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Russia plague scare: Could it trigger a new pandemic? Experts explain

A lab worker’s unexplained pneumonia death in Russia's Siberia has sparked pandemic fears, but authorities have not confirmed ...

Bill Gates Warned of a Pandemic Years Before Covid Hit — Now He Says Al Could Cause 'A Billion Deaths’ Even If It Doesn’t ‘100%’ End Humanity

Bill Gates has spent years warning that the biggest threats to humanity don't always arrive with a warning siren. In 2015, it ...

There's a global pandemic treaty that's signed — and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup?

The treaty aims to help the countries of the world prepare for — and defeat — any future pandemic. Why hasn't it gone into ...
The Lancet

Getting ready for the next pandemic

The tragic death, disability, and chaos wrought by the COVID-19 are fading from collective memory. The pandemic created a global health crisis that led to more than 7 million reported deaths, an ...
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SBA and IRS unite to tackle $100 billion in pandemic relief fraud

Discover how the SBA and IRS are collaborating to combat an estimated $100 billion in pandemic relief fraud, implementing new ...
Medical Xpress

How likely is a new pandemic in the future? Here's what Americans said in a poll

In 2020, COVID-19 began spreading rapidly across the U.S., leading to major shutdowns and radically altering the lives of millions. Now, five years later, most Americans think the country could be ...

UN Tries to Build Momentum on Pandemic Preparedness, but Hits a Speed Bump

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.N. General Assembly’s leader and health officials are seeking to make sure ...
nytimes.com

The Covid-19 Pandemic

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention. By Mark Arsenault The agency has lost its independence ...
NPR

How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better

People who don't trust scientists. Nations that don't trust each other. And a lab in a suitcase. These are some of the ways the world has changed – for worse and for better – in the wake of the ...
InvestmentNews

'I'm done': Pandemic memories push business owners toward the exit

"I know the number that I want to be able to retire on, and now I just want out," says Wilmington Trust's Marguerite Weese, ...

Ministers consider pandemic-era public health laws to rescue TalkTalk

Labour is considering invoking pandemic-era laws to allow BT to take control of TalkTalk amid concerns the broadband provider could collapse and trigger a public health crisis.