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How Covid left a legacy of distrust and conspiracies

Letters: Dr Aodhan Breathnach says the general overreach of the state during the pandemic led to mistrust, Desmond Hewitt considers evidence and irrationality, and Richard Bunning is concerned by the poison on social media

The Guardian - UK

American money and Premier League power: How Covid sparked football’s open conflict

FIVE YEARS ON: Five years on from the pandemic’s outbreak in the UK, Miguel Delaney speaks to executives inside English football who watched as Covid-19 changed the face of the beautiful game

The Independent UK

COVID amnesia puts US at risk

The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened

Salon

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US workers with remote-friendly jobs are still working from home nearly half the time, 5 years after the pandemic began

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted office life, American workplaces are settling into a new rhythm. Employees in remote-friendly jobs now spend an average of 2.3 days each week working from home, a research team that tracks remote employment has found. And when you look at all workers –…

The Conversation

London sees highest rise in ADHD prescriptions since pandemic

The UK has recorded a national increase in ADHD medication prescriptions year on year since the pandemic, but there are also regional variations

Evening Standard

Prescriptions for ADHD drugs jump 18% year-on-year, figures show

Increasing awareness of ADHD on TikTok and Instagram could be driving the rise, together with the effects of the Covid pandemic, experts say.

Evening Standard

Sending nudes but no first kisses: teenagers’ relationships during the pandemic

Five years on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term effects of lockdown on education, mental health and social life are still being reckoned with. But for teenagers and young adults, one of the most profound – and often overlooked – impacts was on their romantic relationships.

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Five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, what legacy has the virus left?

11 March marks five years since the World Health Organization declared the spread of Covid-19 a pandemic. The virus caused 7 million deaths, according to the UN body.

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“This is what I learned to play during the pandemic for almost two years”: Amanda Seyfried just showed off her new-found dulcimer skills and proved that she’d be the perfect fit for Cameron Crowe’s Joni Mitchell biopic

An ‘impromptu’ performance of a Joni classic has got the internet talking

MusicRadar

It took a pandemic to get me into cycling, but you should get on your bike now

There’s no time like the present to head out on two wheels - the benefits are endless

Cycling Weekly

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

The Conversation

End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones.

The Conversation

Money saved our marriage from COVID

It was as if talking about money, and earning it, would act as a vaccine that endowed our family with immunity

Salon

Five years ago, the pandemic began. The world is poorly prepared for another one

In Europe ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy herds in 17 US states from North Carolina to California and has just been reported in cats. So far, it is reluctant to spread among people, although people…

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The Independent UK

Missouri plans to seize assets to make China pay a $24.5 billion judgment, but can it collect?

Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Conversation

‘Pandemic babies’ turn 5: Here’s what research tells us about their development and remarkable resilience

Early brain development lays the foundation for lifelong health and success. But disruptions to a child’s early environment can leave a long-lasting imprint on their development and success.

The Conversation

5 years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still poorly prepared for the next one

On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.

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Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one

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Three memorable ways the COVID pandemic shaped Black music – five years on

Five years ago, at the start of 2020, I was looking forward to the publication of my book, Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City and eagerly anticipating a long-awaited holiday to Jamaica.

The Conversation

How the pandemic’s narratives are still unfolding, five years on

Do you clearly remember the choices you made a few years ago during the early days of the COVID pandemic? Did you painstakingly wipe down your groceries before putting them away, quarantine your mail three days before opening it, or hoard toilet paper while others were unable to find a…

The Independent UK

Experts warn Americans ‘should bank on’ having more pandemics in the future

It’s been five years since Covid gripped the globe. Experts say the next global pandemic is coming

The Conversation

The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies and executive orders that the president says are all aimed at “Making America Great Again.” This takes on different forms, including Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly laying off thousands of workers at various federal…

The Conversation

5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19

The U.S. educational landscape has been drastically transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school campuses five years ago.

The Conversation

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our current era “the anti-social century.”

The Conversation

I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them

Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves of bubonic plague focused directly on the effects of the disease, for instance, and exceptions often had a purpose external to any we’d normally now ascribe to poetry.

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