The World Health Organisation (WHO) conducted a pandemic simulation exercise last week, testing global readiness for a major disease outbreak. The exercise, codenamed "Mammothpox", involved officials ...

This week has seen the highest softwood lumber prices before or after the stratospheric spikes of the pandemic. Spot market prices reached $686.72 per thousand board-feet in intraday trading on ...

Angela Kelly, the Queen's senior dresser and personal adviser, was part of the small team who isolated with the head of state during the pandemic ... while on board the Royal Yacht Britannia. ' ...

By Ben Blatt In most states, playing slot machines online ... with special “game piece labels” from the Monopoly game board. These could be traded in for prizes, like a free hamburger or ...

He was midway through his second year – in a physical education and school sport degree at Sheffield Hallam University – when the pandemic hit. Lectures were put online, he moved back home ...

‘Acceptance has been key for recovery’ Dana, a 42-yrear-old calligrapher from London,was a fit and healthy teacher when she contracted Covid in March 2020, with no risk factors for severe ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Wednesday ... imposed a temporary ban on it as a precautionary measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially introduced as a temporary measure in ...

The Covid pandemic will be remembered not only as a public health crisis but as a profound moral failure. It exposed the terrifying ease with which democratic societies can abandon ethical principles, ...

But if the virus gains certain mutations, scientists fear it could trigger another pandemic. This prospect ... one of many factors that could be at play in the current outbreak including: a ...

When it comes to the U.S. economy, in recent decades an idiom has emerged: Consumer spending is the backbone of the economy. These days, on average, personal spending at the household level makes ...

While the situation wasn’t perfect, these remote learning teachers were at least able to plan and build routines with their students, whereas with emergency online learning, “nobody chose that ...