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More than 8,300 bounce back loans issued to the construction sector during the pandemic are suspected to have been fraudulent, Construction News can reveal. The loans, issued from May 2020 as emergency relief of up to £50,000 for small companies, were backed by 100 per cent government guarantees. Data obtained by Construction News under the

Science & Nature According to a study of the COVICAT cohort, almost one in four people infected with SARS-CoV-2 suffered from long-COVID. Long-COVID continues...

News The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China as a global health emergency, highlighting concerns about its potential impact on countries with limited healthcare resources. During a briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus clarified that this declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

The chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry will not "hesitate to make recommendations about the use of social media" and its role in spreading "misinformation and disinformation" around vaccines, the secretary to the inquiry has told Sky News. The independent public inquiry resumes on Tuesday with Module 4 looking at Vaccines and Therapeutics. Ben Connah

The first time I got a Novavax Covid vaccine, it felt almost subversive. Over the previous few years, every mRNA-based booster I’d gotten — the ones made by Moderna and Pfizer — had felt like a two-day bout of the flu. I’d gamely booked sick days into my calendar and sucked it up through fevers

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Sunday, December 8th, 2024 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed reports of the presence of the COVID-19 variant known as XEC in Nigeria, urging citizens to disregard misinformation circulating on social media. The ministry said this in a

Science & Nature Tous ceux qui sont un peu informés en science et qui ont suivi la polémique sur les réseaux sociaux, notamment entre experts et complotistes, savaient...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The lingering effects of COVID-19 on some patients' health has gotten a lot of attention. But a new study suggests many face long-term major financial impacts after their illness. Whether or not they got hospitalized during their bout with COVID-19, patients had a higher risk of serious money problems after their