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As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults

In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified this flu season as having “high” severity…

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Texas leaders quiet amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping Texas’ measles response.

The Texas Tribune

Rolls-Royce’s recovery is stunning: from basket case to No 8 in the Footsie

In just over two years under Tufan Erginbilgiç, the aero engine maker’s share price has gone into the stratosphere

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House Republicans Urge Trump To Block Organ Transplant Denials

House Republicans push for action to prevent hospitals from denying organ transplants based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

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Surprising study uncovers serious lung damage in children and teens with Long Covid

A new study has uncovered significant lung abnormalities in children and teens suffering from long Covid using an advanced MRI technique known as PREFUL MRI that doesn’t require radiation or contrast dyes. The findings were published in the Journal Radiology.

The Times of India

A former Polish prime minister is charged with exceeding his powers over a 2020 election call

A former Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has been charged with exceeding his powers when he ordered a presidential election to be carried out solely with postal votes during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

European carmaker shares hit by US tariff threat, as jobless claims rise – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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We should care more about emerging infectious diseases, and the tools we need to fight them

Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What’s different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

The Conversation

Covid inquiry evidence on Mone-linked PPE firm to be heard in closed session

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett ruled there would be a risk of harm or damage to any possible criminal trial relating to the firm.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session

The Guardian - UK

'Realistic chance' of charges in Michelle Mone-linked probe, crime agency says

THERE is a “realistic" chance that criminal charges will follow the ongoing investigation into Covid contracts handed to a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland)

Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’

INTERVIEW : The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Independent UK

Fox News bemoans that ‘vaccine confidence is at an all-time low’ amid measles outbreak

Studies have found that vaccine hesitancy increased dramatically among regular viewers of Fox News.

The Independent UK

5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

This Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.

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Is new bat coronavirus a concern to public health? What CDC has said

A new coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 capable of entering human cells through the same pathway as Covid-19 has been discovered by scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. While the discovery may spark pandemic concerns, experts assure that the virus has only been found in laboratory studies and that the risk of…

The Independent UK

Impact of remote court hearings ‘breach of natural justice’, inquiry hears

Solicitors from the Legal Services Agency in Glasgow gave evidence at the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, along with Roddy Dunlop KC.

The Conversation

The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction?

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

Evening Standard

Covid families meet Emma Little-Pengelly in bid to influence policy

The families previously accused Stormont’s leaders of ignoring them.

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How is the new Wuhan coronavirus different from the old? Key differences between SARS-CoV-2 and HKU5-CoV-2

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 triggered a worldwide pandemic, leading to widespread devastation, another bat-borne coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 - a distant cousin of Covid-19 has been discovered in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. It has caused concern as the new bat coronavirus is capable of binding to the ACE2 reception in human…

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New Bat Coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 Raises Pandemic Concerns

New bat coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 discovered in China shares similarities with SARS-CoV-2, highlighting zoonotic risks and the need for global preparedness.

Evening Standard

Jamie Lee Curtis presents SAG prize to Colin Farrell, saying he gave her Covid

Farrell joked that Brendan Gleeson had infected him with the virus.

The Guardian - US

Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices

Despite conflicting laws, a wave of amateur homesteaders have started keeping fowl in the spirit of self-sufficiency

The Guardian - UK

Allan Weber: My Order; Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes – review

Drawing on his stint as a food delivery driver in Rio during Covid, Allan Weber riffs on life in the favela where he was born, lives and works. In a separate show, Puerto Rico’s Daniel Lind-Ramos speaks to colonialism and the climate crisis

Evening Standard

New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

The Times of India

Is another pandemic just around the corner? Chinese scientists discover a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans

A team of Chinese researchers have discovered a new bat coronavirus, named HKU5-CoV-2, that has the potential to infect humans, according to reports. This virus binds to the same receptor as SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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