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The Covid-19 pandemic has had dramatic consequences for HIV containment.

Geneva, Switzerland - The Covid-19 pandemic has had dramatic consequences for HIV containment, with human and financial resources diverted, prevention programs compromised, and supply changes disrupted. And there's already some evidence that the interplay between the two diseases is contributing to the emergence of new variants.

Even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the fight against HIV/AIDS was progressing too slowly worldwide, the UN program UNAIDS and other aid organizations warned at a news conference on Friday.

According to UNAIDS, people infected with HIV have twice the risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to the general population. However, most people living with HIV still do not have access to vaccines against the coronavirus.

Two-thirds of all people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, where only 3% of the population has received at least one Covid-19 jab by mid-year.

"Covid-19 has been the most significant setback in the fight against HIV," said the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Peter Sands.

According to the Global Fund, HIV testing dropped by 22%, holding back HIV treatment initiation in most countries, while the number of people reached with HIV prevention programs and services declined by 11%.

The pandemic also had a "devastating impact" on the fight against tuberculosis (TB). In 2020, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB in the countries where the Global Fund invests dropped by 19%.

As concern over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to grow, there's already some scientific evidence that these more virulent dangerous strains emerge in people with severely weakened immune systems a trademark of HIV infection.

Scientists told the Telegraph that they believe the mutations in Omicron came about as a result of a chronic Covid-19 infection in an immunocompromised patient.

Although much more research is needed to confirm the theory, the unusual evolution of the new variant suggests it had plenty of time in a host whose immune system could not kill it off an "evolutionary training gym" of sorts in which to become a "fitter" form of the virus.

University of Cambridge Professor Sharon Peacock told the paper that Omicron "may have evolved in someone who was infected but could then not clear the virus, giving the virus the chance to genetically evolve."

According to the HIV and AIDS charity AVERT, South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with over 7.5 million people living with the virus. Less than three quarters of them have access to effective treatment.

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Omicron evolution may be another sign of pandemic's damaging effect on fight against HIV - TAG24.COM

After almost 25 years in the market, the benefits of managed accounts are well established.

Once only feasible for advice businesses serving wealthy clients with bespoke portfolios, managed accounts are emerging with new investment options and lower fees, enabling advisers to use the transparent structures with a wider range of clients.

The products improve the efficiency of advice practice management by streamlining the process for implementing portfolio changes and may reduce the requirement for compliance documentation such as records of advice.

For clients, having beneficial ownership of the underlying investments offers greater transparency of portfolio holdings than other managed investment types and may make managed accounts more tax-effective than investments in a pooled unit trust.

But bigger than that, is the intergenerational wealth transfer, which continues to present opportunities for advisers to capture that next generation of clients who will need advice and allow advisers to grow business revenue.

And we know there is a growing demand for high-quality financial advice that is affordable and accessible. The number of unadvised Australians who intend to seek financial advice in the next two years rose to 2.6 million in 2020 from just 1.3 million in 2015, according to Investment Trends[1].

Tailored offerings

Historically, managed accounts have been used by wealthier clients with complex investment and tax management needs, who are looking for bespoke investment solutions through an individual managed account. Now, managed accounts have evolved to a point where they are within reach of all clients.

Advice businesses can use managed accounts to efficiently implement portfolios that showcase their investment expertise when this forms part of their value proposition. Portfolios could be hand-picked by the adviser, selected by the licensee to match an in-house investment philosophy, or managed externally but tailored to a clients individual ethical, social, tax or income preferences.

Wealthy clients have the capacity to pay for tailored investment selections and a managed account that can be highly customised for their objectives. Lower balance clients also benefit from professional portfolio management and visibility of investment holdings but many have been unable to afford to pay for individualised investment services.

Shift in focus

Many financial advisers already outsource research recommendations and model portfolios to investment consultants such as Lonsec, Morningstar and Zenith.

Changes in the advice landscape have seen some advisers move away from providing investment advice as the central tenet of their offering. Only 45 per cent of Australians seeking financial advice were looking for advice on investments, the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions 2019 report Financial advice: What consumers really think found.

Those advisers who do not base their value proposition on their investment expertise find that outsourcing the research function frees them up to spend more time having strategic and goals-based conversations with clients.

However, many advisers continue to implement their client portfolios in-house. Advisers handling their own portfolio implementation receive information from their asset consultant, identify which client portfolios need to be updated, and contact those clients for approvals before executing the changes either one-by-one or in bulk. Changing the portfolio triggers the need for additional advice documentation.

Platform technology and adviser software are continuously improving, increasing the efficiency of reporting and administrative processes, as well as the speed of execution, but they cannot remove the bottlenecks entirely.

It takes time to review and digest an asset consultants recommendations, read client reports, contact clients, and wait for their responses. It also takes time to prepare compliance documentation.

Process improvement

Managed accounts allow advisers to re-engineer the process to remove these bottlenecks.

After the client has invested in a managed account, the investment consultant running the portfolio can rebalance and update to preserve the target risk level and asset allocation without needing to seek consent from the client or prepare additional advice documentation.

This can shrink the execution lead time. It may also reduce the compliance risk of having clients funds committed to what may have become an inappropriate investment.

Using managed accounts run by asset consultants can also save advisers time when engaging with clients as these asset consultants provide detailed commentary on their portfoliosthat can be passed on to clients, without advisers having to prepare reports for themselves.

Professional asset consultants only add or remove investments from their portfolio recommendations for good reason. When they make changes, they expect those to be reflected in client portfolios as soon as possible.

While managed funds are similarly responsive and eliminate the need for additional documentation for portfolio changes, they do not provide the client with beneficial ownership of the underlying assets or as much transparency of investment holdings as managed accounts do.

Total costs

When clients look at the cost of advice, they consider the total amount they are charged including fees for accessing and implementing investments, and the cost of their advisers strategic recommendations.

By improving business efficiency and removing product fees and fees for asset consultant services, clients using the new breed of managed accounts pay less overall for advice. This makes managed accounts a more viable option for lower balance clients who want professional portfolio management, transparency and beneficial ownership of their investments, without an additional layer of fees.

Advice businesses that serve these clients gain greater flexibility in the way they charge for their advice and save time that can be used elsewhere having deeper strategic conversations with clients, working on the business, or expanding to serve more people.

Bryce Quirk is chief distribution officer at Colonial First State.

[1] Investment Trends[1] 2020 Financial Advice Report, which surveyed 4,501 people in July last year.

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Mrunal Thakur shares withAnalita Seth how her personal style has evolved over the years.

Returning to the ramp after a year, how do you feel?I am very excited. I walked for JJ Valaya and its been a dream of mine to wear his design and here I am.

Do you feel safe?Yes, the team made sure there were no outsiders around me and everyone was tested before I got here. Everyone is masked up so I feel safe.

Tell us about your showstopper outfitWhen I wore this outfit, I told everyone that I think Im ready to get married. I just need to find the groom. Its just so overwhelming. It actually makes you feel like youre the bride. I kind of feel emotional too, if I may say so. I saw the other designs from the collection too and they were all fabulous.

How has your personal style changed over the years?Oh yes, the idea of fashionhas changed for sure. EarlierI would keep it subtle and never wear anything that was quirky but now, as an actorI feel the need to experiment with colours. I feel like Im comfortable with Indianwear. I love sarees. ButI have evolved.

A fashion tip for allthe readersJust be comfortable anddont pretend. Dont wear something because someone else is. Follow what your heart says. You need to be comfortable because everything shows onyour face.

Five things that instantly make you happyCoffee, outdoor schedule, food, travel and my family.

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Impact of cyber attacks on organisations

We live in an era of localisation and divergence of privacy laws evolving in response to rapidly developing technologies, including AI, quantum computing and the Internet of Things. Mr Friedberg observed that cybersecurity is clearly a key business concern which, if addressed incorrectly, can have significant financial and reputational repercussions.

This year in particular has seen an uptick in cyberattacks by foreign states and state-sponsored agents, in pursuit of their geopolitical and economic goals, as well as cyber extortion by criminal threat actors. Such incidents highlight the importance of strong cybersecurity controls.

Implementing robust cybersecurity, however, is a separate issue. Mr Friedberg highlighted the balancing necessary between implementing a zero trust policy for software updates and allocating appropriate resources to vet such updates. From a liability perspective, it seems somewhat absurd to require enterprises, particularly SMEs, to decompile all updates before deploying them. Mr Friedberg recalled an instance of decompiling one piece of software, suspected of being backdoored by a foreign agency, taking 12 weeks of reverse engineering.

Mr Friedberg noted that, in most cases, threat actors do not need to rely on zero-day exploits due to many companies lacking basic cybersecurity protection. He emphasised that to manage this cybersecurity risk organisations should:

The Board and executive leadership

As organisations prioritise cybersecurity, efforts to ensure appropriate Board and executive leadership and cybersecurity governance are crucial. Mr Friedberg explained that there should be strong communication between the board and the CISO because there are no standardised methods for reporting on cybersecurity in the same way that companies report on profits. He also highlighted the dangers associated with isolating the CISO and recommended implementing measures to ensure that there is a collective responsibility for cybersecurity risk between the board and the CISO.

Insurance

The panel also discussed the tightening insurance market following significant losses in the ransomware space. A full transfer of risk and liability via insurance products is becoming increasingly difficult to find, with some insurers in certain jurisdictions stopping payment for ransomware attacks entirely.

What could be done better?

Mr Friedberg emphasised a few key areas for potential improvement in responding to ransomware:

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One of the fun ingredients in the newScience Uprisingepisode, Fossils: Mysterious Origins, is the overly confident Darwinists roped in to serve as foils. The most amusing is the first, who smugly announces, So lets spend some time going through the facts and how evolution explains them all so well. First, fossils.

The rest of the episode, with Gnter Bechly, Casey Luskin, and Stephen Meyer, goes on to smash that claim. Weve been hearing that this episode ofScience Uprisingmay be the best yet. But you may wonder about the guy who delivers the assurance about fossils and evolution. Who is he? Ah, hes Hank Green of the very popular YouTube channel,Crash Course.The line is from a video with 2.2+ million views, Evolution: Its a Thing Crash Course Biology #20. In the same video, Green tells viewers, Evolution: Its a thing. Its not a debate. Ha, the scornful tone! I take it that Hank Green hasnt acquainted himself with the information inScience Uprising. He really should.

