Are hospital admissions still the best way to gauge the COVID crisis?

By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Alistair Smout MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Using the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 to gauge the severity of the pandemic may not give an accurate…

Return of the flu: EU faces threat of prolonged ‘twindemic’

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged "twindemic" with COVID-19…

Dutch ICU beds running out as weekly COVID-19 cases hit record high

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch healthcare system scrambled to add intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients as the country registered a record weekly number of new infections on Tuesday. Although…

Pandemic, National Security and Armed Forces

Pandemic, National Security and Armed Forces The traditional Tamil treatise, Thirukkural, written over 2,000 years ago had defined a nations’ characteristics, "Pini inmai Selvam Vilaivinbam Emam, aniyenba Nattirkiv vainthu," implying…