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Covid's Origins Reviewed: Lab Leak Or Natural Spillover?

Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery.

International Business Times

Labour failed to respond on time to people’s requests for their data, says ICO

Watchdog investigated after complaints from individuals who had sent subject access requests after 2021 cyberattack

The Guardian - UK

'Hong Kong's Dr Fauci' Sounds Alarm On Next Pandemic

Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has done battle with some of the world's worst threats, including the SARS virus he helped isolate and identify.

International Business Times

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Five key findings from the Covid Inquiry as first report published

Inquiry says Government failed to prepare for a pandemic in years leading up to Covid outbreak

Evening Standard

Flu Tops List Of Likely Pandemic Pathogens, Disease Experts Warn

Influenza ranked highest, followed by 'Disease X,' Coronavirus, SARS, and Ebola in terms of global pandemic potential.

Zenger

‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9 pathogens researchers are keeping a watchful eye on

'Disease X' isn't a threat yet, as far as we know. Here are nine other pandemic threats the World Health Organization is keeping a watchful eye on.

Fortune

Some believe the 1889 Russian flu pandemic was actually caused by a coronavirus – here's why that's unlikely

COVID-19 was the first coronavirus pandemic. The original Sars virus from 2003 and the Mers virus that created a health emergency in South Korea in 2015 were both coronaviruses, but fortunately failed to turn into pandemics in the way that COVID did.

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Coronavirus FAQ: My partner/roommate/kid got COVID. And I didn't. How come?

Infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan says it's the question he's asked most often about SARS-CoV-2. So how does that happen? Here's his answer.

WEKU

Anger at Fifa for its Women’s World Cup tax exemption when players had to pay

Fifa has been heavily criticised for negotiating a tax exemption for the tournament when players in Australia paid 32.5% of their match fee income

The Guardian - UK

These 4 lethal viruses could fuel the next pandemic, new research says. What they are—and how the world can prepare

The pathogens are expected to kill more than 15,000 annually by 2050—even if they don’t make an evolutionary leap that allows them to ravage the globe.

Fortune

Banks are dumping a growing number of customers without any warning

A new investigation shows how a surge in "SARs" notifications has led banks to abruptly cut off clients.

Fortune

You've heard of long COVID, but did you know there might also be a long cold?

At least 10% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, have symptoms that last more than four weeks after the infection. With more than 770 million infections to date, this translates to tens of millions of people living with the long-term consequences of COVID, known as “long…

The Conversation

New immunology study highlights importance of COVID vaccination of those who have already been exposed to the virus

Study finds COVISHIELD, COVAXIN vaccines enhance immune responses in those with pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 immunity, mitigating vaccine hesitancy. Researchers from St John’s Research Institute led multi-centric study; funded by Hindustan Unilever. Results suggest persistent anti-COVID-19 immunity up to one year post COVISHIELD vaccination.

The Hindu

Eye of the Storm: Netflix's pandemic melodrama highlights the humanity of healthcare workers

Netflix’s Taiwanese drama, Eye of the Storm, is the latest cinematic depiction of a pandemic. But rather than focus on COVID, it tells the story of the 2003 Sars epidemic through Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch. This real event, where a devastating outbreak led to the hospital’s lockdown, serves as…

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The Hindu

Bengaluru traffic police trained 24,502 people on road safety in 2022

Bengaluru Traffic Police have trained 24,502 people incl. KSRTC, BMTC drivers, fire force personnel, drivers of public/private sectors, cab drivers, home guards, traffic wardens, school/college students at Traffic Training Road Safety Institute. 11,711 people trained this year. SARS trains school students on road safety by police visiting schools. Object of…

The Guardian - UK

Farage joins explosion in people using subject access requests

SARs from employees have become standard in work disputes and are increasingly used by public figures

WhatToWatch

Why is Casualty CANCELLED this weekend? Viewers react to the news

Casualty fans are not happy about this news!

LiveScience

Declassified US intelligence report finds no evidence of coronavirus 'lab leak' from Wuhan institute

A declassified U.S. intelligence report further refutes the idea that SARS-CoV-2 "leaked" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 3 as plans for a future pandemic branded inadequate

The Covid inquiry will next week hear from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former prime minister David Cameron, as well as Sir Chris Whitty and former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance

The Independent UK

Federal bank records emerge as focus of GOP's Biden probes

House Republicans are facing growing pressure to show progress in their investigations

The Conversation

COVID origins debate: what to make of new findings linking the virus to raccoon dogs

The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has long been a topic of heated debate. While many believe SARS-CoV-2 spread to humans from an animal at Wuhan’s Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, others have argued the virus was accidentally leaked from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Salon

The raccoon dog–COVID connection

A new thread in the debate over SARS-CoV-2’s origins centers around a dog-like creature from Asia

WEKU

My meeting with Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese doctor who dared speak the truth about SARS

In 2003, the military surgeon watched in disbelief as Chinese officials downplayed how SARS was spreading — and took the risk of alerting the media to the cover-up. He died this past week at age 91.

WEKU

Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who exposed the size of the 2003 SARS outbreak, dies at 91

Jiang Yanyong was a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.

The Guardian - UK

Doctor who exposed China’s cover-up of Sars crisis dies aged 91

Dr Jiang Yanyong revealed true extent of 2003 outbreak and was put under house arrest for denouncing Tiananmen Square massacre

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