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Theories on what causes the feeling of brain fog are still up for debate, and treatments vary widely.

The leader of the Royal College of Nursing talks about how members are being forced to use food banks, her frustration with the government – and how she learned to be a tough negotiator

International Labour Organization expects to see workers pushed into informal employment in 2023

In today’s newsletter: As the high society conference kicks off in the Swiss Alps, it faces new questions about its influence in a fractured world

Simon Atherton opened axe-throwing venue Real Axe in Bolton five months before the first lockdown

During last year’s bruising COVID lockdown in Shanghai, Qin Bing dreamed of traveling overseas. As China reopens its borders on Sunday after three years of COVID isolation, however, the 36-year-old marketing manager is staying put.

In the Tweed Heads-Coolangatta community, there are lingering effects of the COVID-19 border barricades that divided Queensland and New South Wales for 471 days.

“The antibodies ingested through breast milk may provide a protective coating in the infants’ mouths and gastrointestinal tract.

When we think of evolution, we tend to picture slow changes occurring over very long periods of time, typically millions of years. However, evolution can actually happen much faster, over only a few generations: think COVID-19 strains, for example. And this fast evolution isn’t just restricted to viruses and microbes.

Misinformation has found a home with conspiracy theorists, some exploiting political divisions and others convinced of its truth.

The economy crash, the NHS crisis, Covid and the invasion of Ukraine don’t explain why we’re doing worse than similar nations, so Rishi Sunak will struggle to escape the grave