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The pandemic drove up inflation. How come, years later, we're still paying more?

What happened to those “short-term” price increases from the pandemic? From 2021 to 2023, Canadians were told that prices jumped largely because of supply-chain bottlenecks, government spending on ...
GeekWire

The Great Rewiring: How the pandemic set the stage for AI — and what’s next

Colette Stallbaumer, co-founder of Microsoft WorkLab and author of WorkLab: Five years that shook the business world and sparked an AI-first future. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) From empty offices ...
Psychology Today

How the Pandemic Changed Puberty for Girls

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the U.S. in March 2020, life came to a standstill and millions of people experienced drastic changes in their lifestyles. For adolescents, this meant ...
The New York Times

We Can’t Diet and Exercise Our Way Out of the Next Pandemic

In the event of a sudden pandemic, what should we do? This month, Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, offered a remarkably blunt answer: nothing. It’s been nearly six ...
CNN

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

Editor’s note: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news ...
Time

We’re Even Less Prepared For the Next Pandemic After COVID-19, Expert Warns

Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, at a briefing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, ...
NPR

From the pandemic to porn, here's how norms around sex are shifting for Gen Z

Sherman conducted more than 100 interviews with teenagers, young adults and experts for the book. She says the decline of interest in sex goes beyond the issue of abortion rights. "We have the rise of ...
The New York Times

How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. By Emily Anthes About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco ...