The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

The gap between disadvantaged Key Stage 2 pupils and their better-off peers is higher than before the pandemic.

Virtual property purchases took off during the pandemic and are still happening today. Some buyers find their dream home – but not everyone is so lucky

The decision to launch the initiative came after the pandemic gave way to a spike in gun violence, leading to a flood of public dollars that some nonprofits and community groups were ill-equipped to handle.

For the first time since before the pandemic, metro Chicago posted jobless rates below 4% across three consecutive months.

Plus: internet censorship, outdoor dining land grabs, and more...

Vaccination is a global strategy, yet many low-income countries can't access then, perpetuating the pandemic

This bold and forensic history of the pandemic, drawing on previously unpublished diaries, underlines the sheer scale of suffering, with the poor and isolated particularly badly hit

In yesterday's decision in Missouri v. Biden, the Fifth Circuit (Judges Edith Clement, Jennifer Elrod, and Don Willett) held that the federal government violated the First Amendment by causing social media platforms to block posts on various topics (including "the COVID-19 lab-leak theory, pandemic lockdowns, vaccine side-effects, election fraud, and…

‘It’s time for the people in power to just do their side of it,’ says radio DJ

Every Friday, volunteers gather on the Albert Embankment at the River Thames in London to lovingly retouch thousands of red hearts inscribed on a Portland stone wall directly opposite the Houses of Parliament. Each heart is dedicated to a British victim of COVID. It is a deeply social space –…

It's vital to recognize the many unforeseen consequences of school closures, business lockdowns, and mask mandates.