The English National Opera (ENO) is rolling out its singing, breathing and wellbeing program for recovering coronavirus patients around the country following a successful trial.
Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming
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Tokyo With the Olympic games due to start in Tokyo in July, Japan had every reason to move quickly to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and begin inoculations. But the country only started inoculating its population of 126...
‘They restricted our freedoms’: CPAC speakers push back against Covid restrictions
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Orlando, Florida Even as attendees were required to wear masks, the Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off its 2021 meeting with a defiant stance toward Covid-19 restrictions. "They restricted our freed...
India exits recession but rapid growth is still a long way off
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Nieu-Delhi (CNN Besigheid)India's economy is out of recession but still a long way from returning to rates of growth seen before the pandemic. Asia's third biggest economy recorded a rise in gross domestic product of ...
Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill
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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against including the increase in the minimum wage in the Covid relief bill, an aide familiar with the process and two sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell CNN. Th ...
All eyes on Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as she reviews minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill
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A little known but powerful Senate official is being thrust into the spotlight this week as Democrats are eager to see whether an increase to the federal minimum wage will be kept in President Joe Biden's Covid reli...
Sanders says $15 minimum wage not ‘incidental’ to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned
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Sy. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour isn't "incidental" to the federal budget, despite skepticism from Capitol Hill and the White House of its future in the President's ...
This device is crucial in the fight against Covid. It may not work on dark skin
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In the fight against Covid-19, the pulse oximeter has been an essential tool for doctors and other medical professionals. But the small device that monitors oxygen levels may not work well for people with dark skin,...
Beloved canine moves on after helping hospital staff through a year of the pandemic
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Staff members at a Denver hospital have said a sad goodbye to Wynn, their canine companion for nearly two years and a presence during the Covid-19 pandemic that proved especially helpful. Staff members at the Ros...
The bizarre and totally scientific way that alligators breathe in icy water
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Winter storms have battered the US this week, and many animals are struggling in the cold. The cold-blooded alligator, wel, is getting through the week with an unusual method of survival. Hierdie week, an employee ...
Huisdemokrate beplan om volgende week Biden se Covid-hulpplan deur die kamer te stoot
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Washington House Democrats neem 'n groot stap vorentoe om die president Joe Biden se massiewe proses deur te druk $ 1.9 biljoen Covid-verligtingsrekening teen die einde van volgende week. Die Huisbegrotingskomitee het Donderdag aangekondig dat hy ...
‘A chronicle of scandal foretold’: Vaccine furor highlights long history of misconduct by elected officials in Peru
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It's been only three months since former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra was impeached by his country's Congress and removed from office over corruption allegations which he has repeatedly denied. Yet there he wa...
An American family stuck in Gaza for months due to Covid restrictions finally leaves: ‘It was hell’
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An American family visiting Gaza say they were left "stranded in a hellish situation" for months due to the coronavirus pandemic and a blockade surrounding the Palestinian territory. Hani Almadhoun and his wife, Roa...