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Welcome to your morning Telegraph briefing – a roundup of the main stories we’re covering today. To receive twice-daily briefings by e-mail, sign up for our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Effects of lockdown fear killing more people than Covid The effects of the lockdown could now kill more people than die from Covid, … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams showed his appetite for destruction Thursday, taking a swipe at an abandoned, urine-soaked outdoor dining shed in midtown Manhattan and swearing the structures would be “restaurants, not restrooms.” “The blight and disorder we are seeing at some of our sites is unacceptable,” the mayor said, announcing that 24 other sheds outside restaurants … Read more
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who is leading the charge of a royal commission into the handling of the COVID pandemic, says it is necessary because we could have another pandemic in the future. It comes amid fresh calls for a royal commission into the matter following revelations that Scott Morrison has secretly sworn himself … Read more
Patients recovering from coronavirus infection suffer from increased rates of neurological and psychological problems, according to a large observational study published Thursday. Oxford University researchers combed through more than a million patient records and found that two years after infection, patients who had recovered from COVID-19 were at risk higher levels of psychosis, dementia and … Read more
The head of the country’s top public health agency announced a reshuffle of the organization on Wednesday, saying it had failed to respond to COVID-19 and needed to become more nimble. Planned changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders are calling it a “reset” — come amid criticism the agency’s … Read more
LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — The 9/11 Tribute Museum in Lower Manhattan will permanently close on Wednesday after being unable to rebound from pandemic-related losses. The 9/11 Families Association, which founded the 9/11 Tribute Museum, hinted in March that the day was coming, after a sharp drop in visitor numbers and revenue since the … Read more
Monkeypox continues to spread across the world with cases jumping 20% in the past week, according to the World Health Organization. Infections have risen by nearly 7,500 to more than 35,000 total cases in 92 countries, but almost all reported cases are in Europe and the Americas, according to WHO data. Twelve deaths have been … Read more
The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said the Biden administration is aiming to get out of day-to-day pandemic management and instead focus on planning for future pathogens. “We are working very hard to make sure that the transition happens in a very orderly and very transparent way so that everyone sees it coming,” Dr. Ashish … Read more
After more than a year of debating costs, taxes, tax credits and regulations, President Joe Biden has finally signed his sweeping tax, health and climate bill into law – albeit a dramatically scaled-down version of the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan he was pushing for last year. The President signed the new Inflation Reduction … Read more
The timing of your coronavirus vaccine is more important than the type of vaccine you receive, the JCVI vice president said. Professor Anthony Harnden told the BBC that Britons shouldn’t be worried about the vaccine they receive because those eligible for the autumn booster program “would not be getting second-rate vaccines”, adding: “this are all … Read more