Japan pledges $2 billion in funding for pandemic vaccine research initiative

The Japanese government has earmarked $ 2 billion in funding for vaccine research in an effort to make sure its country is better prepared for any future pandemic, according to Nature. Japan lagged behind other countries not just in developing vaccines, but also in approving them when it came to COVID-19. As the publication points […]

Biden calls pandemic “over” despite pathetic booster rates and new variants

Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto Show, in Detroit on September 14, 2022. (credit: Getty | Anadolu Agency) “The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden said matter-of-factly in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night. The impromptu comment immediately drew headlines, as well as criticism from health experts. It […]

How ‘suspended grief’ during the pandemic can turn into a second wave of sorrow for some

Shawna Katz lost her partner during the pandemic and has been leaning on her “grief sister” for support. As COVID-19 restrictions lift and allow people to reconnect in-person, one psychologist says those who endured tragedy alone during COVID-19 may now be dealing with “suspended grief.”

The Pandemic Shows Us the Genius of Supermarkets

Fairway Market, which credits itself with introducing New Yorkers to clementines, radicchio, fleur de sel, and vine-ripened fruit, started off as a small grocery store at 74th Street and Broadway, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where it still stands. According to family lore, Nathan Glickberg arrived at Ellis Island from Russia sometime in […]

New Amsterdam EPs Talk Doc’s COVID Crisis, [Spoiler]’s Return and Telling ‘More Human’ Pandemic Stories

RELATED STORIES Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk! New Amsterdam‘s Season 3 premiere put one of the hospital’s own in serious jeopardy, revealing that Dr. Vijay Kapoor contracted COVID and is still not out of the woods. With the muscles around the doc’s heart ravaged by […]

BBC Breakfast viewers furious at Matt Hancock holidays grilling: ‘There’s a pandemic on!’

Mr Hancock, 43, sparked uproar a couple of weeks ago when he told the public he had booked a holiday to Cornwall for the summer, despite the UK still being in a national lockdown. With Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, 52, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, urging people not to make plans at the moment, […]