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A popular Scottish tourist attraction is celebrating a major milestone since opening up after the pandemic.

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.

In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, that rate of decline slowed almost to a stop.

People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons – to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political and historic significance. The UK’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been a key source of evidence,…

During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science had increased, we recently discovered. But 7% said that it had decreased. Why is there such variety of responses?

A report by the New Brunswick, Canada, auditor general's office found that the provincial Department of Public Health could not provide documentation to support any of a sample of 33 policy recommendations it made during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The department was unable to provide requested documentation, acknowledging that they 'did…

As the global battle against the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, new variants continue to emerge, each with its unique set of characteristics and challenges. Among these variants is JN.1, a strain that has raised alarms due to its association with an increased risk of pneumonia.

Long known as one of Europe's busiest retail destinations, Oxford Street has traditionally been a magnet for fashion fans, tourists and office workers. But in recent years, the street that stretches for more than a mile in length has faced a wave of challenges, from the pandemic seriously denting footfall,…

This year’s housing market was clearly “riddled with winners and losers,” Zonda’s chief economist, Ali Wolf, told Fortune.