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Republican-led House panel subpoenas Tim Walz over $250m Covid relief fraud
Minnesota governor has conceded state education officials did insufficient due diligence to prevent scheme US politics live – latest updates A Republican-led US House committee sent a subpoena to Minnesota’s…
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‘A ton of Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough – experts
Epidemiologists push newly approved booster vaccines as current virus strain threatens at-risk groups Infectious disease experts say many people are not taking the latest Covid-19 wave in the US seriously…
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Female NHS consultants are closing the ‘gender promotion gap’
Researchers cite retirement of male consultants during Covid pandemic as key factor The number of women becoming hospital consultants has jumped dramatically, narrowing the “gender promotion gap” with men, researchers…
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‘They’re about two years behind’: fears for children born during lockdown as they start at school
Covid’s world of masks and remote health visits has created a generation at risk of social and emotional difficulties Babies born in 2020 started life in the strange world of…
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African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west
Last week’s planned rollout of doses faces further delays as campaigners complain of greed and inequality None of the African countries affected by the outbreak of a new variant of…
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Homebuyers flock to city centres as pandemic-induced demand for flats close to nature wanes
That shift has become evident in metropolises across the UK and Australia, as well as in compact cities like Singapore and Hong Kong. Read the original article at South China…
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‘Scandalous’ £3.4bn UK state spending on private consultants last year
New figures reveal that public bodies paid out at least 60% more to consultancies in 2023-24 than it did pre-pandemic Private consultants were paid a “scandalous” £3.4bn by public bodies…
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US repeating Covid mistakes with bird flu as spread raises alarm, experts say
Public health experts warn ‘overinflated view of abilities’ and restrictive laws could make next outbreak more lethal The US is making the same mistakes with the H5N1 bird flu virus…
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I would not have been a minister under Tories, says Labour’s Patrick Vallance
Exclusive: Former chief scientific adviser makes remark as DSIT announces reopening of recruitment for key role The Labour minister Patrick Vallance, who helped spearhead the country’s response to the Covid…
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Communicate risks of not getting Covid vaccine to boost uptake, study suggests
Focus on potential harms from staying unvaccinated found to be more effective than messaging on jab’s benefits Policymakers who want to encourage the uptake of Covid vaccines should focus on…