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Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse
An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.Wired - Tech - Covid -
'Stress Positions' Review: An Antic Covid-19 Comedy
Set during the early months of the pandemic, writer-director Theda Hammel’s feature debut follows a Brooklyn man taking care of his injured nephew.The Wall Street Journal - World - Covid -
Incarcerated people died 3.5 times more frequently at Covid peak than those outside – report
Study from University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows prison mortality rate spiked at least 50%. When the Covid-19 pandemic began, it wasn’t hard to predict that incarcerated people would be at higher risk. Many ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Colorado funeral home owners accused of storing 190 decaying bodies are charged with Covid fraud
A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other ...NBC News - Top stories - Covid -
School district budgets catch long COVID
When temporary pandemic aid expires later this year, school districts across the country will be hit with a triple whammy.The Hill - Politics - Covid -
Bogus 'tax service specialists' duped business owners in latest Covid relief debacle, IRS says
IRS officials say the Employee Retention Tax Credit program has been a magnet for unscrupulous promoters who filed a "tsunami of bad claims."NBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Owners of funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found charged with COVID fraud
There were 190 decaying bodies discovered in the Colorado funeral home.ABC News - Top stories - Covid -
Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found charged with Covid fraud
Jon and Carie Hallford accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from US government. The couple who owned a Colorado funeral home – where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year – have been indicted on ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns
Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to tackle a ‘great reversal’. Larry Elliott: At last G20 is showing how to fund an assault on povertyThe devastating impact of the pandemic on the world’s ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Young nose cells may help children fight off Covid
Lab tests show ageing adult nose cells contain 100 times more virus soon after an infection.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Who can get a Covid booster this spring?
Those most at risk from Covid will be offered a spring booster by the NHS in England from Monday.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Australia records lowest seven-day Covid death rate for more than two years
Expert says immunity from vaccines and Omicron infections have combined to reduce severe disease. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has recorded ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
NHS spring Covid booster jab bookings to open
People eligible for the free vaccine in England, including everyone aged over 74, can book from Monday.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
COVID vaccines not linked to cardiac death in young people: CDC study
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that mRNA vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are not linked to cardiac death in younger adults. The study was conducted using Oregon death certificate data for people aged 16 to 30 ...The Hill - Politics - Covid -
Covid vaccines not linked to sudden death in young people, CDC report finds
There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a CDC report finds.NBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Moderna halts plans to build Kenya vaccine plant as Covid shot demand plunges
Moderna's decision aligns with its broader effort to cut costs by resizing its Covid vaccine-manufacturing footprint.CNBC - Business - Covid -
Covid Inquiry ‘failing to examine mental health impact of lockdown’
The Covid Inquiry has been accused of failing to examine the mental health consequences of lockdown.Yahoo Sports - Sports - Covid -
Long Covid blood clues could prompt future trials
The UK's largest study of Covid patients treated in hospital found signs of active inflammation.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
'The Limits' Review: Nell Freudenberger's Covid Tale
A globe-spanning novel examines how the pandemic strained family life.The Wall Street Journal - World - Covid -
IRS Claws Back Money Businesses Received Through Fraud-Ridden COVID Tax Credit Program
TheEmployee Retention Credit kept many businesses afloat during the pandemic, but scams left others vulnerable through bogus claims.Inc. - Business - Covid -
COVID subcommittee chair asks top science journal editors to testify on relationship with federal government
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued letters to the editors of three major science journals on Tuesday, asking them to testify on the relationship between their publications and ...The Hill - Politics - Covid -
Cheaper private Covid jabs may end up as costly as pricier ones, say experts
Exclusive: Multi-dose vials could push up charge per patient, with experts warning cost could widen inequalities. Cheaper private Covid jabs could end up being just as expensive as their pricier alternative because the vaccine must be given in ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Deloitte reverses Covid cuts by expanding office space in London
Increasing attendance by staff in the office leads to decision on taking on new spaceFinancial Times - Business - Covid -
People in red states report more COVID vaccine side effects: Study
A new study found that states with a higher percentage of Republican voters are seeing more reports of adverse side effects from COVID-19 vaccines. The study published in the JAMA medical journal looked at 620,456 vaccine adverse events reported ...The Hill - Politics - Covid -
Young people like me are still feeling the effects of Covid – and they’re not all bad | Isabel Brooks
When it comes to studies, work or social abilities, some fared better than others. But the pandemic left its mark on all of us, whether we realise it or not. I recently came across a folder on my laptop labelled “Covid”. Inside I found screenshots ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Can We Agree on Which Covid Lessons to Learn?
From closing schools to overcrowding hospitals, disagreement persists.The Wall Street Journal - World - Covid -
Moderna moves three vaccines into final stage trials as it works to rebound from Covid slump
Moderna will chart its post-Covid future Wednesday during its fifth annual "Vaccines Day," an investor event in Boston.CNBC - Business - Covid -
Veteran MP cleared of flouting Covid-19 rules
Allegations made against four Conservative MPs are not upheld, a report concludes.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Ex-officials of Massachusetts veterans' home with deadly COVID outbreak avoid prison
Two former officials of a veterans’ nursing home in Massachusetts that had a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 settled their cases Tuesday to avoid prison, according to the state attorney general. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of Holyoke ...The Hill - Politics - Covid -
She almost died from Covid at this hospital, which saved her life. Now she leads it.
Helen Arteaga Landaverde became the first woman and first Hispanic to become CEO of New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, leading a public hospital that's part of the country's largest municipal health system.NBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Moderna says new Covid vaccine showed stronger immune response than current shot in study
Moderna's new shot offers the potential of a longer shelf life and is one component of its combination vaccine targeting Covid and the flu.CNBC - Business - Covid -
Moderna’s new and improved COVID vaccine produced positive trial results
Moderna Inc. announced Tuesday that its next-generation COVID vaccine produced better immune results in a late-stage trial than its previous vaccines, and will be a key part of its combination therapy against flu and COVID-19.MarketWatch - Business - Covid -
F.D.A. Authorizes a New Covid Drug to Protect High-Risk People
Pemgarda, available in the coming weeks, is intended for immunocompromised people who are unlikely to mount an adequate response after vaccination.The New York Times - Health - Covid -
Covid still warps our sense of time
Four years after lockdowns began we are still learning about pandemic hangoversFinancial Times - Business - Covid -
Long Covid may be nothing unique in the future – but its effects today are still very real | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
While the long-term risk from a current infection is 10 times less than it was in 2020-21, a lot of people are still suffering after getting Covid early in the pandemic. Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLong ...The Guardian - World - Covid -
Employers Return $225 Million in Covid Tax Credits to IRS
Employers are returning more than $225 million in pandemic-era tax credits through a voluntary disclosure program.The Wall Street Journal - World - Covid -
Joni Mitchell's music returns to Spotify after 2-year boycott over COVID 'disinformation'
Joni Mitchell’s music is back on Spotify, more than two years after she followed Neil Young in pulling her songs from the streaming service in protest of what they described as amplifying COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. The songwriter’s hits, ...The Hill - Politics - Covid -
Ocugen’s stock climbs as biotech company beats back investor claims on COVID vaccine
Ocugen shares climbed early Friday after a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling against shareholders who alleged the company misled investors about its COVID-19 vaccine.MarketWatch - Business - Covid -
Wetherspoon profits jump as Covid recovery continues
The pub chain saw profits increase eightfold to £36m in the first six months of the financial year.BBC News - Top stories - Covid -
Four years after COVID-19 lockdowns began, these household-name stocks still haven’t recovered
Delta, Boeing and Hasbro are among the postpandemic laggards.MarketWatch - Business - Covid