Pandemic
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Covid-19: where are we now?
Feature Hospital admissions for patients with the virus have been falling since October
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Last updated
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'To claim living in tents is a choice is seriously wrong'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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Skeletal remains debunk myth around 1918 flu pandemic
Under the Radar New research casts doubt on widely held assumption that 1918 virus predominantly affected the young and healthy
By The Week Staff Published
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'A teetering democracy of gerontocrats?'
Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass Published
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How the end of expanded child tax credits led to a spike in child poverty
The number of children living in poverty in the US doubled, and critics say it was avoidable
By Theara Coleman Published
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The deadly rise of fungal spores
feature Climate change is increasing the world’s susceptibility to fungal pathogens
By The Week Staff Published
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Covid inquiry: can it bring about meaningful change?
Today's Big Question Bereaved families demand answers as public hearings examining almost every aspect of the British state get underway
By The Week Staff Published
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Why the future of Covid is now harder to predict
feature The question of how the pandemic will be felt in 2023 is in some ways impossible to answer
By The Week Staff Published
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Uganda’s Ebola outbreak causes international alarm
Speed Read Infected patients reportedly escaping hospitals as cases rise
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Will new ‘bivalent booster’ head off a winter Covid wave?
Today's Big Question The jab combines the original form of the Covid vaccine with a version tailored for Omicron
By The Week Staff Published
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Why are there so many new Omicron sub-variants?
feature Latest sub-variants of Covid-19 mutation are fuelling fresh waves of infections worldwide
By The Week Staff Published
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The true Covid-19 global death toll
Why Everyone’s Talking About Pandemic may have claimed three times as many lives as previously thought
By The Week Staff Published
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What the pandemic is doing to our brains
Why Everyone’s Talking About Scientists want to explore whether the stress of Covid-19 has changed people’s cognitive function
By The Week Staff Published
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What is Lassa fever and are we in a ‘new pandemic era’?
feature British patient dies of virus that causes bleeding eyes and facial swelling
By The Week Staff Last updated
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