The Latest on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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  8 hours ago

  COVID-19 increases risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & stroke, study finds

  newatlas.com - By Rich Haridy

  New research presented recently at the European Academy of Neurology Congress in Vienna has found an increased risk of several neurological disorders …

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  The Guardian

  

  5 hours ago

  Windfall tax on Covid profits could ease ‘catastrophic’ food crisis, says Oxfam

  The Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

  Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a swingeing windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax of 90% on the excess profits globally would yield about …

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  Associated Press

  

  10 hours ago

  NZ coaches, 2 players have COVID-19 before 1st Ireland test

  Associated Press - By STEVE McMORRAN

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks head coach Ian Foster, two assistant coaches and two leading players have tested positive for COVID-19, severely disrupting the team’s preparation for Saturday’s first rugby test against Ireland. Foster, Plumtree and Scott McLeod are isolating at home and …

• Australia News

  

  16 hours ago

  ‘Older, whiter and smaller’: new census data to show how Covid changed Australia

  Australia News - Elias Visontay

  Australians are about to get a clearer idea of how we are changing as a nation, and how the Covid pandemic changed us, when results from the 2021 census are released. On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the first tranche of data covering topics such as population flows …

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  Business Insider

  

  1 day ago

  Trump said he was 'scared of COVID' after testing positive because he knew people who died from it, Jan. 6 filmmaker says

  Business Insider - Hannah Getahun

  Former President Donald Trump was "scared of COVID" after learning that he contracted the virus, British filmmaker Alex Holder told The Hill. Trump tested positive for COVID-19 in September of 2020 and was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Center in early October. Despite being given supplemental …

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  Bloomberg

  

  10 hours ago

  Shanghai Declares Victory Against Covid-19 Pandemic

  Bloomberg

  The head of Shanghai’s Communist Party declared victory in defending the city against the Covid-19 pandemic over the weekend. Restaurants in some …

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  NBC News

  

  1 day ago

  Pfizer says tweaked Covid-19 shots boost omicron protection

  NBC News - The Associated Press

  Pfizer said Saturday that its modified Covid-19 vaccine provided better protection against the omicron variant. Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its Covid-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated …