Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023
Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo is an analyst focusing on the Indo-Pacific …
Coronavirus
No Plans To Make COVID Tests Mandatory At Airports: Health Ministry
Home News No Plans To Make COVID Tests Mandatory At Airports: Health Ministry The ministry has said that the existing treatment line for COVID-19 is expected to be effective against JN.1 …
California’s consumer savings cut in half during pandemic
Buzz: The typical Californian saved roughly half as much in 2022 than they did in pre-pandemic 2019. Source: My trusty spreadsheet created a measurement of savings by looking at 2022’s …
Ghaziabad Logs 1st Case In 8 Months, 614 New Infections Reported
Home Health Covid-19 Scare: Ghaziabad Logs 1st Case In 8 Months, 614 New Infections Reported India has logged 614 new cases of Covid-19, including 21 infections of JN.1 sub-variant in …
States dumping giant, costly stockpiles of pandemic gear
By Jennifer Peltz and David A. Lieb | Associated Press When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective …
WHO calls COVID-19 strain JN.1 a “variant of interest” This is what it means
The novel COVID-19 variation JN.1 has now been officially classified by the World Health Organization as a single “variant of interest,” following the strain’s quick global spread. This announcement was …
How to understand the coronavirus alphabet soup
By Jen Christensen | CNN The virus that causes Covid-19 has more letters to describe its many derivatives than a bowl of alphabet soup. Omicron and Delta were names for …
Coronavirus subvariant JN.1 growing fast, already dominant in parts of the US
By Brenda Goodman | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the coronavirus subvariant JN.1 is now causing about 20% of new Covid-19 infections in this …
Symptoms of new COVID variant JN. 1: Is it life threatening?
New COVID variant increases risk of infection On December 8, a new strain of Covid-19 was discovered in Karakulam, in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. Everything you need to know …
US Homelessness Soars To Highest Reported Level As Rents Soar
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a …