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Borrowing in April hit highest level since Covid -- Borrowing was higher than expected last month and retail sales fell as fuel prices surged.

Borrowing was higher than expected last month and retail sales fell as fuel prices surged.

BBC News - Business - 14 hours ago

UK net migration drops below 200,000 for first time since Covid-19 pandemic

The ONS said the continued fall in net migration is being driven by fewer people from outside the EU arriving in the UK for work.

Evening Standard - Politics - 1 day ago

BioNTech is betting its cancer trials will turn the COVID-19 vaccine maker from a one-hit wonder into a biotech giant.

BioNTech, once celebrated for its COVID-19 vaccines, is grappling with falling demand, restructuring and the departure of its founders. Can its ambitious cancer trials turn it from a one-hit wonder into a biotech giant?

Deutsche Welle - Health - 1 day ago

At 'crucial' moment for pandemic preparedness, experts say world isn't ready -- Karen Pauls -- -

Government funding cutbacks and a distrust in public health authorities means the world is not ready for the next pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).

CBC News - Health - 3 days ago

Court won't hear case against Kingston doctor ordered to pay back $600k for COVID vaccines -- Kimberley Molina -- -

Dr. Elaine Ma, the Kingston, Ont., physician who organized dozens of vaccine clinics early in the COVID-19 pandemic — and who was ordered to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for those services — says she's feeling somewhat relieved after the latest turn in her legal ordeal.

CBC News - Health - 5 days ago

IDEAS| Miles Howard -- Why aren't there more COVID-19 memorials? -- I stumbled upon a little stone monument commemorating those we lost during the pandemic and wondered why I had never seen one before.

I stumbled upon a little stone monument commemorating those we lost during the pandemic and wondered why I had never seen one before.

Boston Globe - Opinion - 5 days ago

A COVID-Conspiracist Erection Expert Is Leading Our Hantavirus Response

Admiral and urologist Brian Christine platformed far-right conspiracies about COVID and the 2020 election on his podcast, per a new report.

New York Magazine - Politics - 7 days ago

Hantavirus outbreak: Could it be new pandemic threat like COVID? Experts weigh in

The medical community is on edge as the hantavirus outbreak has taken three lives linked to an expedition cruise ship, the MV Hondius, as of mid-May 2026, confirmed by the World Health Organization...

International The News - Health - 7 days ago

Very unlikely hantavirus outbreak will be akin to Covid pandemic, expert says

Professor Emma Thomson heads the MRC Centre for Virus Research in Glasgow, which is examining the outbreak.

Evening Standard - Health - 7 days ago

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from COVID-19

Experts say the transmission of hantavirus between humans is so rare that a pandemic is nearly 'impossible'.

Aljazeera - Science - 10 days ago

Britons on hantavirus-hit ship to isolate at UK's Covid-quarantine hospital

Some 22 British passengers and crew are expected to reach Tenerife on Sunday, with the hope of them flying back to the UK the same day.

Evening Standard - Health - 13 days ago

FDA withdrew studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines were safe

The studies were "withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data," the spokesperson told CNBC.

CNBC - Health - 16 days ago

Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, doctors are still treating long COVID patients with complex symptoms and unknown futures.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

Researchers identify immune trigger behind myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination

A rapid, two-step immune reaction may underlie rare cases of heart inflammation seen after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, Stanford University researchers found, shedding light on a mechanism that’s fueled scientific debate and political controversy since the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 5 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients by boosting their immune systems to help fight tumors.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 7 months ago

CDC announces change in COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccine recommendations

The CDC's changes have been criticized by mainstream medical groups.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 7 months ago

Covid-19 sent the world mad

The pandemic polarised voters and undermined trust in institutions

Economist - Entertainment - 9 months ago