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5 years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still poorly prepared for the next one

On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.

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Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one

In Europe ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy herds in 17 US states from North Carolina to California and has just been reported in cats. So far, it is reluctant to spread among people, although people…

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Three memorable ways the COVID pandemic shaped Black music – five years on

Five years ago, at the start of 2020, I was looking forward to the publication of my book, Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City and eagerly anticipating a long-awaited holiday to Jamaica.

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How the pandemic’s narratives are still unfolding, five years on

Do you clearly remember the choices you made a few years ago during the early days of the COVID pandemic? Did you painstakingly wipe down your groceries before putting them away, quarantine your mail three days before opening it, or hoard toilet paper while others were unable to find a…

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Experts warn Americans ‘should bank on’ having more pandemics in the future

It’s been five years since Covid gripped the globe. Experts say the next global pandemic is coming

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The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies and executive orders that the president says are all aimed at “Making America Great Again.” This takes on different forms, including Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly laying off thousands of workers at various federal…

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5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19

The U.S. educational landscape has been drastically transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school campuses five years ago.

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America is becoming a nation of homebodies

In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our current era “the anti-social century.”

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I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them

Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves of bubonic plague focused directly on the effects of the disease, for instance, and exceptions often had a purpose external to any we’d normally now ascribe to poetry.

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Five Years Ago, WHO's Pandemic Call Shook World Into Action

Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic -- a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster.

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‘What voice do we have?’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people faced unique challenges during the COVID pandemic

It’s now been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic.

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Hundreds of events mark five years since Covid-19 outbreak

Bereaved come together to commemorate those who died and pay tribute to health workers

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Michael Rosen marks Covid anniversary with haunting poem of pandemic memories

The former children’s laureate, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care.

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Nation unites in a day of reflection to mark fifth anniversary of Covid-19

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

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John Swinney attends memorial on Covid Day of Reflection

The First Minister has sent his “deepest condolences” to people who lost loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney

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‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK

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'Covid was a wake-up call': Meet the people on a mission to make Brent healthy

Brent Health Matters is making pioneering changes to address health inequalities in one of London's worst-hit boroughs. For the Covid Day of Reflection. India Block chats to the people on the front lines of its essential community health initiatives

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‘Lasting’ effects of Covid pandemic revealed in new data five years on

People’s experiences of poor health and loneliness have not improved five years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, figures suggest

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Five-year trends in data show pandemic’s lasting effects on wellbeing

The analysis came as the UK marks the annual Covid-19 Day of Reflection.

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Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’

Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lost

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Day of reflection to mark five years since start of Covid-19 pandemic

Events around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been organised to mark the anniversary.

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Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries

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Andrew Cuomo enters race for New York mayor as frontrunner – but trailing baggage

The ex-state governor, who quit amid sexual harassment allegations, sees an opportunity as Eric Adams struggles

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Why increasing rates of tuberculosis in the UK and US should concern everyone

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected. This comes on the back of increasing rates of TB in the US year on year…

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