Tag: Pandemic
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Democrat who ran Florida’s pandemic response blasts Rebekah Jones for ‘running a disinformation campaign'
Jared Moskowitz resigned as director of the Florida Emergency Department in February to spend more time with his family. | Chris O’Meara / AP Photo Jared Moskowitz realized he had a big problem and needed to fix it. As the head of Florida’s emergency management division, he was already responsible for responding to a pandemic […]
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Are You A Woman Who Can’t Work From Home During The Pandemic? We Want To Hear From You.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES When people talk about it Change in work and office culture Driven by the pandemic — whether it’s returning to the office, working from home, or a combination of remote and in-person work — they often overlook a very important group: people who were never able to work […]
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How Many Americans Adopted A Pet During The Pandemic?
How many people are satisfied with life in America today? How many plan to quit their jobs in the next year? In this episode of “The United Stats of America,” host Galen Druke heads to New York’s Times Square to ask Americans what’s changed for them since the pandemic began two years ago.
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Brother and sister kept off school in pandemic finally back after 14 months
A brother and sister who have been kept in strict isolation to protect their father are finally returning to school – after 14 months. Siblings Amelia and William Priddy have been learning at home for more than a year after their dad was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Greg Priddy, 45, has undergone invasive […]
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Divorce figures fell in 2020 as couples put on a united front during pandemic
The number of divorces fell during the pandemic as couples spent lockdown focused on homeschooling and other Covid concerns. During 2020 there were 103,592 divorces granted in England and Wales, a 5% fall from 108,421 in 2019. The vast majority (99%) were of opposite-sex couples, with divorces falling from 107,599 in 2019 to 102,438. But […]
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'Feels like Covid pandemic is over and virus has become far less dangerous' says frontline NHS consultant
An NHS frontline consultant has said it “feels like the pandemic is over” as he backed ending legal self-isolation requirements – but warned scrapping free Covid tests now would be “premature”. Dr Richard Cree, who works in intensive care at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital, said it was “obvious” the virus has become “far less […]
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Prisons, Water Infrastructure And Broadband: Where States Are Spending Their Pandemic Relief Funding
When President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law last March, he funded federal programs designed to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and provided a third round of stimulus to Americans. But the bill also provided $350 billion in aid sent directly to states, counties and local governments to spend as they […]
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Thousands protest pandemic restrictions in Ottawa
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North Tonawanda looks to emerge from the pandemic with continued momentum
The Daily Beast Boyfriend Hacked Off Girlfriend’s Head Over ‘Threat to His Masculinity,’ Officials Say Cheney Orr/ReutersA Pennsylvania man decapitated his girlfriend with a machete at their home in suburban Philadelphia, then sawed her body into pieces in response to what he felt was “a threat to his masculinity,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer […]
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Nurse who had two babies during pandemic urges pregnant mothers to get vaccinated
A nurse who had two babies during the pandemic has urged other mums-to-be to get their covid vaccine – after she had the jab during her pregnancy. Ali Hair is a nurse on a surgical ward at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and is mum to Solomon, 17 months, and three-month-old Iris. When she […]
