U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to more firmly embrace the approach, already used by many school districts, after research of such policies in the Chicago and Los…
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When Boris Johnson announced that all over-18s in England would be offered a Covid-19 booster by the end of the month, firing up a desperate race between the vaccines and the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the impact on the nation was immediate. Dr Mayura Balasubramaniam, an NHS urology surgeon overseeing vaccinations at his partner’s pharmacy…
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Here we go again. As Omicron scythes through the population, many of us despair at the resumption of uncertainty and anxiety. For those working in our hospitals, the situation looks bleaker still. Even if Omicron proves relatively benign, the NHS is bracing to handle staff sickness and additional patients. It feels as though the health…
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Meta has issued cease-and-desist warnings against six companies, including controversial Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube, which it claims spied on about 50,000 of its users around the world as part of the growing “surveillance-for-hire” industry. The social media network formerly known as Facebook said on Thursday that a “months-long investigation” had uncovered groups of “cyber…
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Azure Power inks PPAs for 2.3 GW of solar in India Home News Azure Power inks PPAs for 2.3 GW of solar in India No posts to display We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you…
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Farmdrop, the UK online grocery start-up backed by the Duke of Westminster as well as Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman, has collapsed, leaving customers scrambling to locate turkeys for Christmas. The group, which had raised more than $40m in capital according to Crunchbase, told customers on Friday that it had ceased trading from Thursday and scrapped orders…
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There is at present “no evidence” that the Omicron coronavirus variant is any less severe than the Delta strain, according to early findings from researchers at Imperial College London, which also highlighted the elevated risk of reinfection posed by Omicron and the need for booster shots to combat it. The research, based on UK infection…
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Extreme weather conditions have yet again ravaged the most populated state in the US, as California is hit by record rainfall and heavy snow just months after a summer of severe fires and drought. Snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada this week, while a storm system brought record rainfall that caused mudslides in southern California and…
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This article is an on-site version of our Moral Money newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox. Visit our Moral Money hub for all the latest ESG news, opinion and analysis from around the FT The holiday season marks the start of a yearly power struggle ahead of companies’…
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