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The historic employment gains notched by Black Americans during the pandemic-era recovery may be beginning to reverse — one of the disappointing details of the June jobs report out Friday.

Local governments are manning the front lines of our most important global battles -- from managing severe weather and other climate shocks to preparing for the next pandemic, ensuring health for all, rectifying longstanding racial inequities, and addressing housing affordability. Urban areas now account for over half the world's population,…

Simon Nicholas Williams, of Swansea University, argues that tackling vaccine hesitancy is a matter of global importance. This article originally appeared in The Conversation

The world changed for all of us when we were suddenly plunged into a pandemic in 2020. COVID sent us into a series of lockdowns in a bid to control the spread of the virus until a vaccine could be developed.

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for decades.

Researchers suggest around 390,000 of the 50 to 70-year-olds who retired in 2020-21 were forced to leave the workforce, as opposed to “retiring in comfort”.

The bill will cover the costs of removing some temporary measures and making others permanent

How adopting a rescue dog helped me overcome feelings of isolation and rediscover the joy of human connection after COVID

The cost of living crisis has partly led to the increase as has numbers being suppressed during the pandemic

The leader of Plaid Cymru writes for WalesOnline to argue that the evidence of Vaughan Gething and Mark Drakeford at the UK Covid Inquiry shows clearly why Wales needs its own Covid inquiry

Thinktank challenges view that those taking early retirement under Covid were relatively well off