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Donors are down, but dollars are up – how US charitable giving is changing

Although the US$557 billion Americans gave to charity in 2023 marked a 2.1% decline in inflation-adjusted terms, U.S. donations have increased significantly over the past two decades. Giving has grown by about 42% since 2003, according to the annual Giving USA report – which our team at the Indiana University…

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Flu vaccines have prevented millions of deaths – our research proves it

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused around 50 million deaths, and its impact was so severe that global life expectancy fell dramatically. It claimed more lives than the First World War.

The Conversation

Popular burger chain Almost Famous announces shock closure

Restaurant’s co-founder said business was hit by lingering debts from pandemic and rising costs

The Independent UK

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India and China agree to resume direct flights for first time in five years

Suspension of flights started with the Covid-19 pandemic but continued long after due to military clashes along the countries’ shared Himalayan border

The Independent UK

Average asking rent outside London ‘falls for first time since before pandemic’

A rising number of rental homes was improving the balance of supply and demand, according to the website.

Evening Standard

Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pandemic

Tory leader says comments from ‘likely reputable’ sources such as the BMA were used to support misinformation

The Guardian - UK

Social media isn’t the only cause of mental health woes among Texas youth, advocates say

Social media’s danger on youth mental health has captured the attention of Texas lawmakers, at times, eclipsing focus on bigger threats — provider shortages and funding cuts to programs.

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Several bills filed to weaken vaccine mandates as more Texas families opt out of immunizations

Emboldened by Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination and disdain for pandemic-era mandates, skeptics are pushing for bills to make it easier to opt out of vaccines.

The Texas Tribune

Bill Gates says the odds of another pandemic in the next 4 years are 10%-15%, and we’re not prepared

The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder thinks the world is poised to make the same mistakes from the last pandemic.

Fortune

CIA Now Believes COVID-19 Originated in a Lab, But Has 'Low Confidence' in Theory

The CIA now considers a lab leak the most likely origin of COVID-19 but holds "low confidence" in the theory.

Latin Times

CIA backs COVID lab leak theory - but admits ‘low confidence’ in its own findings on pandemic’s start

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory

The Independent UK

‘I wouldn’t take responsibility’: Trump won’t take blame if something happens to Fauci after security detail removed

Trump and public health official regularly clashed during height of Covid pandemic and he has talked about facing death threats

The Independent UK

Trump Reportedly Preparing an Executive Order Banning Federal Funding of Gain-of-Function Research

The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.

Reason

Pandemic designer's upcoming Lord of the Rings board game will let Sam's big heart boost your rolls

Pandemic board game creator is making a Lord of the Rings board game

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The technology that runs Congress lags so far behind the modern world that its flag-tracking system just caught up to 2017-era Pizza Hut

On a typical day, you can’t turn on the news without hearing someone say that Congress is broken. The implication is that this dereliction explains why the institution is inert and unresponsive to the American people.

The Guardian - UK

Child deaths in England rising above pre-pandemic levels, study finds

Number surges after temporary decline during lockdowns, with rate higher for children from non-white backgrounds

The Independent UK

Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflation

President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep

The National (Scotland)

Tories' 'suspicion of the Scots' hindered UK's Covid response, former Welsh FM says

THERE was an “inherent suspicion” in the way the UK government dealt with its devolved counterparts during the Covid pandemic because they were…

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The US intends to leave the World Health Organization. What happens next?

Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field.

Fortune

As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even probable.

The Guardian - UK

Memo to President Trump: you are wrong to leave the World Health Organization. You should think again

Any funding disparities can be addressed, but another pandemic is coming – and we’ll need the WHO to help fight it, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Texas Tribune

Austin rents have fallen for nearly two years. Here’s why.

A massive apartment building boom in the Austin-Round Rock region has driven rents downward, real estate experts and housing advocates have said.

Evening Standard

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental rows slammed by vaccine tsar

Dame Kate Bingham was commissioned by the previous government to help the UK secure vaccines during the pandemic.

The Conversation

A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel

E.M. Forster’s final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives in the city of Chandrapore with Mrs Moore, the mother of her fiancé, hoping to see “the real India”.

The Guardian - UK

‘Sowing seeds for next pandemic’: Trump order for US to exit WHO prompts alarm

Departure from UN agency in 12 months would leave Americans vulnerable, say public health experts

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