COVID school relief money falls short for improving student success, study shows
Despite the federal government giving states and school districts billions of dollars to combat student learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, student...
Month: October 2022
Japan opens borders to tourists as last pandemic travel restrictions eased
Japan opens borders to tourists as last pandemic travel restrictions easedJapan removes strict Covid-19 travel curbs, fuelling hopes a tourist...
Study looks at excess deaths during COVID by political party | Greater Reno
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Nasal version of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine fails in trial
A nasal version of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has failed in an early-stage trial, dealing a blow to hopes for...
Oil prices slide as dollar strengthens, China COVID-19 woes dampen demand
By Isabel KuaSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending nearly 2% losses in the previous session, as a...
Covid leads to long Covid, in governments as well as people
This piece has been adapted from “Plagues and Their Aftermath,” by Brian Michael Jenkins. Pandemics kill millions. Their effects, however, extend...
Xi Jinping’s Third Term Is a Tipping Point Beyond China
Back in March 2018, I found my mind wandering inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People as China’s rubber-stamp parliament...
News Scan for Oct 10, 2022
Study finds boosters give good protection against Omicron hospital casesA US study of almost 17,000 patients finds modest two-dose Pfizer...
Omicron tied to less preterm birth, maternal illness than Delta
The risk of maternal critical care admission and preterm birth were much lower amid dominance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant...
Federal employees have more paid time off from OPM to get COVID-19 booster shots
The Office of Personnel Management is making it a little easier for federal employees to get their booster doses of...