The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2.

There remains a ‘high degree of uncertainty’ over whether tens of millions of pounds paid to rugby union clubs and other sports teams during the Covid-19 pandemic will ever be repaid, the Public Accounts Committee has warned

Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said ‘radical reform is required in the crucial area of planning and resilience’.

On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department. HHS is the umbrella agency responsible for pandemic preparedness, biomedical research, food safety and many other health-related activities.

He was a digital art pioneer, making himself an avatar in disturbing films. Now Ed Atkins has a new medium: the pandemic Post-it note. Ahead of a major Tate show, we meet the shapeshifting artist

Sean Bean plays a scouse drug lord in a superior gangland drama. Elsewhere, a poignant portrait of Covid’s aftermath, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire, and the return of Bridget Christie’s out-there menopause comedy

From pandemic hobby to beating the egg shortage, more people are falling in love with keeping chickens

Danish business, which has opened a new central London store, moves into space left empty by the pandemic and cost of living crisis

Generational spending shifts, a leveraged buyout, and a post-pandemic whiff have all contributed to the death of a beloved American institution.

I’m sorry to remind you, but it’s been just over five years since the pandemic forced London to close. Life as we knew it was put on pause, and as we inched closer to pressing the play button, some believed that the years after would resemble this century’s equivalent of…

IN FOCUS: Five years on from the pandemic, our attitudes toward work have shifted – and the myth of the ‘dream job’ no longer holds sway. Katie Rosseinsky explores how our relationship with ambition is changing