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A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

A week after China eased some of its strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Mother diagnosed with stage three cancer after breast ‘changed shape overnight’

Angela Butterworth, 42, from Witney in Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in March 2020 during the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

Bethlehem welcomes Christmas tourists after pandemic lull

Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday

The Independent UK

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China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.

Reuters

Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia

Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a “zero-COVID” strategy, relaxed the rigorous…

The Independent UK

Gap between poorer students and classmates ‘grows by largest amont on record’

Much of the progress towards closing this divide was wiped out last year, Education Policy Institute says

The Independent UK

Even in a brutal year for tech, these 5 companies, collectives, and chiefs flopped the hardest

FTX’s venture capital patrons, a former social media executive, and a onetime pandemic darling all fell on their face in 2022.

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God of War, Wordle lead a bumpy year in video games

It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic

The Independent UK

The Top 10 best movies of 2022 (plus a few of the worst)

Tom Cruise wins the award for multiplex superhero of 2022. One of the few old-school movie stars left standing, he pushed back on the salvage-yard business strategy suggesting “Top Gun: Maverick,” in limbo amid a series of pandemic release delays, ought to settle for Paramount’s streaming service. That would’ve been…

Chicago Tribune

Jobs on line at administration-hit M&Co as Paisley company struggles after pandemic

The town retailer has been open since 1961 and been unable to fully recover from the impact of Covid.

Daily Record

'Where are all the sick people?' Woman who disputed pandemic and refused to wear mask at a Supermac's plaza has claim for discrimination dismissed

Geraldine Fitzmaurice stated that she wanted to be treated the same as everyone else and to be served from a hatch would be treating her 'like an animal'

Irish Mirror

WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year.

Reuters

TMR 2022: Is online education furthering inequality?

How did India’s education sector cope with the disruption of the pandemic? Did the resultant push to conduct classes online affect marginalised groups adversely? What lessons did the industry learn?

Newslaundry

Poland prepares changes to judicial law to unblock EU funds

Poland's government has submitted to parliament a draft law that reverses key regulations on judicial responsibility that are an obstacle blocking the release of massive European pandemic recovery funds to the nation

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Salon

A hospital bed shortage fueled by greed

"There’s no incentive for hospitals to provide money-losing services," one doctor explained

The Guardian - AU

The pandemic showed us that poverty is a policy choice – we must do better

The poorest 20% of households are aided significantly by services like education and health. But the stage-three tax cuts threatens their funding

Axios

Corporate execs are increasingly "paralyzed" with anxiety

Companies haven't been this risk-averse since the pandemic started.

WEKU

How did COVID warp our sense of time? It's a matter of perception

Many people reported a distortion in their sense of time during the pandemic, but the individual experience is highly dependent on a range of factors from emotional state to culture.

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The Independent UK

Mother diagnosed with stage three cancer after breast ‘changed shape overnight’

Angela Butterworth, 42, from Witney in Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in March 2020 during the Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone calls to say how marvellous I am’ – Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries, digested by John Crace

From the affair with Gina to the feud with Dom, our parliamentary sketchwriter boils down the former health minister’s memoir

The National (Scotland)

Attainment gap figures show ‘real recovery from the pandemic’, minister says

NEW figures on the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland’s schools show a real recovery from the pandemic, the Education Secretary has said,…

Wales Online

NHS treating fewer patients than in 2019 amid 'worrying signs' of long-term Covid hit

New study reveals that the number of beds available for non-coronavirus hospital admissions is still lower than pre-pandemic levels

WEKU

A new statewide poll shows most Kentuckians won’t change holiday plans because of COVID-19.

Daily Mirror

Hospitals to offer Bank Holiday service but Government refuse to discuss nurses pay

Thousands of patients are being told their operations and appointments are cancelled as the Tories dug their heels in on real-terms pay cuts for frontline heroes of the pandemic

ABC News

WA business confidence slumps to pandemic lows amid labour shortage, inflation pressures

About four in five WA businesses are being forced to pass on cost increases to customers in the lead up to Christmas, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

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