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Moon lunacy: Fund rockets, not COVID

Biden can't get $22B from the GOP to save lives. NASA's return to the moon will cost at least four times that much

Salon

Editorial: Alarming evidence of pandemic backsliding underlines the need for effective instruction now

The gold-standard measure of educational trends has the word “progress” in its name. But the National Assessment of Educational Progress unveiled Thursday showed nothing but slippage over the last two years. Students saw the largest average decline in reading since 1990 and the first drop in mathematics ever measured in…

Tribune News Service

"Game-changer" Paxlovid turns into pandemic enigma

Paxlovid goes from COVID game-changer to pandemic enigma

Axios

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OnlyFans bonanza as owner is paid £433m and creators earn £3.47bn

The platform, popular for adult content, saw a spike during the pandemic

Wales Online

As school starts, teachers add a mental-health check-in to their lesson plans

After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, educators say kids still need added support this year. In some schools, they're making emotional wellness part of the curriculum.

WEKU

Paschal Donohoe promises Budget 2023 will help with spiralling gas and electric bills

The measures brought in by the Budget will be similar to some of the initiatives introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Dublin Live

Pandemic accelerates ‘flight to quality’ offices in Edinburgh

Refurbishments and older offices can benefit from the need for flexibility, according to new report

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Commentary: This Labor Day, support the union wave

This Labor Day, we’re thinking about the people who make our picnics possible. People like Marielena, who works in a poultry plant in North Carolina. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the workers “do not have sufficient time to even disinfect our hands,” says Marielena.

Tribune News Service

Jimbo's emotional music tribute to country doctor mum

Jimbo has just released a video of the song, his first.

Newcastle Herald

China railway travel hits 8-year low in summer months on virus flare-ups

Railway travel in China hit an eight-year trough and a pandemic low in the usually busy summer season, according to official data, as fresh virus flare-ups curbed mobility and hit tourist confidence.

Reuters

Parents 'on the edge' with worries over how to keep their children warm and fed, says report

Two-thirds report money concerns as number in fuel poverty is estimated to hit 28million by the New Year

Wales Online

Dozens of metro post offices could close

Australia Post could close about 30 branches across the country following the double whammy of the pandemic and damage from the country's run of intense rain.

AAP

Pandemic migration causes culture clashes and class gap in regional Australia, research finds

Tension is rising between long-term locals and newcomers in regional Australia, according to new research, as institutions from coffee shops to Facebook groups feel the effects.

ABC News

More than two-thirds of parents ‘worried about paying for food, energy and fuel’

Social innovation foundation Nesta commissioned Opinium Research to survey 5,000 UK parents between August 18 and 22.

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Eight in 10 parents worried about paying gas and electricity bills – poll

Around two-thirds of parents also said they were concerned about meeting food and fuel costs.

The Independent UK

NHS waiting lists are main reason people use or consider private care – poll

The survey by Ipsos found that about a third of people were either using private care or considering it within the next six months.

Tribune News Service

Kids’ math and reading scores dropped during the pandemic: national test data

Math and reading test scores for elementary students fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, newly-released national standardized testing data shows.

Bangkok Post

Averting debt disaster in the developing world

Many developing countries are teetering on the edge of a debt crisis, with the Covid-19 pandemic, soaring food and energy costs, and the monetary tightening of major economies all threatening to push them over. But the international community has yet to do what is necessary to pull at-risk countries back…

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Thailand prepares to host Apec event

The Thai private sector is ready to host the Apec CEO Summit 2022 in November, focusing on inflation, the energy and food crisis, economic rehabilitation after the pandemic, and sustainability.

Chicago Sun-Times

America’s getting back to work, and that includes Illinois

Since Joe Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low.

Salon

Long COVID has put 4 million out of work

A new study reckons with the incredible economic impact of long COVID, which has erased over 2% of the workforce

The Hindu

World accepted power of yoga and AYUSH during pandemic: Yogi Adityanath

Bengaluru emerging as centre for traditional medicine, says U.P. CM

ABC News

Queensland approaches 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, new 'traffic light' COVID warning system announced

Queensland is poised to surpass 2,000 COVID deaths as the state’s Chief Health Officer John Gerrard foreshadows a "traffic light system" to warn the public of virus waves moving forward.

The Hindu

A revert to the mean: On violent crimes and the pandemic

The increase in violent crimes and suicides in 2021 point to the indirect consequences of the pandemic

Chicago Tribune

17 Lyft drivers, passengers sue company over allegations of physical and sexual assault

A mother of two, Stella Grant lost her job early in the pandemic. One of her friends suggested she start driving for Lyft, which she did — a decision she now calls “a mistake.”

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