Trump taps new head of pandemic office as bird flu threat grows
President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White ...
Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Changed Your Relationship to Grief?
The New York Times is interested in exploring how the response to loss may have changed in the last five years.
Bill Gates says the odds of another pandemic in the next 4 years are 10%–15%, and we’re not prepared
The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder thinks the world is poised to make the same mistakes from the last ...
Firearms Injuries Shot Up Following Pandemic, Study Says
“Taken together, our findings raise new concerns about the sustained increase in firearm-related injury, and in particular ...
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low ...
Jury seated for trial of alleged ringleader of $250M pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the alleged ringleader of a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic that federal ...
Bill Gates says we're 'absolutely not' ready for another pandemic
Bill Gates said in a recent interview that the chance of another pandemic in the next 4 years is between 10% and 15%.
Years After the Pandemic, the Lowest-Performing Students Are Still Significantly Behind
New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, indicate ...
L'Oreal quarterly sales grow at slowest since the pandemic
French cosmetics group L'Oreal reported on Thursday the slowest quarterly rise in growth since the height of the pandemic, missing expectations, as Chinese demand stayed weak and growth in North ...
Post-pandemic nose-dive: Why student test scores are raising alarms among parents and teachers
Kids now don't have the joy for reading they once did, and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital ...
Kickstarter’s post-pandemic tabletop slump slowed in 2024
Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, ...
Jury selection to begin for alleged ringleader of $250m pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota
Aimee Bock and a co-defendant will be the second group to stand trial in what prosecutors call one of the country’s largest ...