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Coronavirus

Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID, study says

Living through the pandemic aged our brains faster — even among people who never became sick with COVID-19, according to a recent study.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 3 hours ago

The Most Common COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing This Summer

Roughly half of U.S. states currently have increasing numbers of infections. Here's what you need to know.

Huffington Post - Health - 1 day ago

UK car market set for strongest year since before Covid pandemic

Online vehicle marketplace Auto Trader said it expects two million new and 7.75 million used cars to be sold across the whole of 2025.

Evening Standard - Business - 1 day ago

Kentucky Church Brings Pandemic-Era Legal Dispute to Supreme Court

The church says it’s unfair that it was denied attorney’s fees after a lockdown policy was blocked.

Epoch Times - US News - 2 days ago

The Covid files: what the government was told and how it coped in the early days of the pandemic

A trove of unpublished documents shows the information given to government as it made radical decisions affecting people’s lives

Irish Times - Politics - 3 days ago

Sir David Nabarro, WHO's special envoy for Covid-19, dies aged 75

The World Health Organisation’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was ‘deeply shocked and saddened’.

Evening Standard - Health - 3 days ago

A New COVID Variant Is Here, And It's More Transmissible — Here Are The Signs And Symptoms

A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.

Huffington Post - Health - 4 days ago

People Are Reporting A Frightening COVID Symptom — Here's What To Know

Some people in China are using a dreadful term for it. Should we worry?

Huffington Post - Health - 4 days ago

Other nations had a pandemic reckoning. Why hasn't the US?

The pandemic exacerbated growing distrust between elites and citizens. That has made it hard to take stock of why the United States fared worse than many other countries. Those calling for a pandemic reckoning say it could help rebuild trust.

Christian Science Monitor - Top Stories - 4 days ago

COVID-19 pandemic sped up brain aging, says study

A British study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic aged people’s brains by almost six months, regardless of infection status.

Deutsche Welle - Science - 7 days ago

What is the Stratus Covid variant?

A new Covid-19 variant, Stratus, is spreading globally, displaying unique symptoms like a scratchy voice

Evening Standard - Health - 21 days ago

U.S. just radically changed its COVID vaccine recommendations: How will it affect you?

As promised, federal health officials this week dropped longstanding recommendations that healthy children and healthy pregnant women should get the COVID-19 vaccines.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 1 month ago

A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines

A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get, and more expensive, for many Americans, some health experts warn.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

Trump administration cancels $766-million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu

The company said it was notified Wednesday that the Health and Human Services Department had withdrawn funds awarded.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

WHO adopts a 'pandemic agreement' after the chaos of COVID

Sustained applause echoed in a Geneva hall hosting the WHO’s annual assembly as the measure — debated and devised over three years — passed without opposition.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago