height of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

A hearing on COVID’s origins spurs call for rules to curb risky virus research

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top infectious disease official urged lawmakers during a hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to ban research that enhances a pathogen’s ability to spread or cause disease.

Newcastle Herald

Golden Gaytimes cool and creamy for hot as debut

AS a covers band The Get Rich Quick Scheme developed such a reputation as a party act that their dancing crowd almost broke the floor of the Farmers Hotel in Vacy. Following a re-birth during the pandemic as originals band, The Golden Gaytimes, the Maitland retro rockers are hoping the…

The Guardian - UK

Covid’s effect on mental health not as great as first thought, study suggests

Pandemic resulted in ‘minimal’ changes in symptoms, according to review led by McGill University researchers

Bangkok Post

Built To Build targets sales growth of 10%

The homebuilder Built To Build Group is conservatively aiming to grow its sales revenue by 10% to 1.2 billion baht this year, despite a promising surge during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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