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Before The Last of Us, I was part of an international team to chart the threat of killer fungi. This is what we found

Fungal infections have received a frenzy of attention thanks to the popularity of HBO’s The Last of Us. The show depicts a fungal pandemic caused by the real-life zombie-ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. It imagines the outcome of society’s collapse and a brutal approach to maintaining public health.

The Conversation

Global H5N1 bird flu outbreak so bad many countries are now considering vaccination

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is decimating poultry, wild birds and other animals in many parts of the world, driving some countries to consider vaccination.

ABC News

PR firm behind Tory pandemic response linked to Covid inquiry

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group say this represents a ‘conflict of interest’ in preliminary hearing

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Salesforce braces for investor pressures

After years of fast growth and costly acquisitions, Salesforce is facing post-pandemic realities that have taken a toll on Big Tech sales and profits.

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Evictions eclipsed pre-pandemic levels in Bay Area as tenant protections expired

Janae Randolph waited nervously with her boyfriend outside a wood-paneled courtroom at the Contra Costa County courthouse in Martinez, California. She scanned the increasingly crowded hallway for somebody official-looking — maybe a public defender, she hoped — who would explain why they’d been summoned after receiving an eviction notice at…

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NYC’s losing battle with soaring overdose deaths sows grief, devastates a Bronx community

NEW YORK — Ralph Ortiz loved his family, dancing, freestyle music and handball. He taught his sons basketball and how to navigate the streets of the Bronx. He was a near-constant flirt, sometimes to the embarrassment of his kids. He was strong, prideful and funny.

Tribune News Service

1 Gaming Stock to Help Level up Your Portfolio in 2023

The Gaming industry witnessed a slight slowdown in 2022 after two years of pandemic-fueled growth. However, mobile gaming company Playtika’s (PLTK) average DPUs stood at 3.4% in the third quarter. Moreover, the company has maintained its revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance for fiscal 2022. Thus, it could be wise to…

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COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts explain why

World leaders and policy experts at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic feared that the health crisis might make the world more dangerous. They worried specifically that terrorist organizations like the Islamic State group would capitalize on the pandemic to increase attacks on civilians and recruit new sympathizers.

The Conversation

What happens to COVID vaccines and drugs authorized for emergency use when health emergency ends?

On May 11, the central pillar of the country's pandemic response — the declaration of a national emergency that began March 1, 2020 — will come down. But Americans will continue to have access to the vaccines, drugs and medical devices that were authorized for emergency use against COVID-19, so…

Los Angeles Times

'Schools are at breaking point,' says former teacher who left to run children’s wellbeing education sessions

Nick Clement describes the massive issues facing schools, especially since the pandemic

Wales Online

Stepping Out founder Oliver Johnston goes under the Belfast Live spotlight

Oliver Johnston set the business up using his own experience of leaving a high-powered job just before the pandemic

Belfast Live

Uber Eats is begging me to come back – but I’m out there in the real world, supermarket shopping

Post-pandemic, companies that boomed by helping us stay at home are struggling to stay afloat. Their loss is my gain, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

Pandemic telehealth was a boon to people with psychiatric conditions — what happens when it ends?

Changes to psychiatric telehealth in the coming months may make it harder for people to access medication.

Inverse

Hong Kong population drops for 3rd year under COVID shadow

Hong Kong’s government has announced that the territory's population dropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures restricted the number of arriving workers

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Cote d'Ivoire reopens land borders closed since start of pandemic

Cote d’Ivoire has lifted its Covid-imposed land border closure, officially re-opening its roads to neighboring countries after nearly three years.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Activism and niches are killing the teaching of history at universities

The statistics are in for history as a profession, and they are dire. The number of tenure-track positions open for history professors fell to an all-time low in 2021, according to an American Historical Association report. The AHA blamed the COVID-19 pandemic. But while that explains the dip after 2020…

The Independent UK

Bus industry warns ‘time is running out’ to prevent services being axed

The Government’s current funding deal to keep services running despite the fall in demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic expires soon.

Daily Mirror

Insurers accused of re-writing lockdown history after refusing payouts

Firms find that business interruption cover proved worthless despite being forced to close during the pandemic

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The Independent UK

Cut-price train tickets and loyalty scheme to lure commuters on Mondays and Fridays

Loyalty scheme launched after Covid sees major change in rail travel

Al Jazeera

Will bird flu spark the next pandemic?

It is rising fast as a contender amid dramatic outbreaks among mammals, and could be far deadlier than COVID-19.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool John Lennon Airport bounces back as January passenger numbers double

The airport continues to recover from the covid pandemic

Bangkok Post

Prawns out, chickens in to cut airline meal costs

SINGAPORE: One of the world’s biggest airline caterers is swapping prawns for chicken on menus more regularly to help save costs as the aviation industry emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Joe Biden over signing federal spending package

The attorney general argued the House unconstitutionally passed its federal spending bill because not enough members were physically present to vote. Both Republicans and Democrats voted by proxy throughout the pandemic.

AAP

Inquiry looms into COVID pandemic response

Health officials have said the government will make a decision on when the inquiry will take place in the "not too distant future".

The Independent UK

Pandemic and cost-of-living crisis ‘risk pushing people to the brink’

Dr Hughes said that services needed to get better at catching people before their mental health deteriorated.

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