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Del Monte Foods Files for Bankruptcy After Post-Pandemic Consumer Pullback
The packaged-foods company has lined up $165 million in new bankruptcy loans and hopes to sell its assets as going concerns.
Fact Check: Nothing in draft WHO pandemic pact overrides national sovereignty
A draft pandemic treaty negotiated at the World Health Organisation (WHO) leaves health policy to national governments, ...
Ex-aide to New York governor pleads not guilty to new pandemic fraud charge
A former aide to two New York governors already facing charges of acting as an illicit agent of China has pleaded not guilty ...
Appeals court sides with Ohioans whose pandemic unemployment benefits were cut off
An appeals court ruled in favor of Ohioans seeking federal unemployment benefits that Gov. Mike DeWine cut off early during ...
In the Loop: Is AI Making the Next Pandemic More Likely?
At top AI labs, the future looks either fantastically bright—or terrifyingly dark. More in today’s TIME tech newsletter.
Accused of acting as a Chinese agent, NY governors’ ex-aide now faces pandemic fraud charge, too
A former aide to two New York governors has been charged with illegally profiteering from the state’s scramble for face masks ...
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Dartmouth couple launches pandemic project, a skoolie called The Bluenoser — spot it on a highway near you
The Luddingtons found many second-hand items for their skoolie, like the sink and stove, from Facebook Marketplace ads. Their ...
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Disease X: The next pandemic?
Disease X, a term shrouded in mystery and caution, represents not a specific illness but a placeholder for the unexpected, a ...
People who adopted pets during the pandemic often struggled to access vet care, study finds
During the COVID-19 pandemic when many were stuck at home, people adopted more pets than average, but then struggled to find adequate veterinary care. Kayla Pasteur of Purdue University, U.S., and ...
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No, German study did not blame mRNA vaccines for excess pandemic deaths
The inaccurate rumours refer to a study looking at excess deaths during the pandemic in the German city of Frankfurt am Main.
DeWine’s $900 million error: How Ohio’s governor abandoned the unemployed during the pandemic
Courts rule against DeWine's decision to cut federal pandemic benefits early, potentially forcing the return of funds to ...
Kansas City businesswoman charged with pandemic loan, unemployment benefits fraud
The woman allegedly fraudulently received tens of thousands of dollars in pandemic funds and unemployment benefits.