Damning ‘partygate’ report says Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament
Johnson should be denied automatic access to Parliament for deliberately misleading lawmakers over rule-breaking COVID lockdown parties, a committee said.
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GDIT drastically upping investments in DoD emerging tech areas like AI, zero trust
GDIT President Amy Gilliland spoke to Breaking Defense about how the tech company is redirecting its investments to meet the technological demands of the day, including incorporating lessons from Ukraine.
Airlines Are Weighing Passengers to See if They Have Got Heavier
A broad increase in passenger weights could affect anything from the size of seats to how far a full aircraft can fly.
China Might Have 65 Million COVID Cases a Week by June. How Worried Should the World Be?
The new wave goes against the grain of Chinese health officials’ estimate that COVID-19 had peaked in April.
Long COVID impacts 10% of people after omicron infection, U.S. study finds
About 10 per cent of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study.
Learning from COVID-19: The global health emergency has ended. Here’s what is needed to prepare for the next one
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
By Maria Cheng And Jamey Keaten in Geneva GENEVA…
WHO Declares COVID Pandemic "Global Health Emergency" Over
BBC: Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”. The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic an…
World Health Organization Says COVID-19 Is No Longer a Global Emergency
The World Health Organization on May 5 said COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global health emergency, noting that the pandemic is not over.
COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency – but ‘battle is not over,’ WHO declares
COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 before spreading across the world, leading to lockdowns and other public health measures for more than three years.