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Experts warn Americans ‘should bank on’ having more pandemics in the future

It’s been five years since Covid gripped the globe. Experts say the next global pandemic is coming

The Independent UK

‘Cabin fever’ and Covid-19 flashbacks: how ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is upending Brisbane life

With Brisbane essentially shut down thanks to some of the wettest weather in decades, residents are feeling bored, cooped up and anxious

The Guardian - AU

Finger-prick blood tests which quickly detect the deadliest type of stroke could save lives

Blood test likened to a lateral flow test used to detect Covid is being piloted by ambulance crews in Cambridgeshire

The Independent UK

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5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19

The U.S. educational landscape has been drastically transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school campuses five years ago.

The Conversation

I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them

Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves of bubonic plague focused directly on the effects of the disease, for instance, and exceptions often had a purpose external to any we’d normally now ascribe to poetry.

The Conversation

'My teeth pinged out': Gwilym Lee on playing Gareth Southgate in Dear England

Bohemian Rhapsody and SAS Rogue Heroes star Gwilym Lee talks to us about becoming Gareth Southgate as Dear England hits the National Theatre

Evening Standard

Five Years Ago, WHO's Pandemic Call Shook World Into Action

Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster.

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Boys widen gap over girls in maths and science in England, study reveals

Analysis of post-Covid performance overturns recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school

The Guardian - UK

With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles

The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between providers makes testing people and transporting samples difficult.

The Texas Tribune

‘What voice do we have?’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people faced unique challenges during the COVID pandemic

It’s now been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic.

The Conversation

Hundreds of events mark five years since Covid-19 outbreak

Bereaved come together to commemorate those who died and pay tribute to health workers

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen marks Covid anniversary with haunting poem of pandemic memories

The former children’s laureate, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care.

Evening Standard

How lateral flow tests are becoming a diagnostic gamechanger

Familiar from the Covid era, the tests are becoming incredibly versatile, with potential uses including detecting killers such as strokes and sepsis

The Guardian - UK

Nation unites in a day of reflection to mark fifth anniversary of Covid-19

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

Evening Standard

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John Swinney attends memorial on Covid Day of Reflection

The First Minister has sent his “deepest condolences” to people who lost loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney

The Guardian - UK

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK

Evening Standard

'Covid was a wake-up call': Meet the people on a mission to make Brent healthy

Brent Health Matters is making pioneering changes to address health inequalities in one of London's worst-hit boroughs. For the Covid Day of Reflection. India Block chats to the people on the front lines of its essential community health initiatives

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Evening Standard

Five-year trends in data show pandemic’s lasting effects on wellbeing

The analysis came as the UK marks the annual Covid-19 Day of Reflection.

The Independent UK

‘Lasting’ effects of Covid pandemic revealed in new data five years on

People’s experiences of poor health and loneliness have not improved five years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, figures suggest

The Guardian - UK

Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’

Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lost

The Guardian - UK

The world must learn to take Donald Trump literally

In his reckoning, there are not so much as sovereign states, but properties with tenants that can purchased

Evening Standard

Day of reflection to mark five years since start of Covid-19 pandemic

Events around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been organised to mark the anniversary.

The Guardian - UK

Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries

Salon

New COVID study fuels vaccine attacks

As politicians move to ban mRNA vaccines in some states, research into vaccine side effects is going viral

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