Pandemic

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World Health Organization's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove speaks on during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023.
Health

COVID levels are up to 19 times higher than reported, WHO says as it warns of the potential dangers of repeat reinfection: ‘We don’t know everything about this virus’

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January 12, 2024
A Muslim woman is walking past a mural painting of a face wearing masks amid a sudden surge of the JN.1 coronavirus in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 11. The variant is dominant globally, and its descendants appear poised to take off.
Health

Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts

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January 11, 2024
A diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and nuts—and low in dairy and meat—may help keep COVID at bay, according to a Brazilian study published this month in the British Medical Journal.
Health

Looking to avoid COVID infection? Your diet could help, according to a new study

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January 9, 2024
People wearing masks amidst rising concerns about the new, highly mutated COVID variant JN.1, as seen in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 27, 2023. BA.2.86, a close ancestor of JN.1, may cause more severe disease, according to two new studies published Monday.
Health

New, highly mutated COVID variants ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 and JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest

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January 8, 2024
The new, highly mutated COVID variant JN.1—dubbed “Pirola” by volunteer variant trackers—has achieved global dominance. And like Omicron, it came flying out of left field. It could represent the next chapter of the COIVD pandemic.
Health

‘Pirola’ JN.1 is the probable future of the COVID pandemic, experts warn—but you didn’t hear it from the WHO

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January 4, 2024
Artistic rendering of a COVID-19 pathogen
Health

COVID-19 variant JN.1 symptoms: Is ‘Pirola’ different from other Omicron spawn?

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December 28, 2023
UPS CEO Carol Tome speaks on stage
Leadership

The pandemic CEO: How executives who came to power forged the blueprint for a new kind of leader

By Lila MacLellan and Phil Wahba
December 19, 2023
Overworked businessman in a blue suit sitting in the board room
Newsletters

Board members are burned out and it’s becoming a ‘recipe for disaster’

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December 12, 2023
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan
Tech

Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to ‘get butt back to office’ after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies

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December 2, 2023
Inside long COVID’s war on the body: Researchers are trying to find out whether the virus has the potential to cause cancer
Commentary

Inside long COVID’s war on the body: Researchers are trying to find out whether the virus has the potential to cause cancer

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November 23, 2023
A person eating tinned fish
Lifestyle

A pandemic trend that stuck has restaurants serving customers tinned fish straight out of the can—just like they do in Europe

By Julie Watson, Haven Daley and The Associated Press
November 20, 2023
America’s public schools are on their last legs: The proportion of students attending a school with ‘chronic absenteeism’ has doubled since pre-pandemic times
Success

America’s public schools are on their last legs: The proportion of students attending a school with ‘chronic absenteeism’ has doubled since pre-pandemic times

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November 18, 2023
CEOs serving as board chairs are controversial but a new study shows they could be great during a crisis
Newsletters

CEOs serving as board chairs are controversial but a new study shows they could be great during a crisis

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November 14, 2023
Sweetheart Island
Politics

‘The uncomfortable truth is the federal criminal justice system is simply not equipped’: Feds seize $1.4 billion but it’s the tip of the pandemic fraud iceberg

By Richard Lardner and The Associated Press
November 13, 2023
Regardless of which pathogen ends up fueling the next global health crisis—Ebola, Marburg, SARS, Nipah, Machupo, or something else—they’re all worthy of attention, authors of a new report maintain.
Health

These 4 lethal viruses could fuel the next pandemic, new research says. What they are—and how the world can prepare

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November 10, 2023

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