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The Massachusetts Public Health Department announced Thursday that the state would lower its COVID-19 death count by 3,700 due to new measuring criteria being implemented. The department said in a statement the new death definition is following the guidance (pdf) of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a standardized approach for states to count COVID-19 deaths. “Our approach proved to be too expansive and led to a significant overcount of deaths in Massachusetts,” Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke told the State House News Service. Massachusetts deemed COVID-related fatalities those which have…

Pep Guardiola said he had “no regrets” over Manchester City’s performance at Crystal Palace despite seeing his side drop two points that could prove critical to the title race. City were characteristically dominant with the ball at Selhurst Park but could not break down their energetic and well-organised opponents, meaning Liverpool can move a point behind them if they overcome Arsenal on Wednesday night. Bernardo Silva and Aymeric Laporte missed their best chances to score, the latter after João Cancelo had struck an upright from range, but Guardiola could find no fault with his players afterwards. “We played a really, really good…

Online shoppers in the UK face more identification checks when paying for purchases on the internet from Monday, as new rules to clamp down on fraud come into force. The new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements will change the way people confirm their identity when using their debit or credit cards to make online purchases, and are expected to lead to more card payments being declined. It is the biggest change to card payments since chip and pin was rolled out 16 years ago, and is designed to reduce the £376m lost to online fraud in 2020. The measures are similar to…

Hundreds of station ticket offices could be closed under a post-pandemic revamp of Britain’s railways. Rail industry leaders have been in talks with the government about ways to modernise the network under a new publicly-owned national body. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is keen to reduce taxpayer funding following the £16billion bailout during the Covid pandemic and staff costs will be a main focus of the plan. Transport unions would fight such a move and are threatening industrial action. They point out the presence of ticket offices and staff at stations is important for vulnerable groups such as the disabled, elderly, pregnant women…

The poorest households in the UK could see their cost of living jump by as much as 10% by this autumn if Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leads to a prolonged conflict, a thinktank has warned, as Rishi Sunak faces mounting pressure to tackle the cost of living crisis. The chancellor will deliver his spring statement on 23 March. He is reluctant to commit to significant extra spending, but Treasury sources concede he has acknowledged the necessity to take some limited action. Options could include increasing benefits in April by more than the planned 3.1%, a new cut in the taper…

On a mild, peppy, boisterous afternoon at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row to reclaim fourth spot from Manchester United, a one-point advantage underwritten by three games in hand. Thomas Partey was assertive in central midfield, Martin Ødegaard a classy presence ahead of him, and Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli hugely impressive as the wide players in that press-and-move attack. It is a mark of Arsenal’s progress since the turn of the year that there were times during this 2-0 defeat of an understrength Leicester City when they almost seemed to be having too much fun,…

After receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Li Jun’s 4-year-old developed a fever and coughs, which quickly subsided after intravenous therapy at the hospital. But after the second shot, the father could tell something was wrong. Swelling appeared around his daughter’s eyes and did not go away. For weeks, the girl complained about pains on her legs, where bruises started to emerge seemingly out of nowhere. In January, a few weeks after the second dose, the 4-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “My baby was perfectly healthy before the vaccine dose,” Li (an alias), from China’s north-central Gansu…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…