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Dig down, and evolution by natural selection is just about spontaneous, sustained accumulation of complexity if life elsewhere exists, its likely to develop in the same way

By Graham Lawton

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EVOLUTION is a fact of life, at least of life as we know it. Here on Earth, organisms that just so happen to be better adapted, or fit, for their environment, perhaps by virtue of a fortuitous mutation, tend to survive longer and leave more offspring. The less fit leave fewer descendants and the unfit none at all. Whatever it was that made the winners fit thus accumulates in the next generation, a cruel and random Squid Game called evolution by natural selection.

As to why it happens, on one level thats simple. According to biologist Richard Dawkins, evolution is simply a change in gene frequencies in populations. If a gene in a colony of woodlice living under a dead log becomes more or less common for some reason, evolution has happened.

But must it be like that? All life on Earth that we know of comes from the same origin and uses the same biochemical operating system based on DNA. Putative life on other planets, or shadow life from an independent origin on Earth, might conceivably operate under very different rules. Does life have to evolve and if so, does that have to be by natural selection? Thats a very interesting and large question, says Dawkins.

Arik Kershenbaum at the University of Cambridge, author of The Zoologists Guide to the Galaxy: What animals on Earth reveal about aliens and ourselves, thinks the alternatives are limited. One might be to postulate an intelligent designer, as perhaps we ourselves might someday design self-replicating organisms. But

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Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal - New Scientist

Elden Ring is Dark Souls set in an open world. That's the general elevator pitch that FromSoftware decided to settle on when creating its latest action game. While this might sound like a rather straightforward idea, after playing a couple of hours of Elden Ring, I'm far more excited to see what the studio actually does within this structure.

As part of the recent Elden Ring Network Test that took place, I was able to check out roughly three hours of what the game will have in store. Those three hours were primarily filled with exploration, dying, and, well, a whole lot more dying. It perhaps goes without saying that Elden Ring is going to again be a challenging venture for many, even those who might be more experienced with the Soulslike subgenre.

If you do have experience with FromSoftware's previous games, namely Dark Souls, much of those skills should transfer over seamlessly to Elden Ring. While comparing other titles to Dark Souls has become a punchline in recent years, Elden Ring is quite literally modeled after the beloved action franchise in nearly every way. Specifically, almost every combat tactic that was seen in Dark Souls has come back in some form here with Elden Ring, which really cements the idea that this is looking to be FromSoftware's first formal return to the genre since Dark Souls III released in 2016.

That being said, it's clear that the studio is also looking to implement some of its learnings from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as well. Comparatively, there isn't a whole lot of Sekiro's DNA that is prominently found within Elden Ring -- at least based on what I have played so far. Despite this, the game does seem to give players a greater focus on traversal and mobility, which was a large aspect of Sekiro. A dedicated jump button in Elden Ring is perhaps the most obvious instance of this, although I admittedly didn't use this mechanic all that much in my own play time.

Speaking more to mobility, though, since this is an open-world game, Elden Ring includes a mount that allows you to more quickly get around from place to place. This is the one element of the game that feels entirely unique to Elden Ring within FromSoftware's larger catalog of work, and, honestly, I really love how it has been implemented. Jumping on and off of your mount takes less time than any other game I can think of and the added ability to also jump while riding along is quite unique. In fact, during one moment when playing, I came across an area within the world that, at first, I thought I couldn't access whatsoever. When I remembered that my "horse" could jump its way into this locale for me, though, it opened up a whole new dungeon that I wasn't expecting to explore.

By far the most exciting part of my time with Elden Ring came with the handful of bosses that I discovered. I faced off against three bosses in total during my short experience with the game, although not every baddie was equal to each other. Two of the three I found were sequestered away in their own dungeons that I had to intentionally go out of my way to find while the third fell along the demo's main path. The actual big boss, which was called "Margit the Fell Omen," caved my face in more than once, leading to me to eventually turn around to go try to level up a bit more before squaring off again. Conversely, defeating the two bosses I found tucked away gave me items that better improved my overall character. While I didn't need to take on these baddies at all, doing so made the rest of my time in the game that much easier. In all of my time with Elden Ring, this is what really sold the experience for me.

Being able to explore this strange, new land to come across numerous one-off dungeons which might contain unique boss fights or items to obtain gave me an idea of why FromSoftware wanted to work in this open-world structure to begin with. While previous games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, or even Sekiro had linear sections where you'd need to continue retrying until you advanced, Elden Ring seems more open to allowing you to take in this world at your own pace. And while every square inch of the world might be covered in danger, the game as a whole feels a bit more accessible since you'll never be stuck in one specific area.

Elden Ring was already one of my most anticipated releases of 2022 simply because, well, it's another title from FromSoftware. And while that's all I need at a baseline level to be excited about the game, after seeing more of what FromSoftware is looking to actually accomplish in Elden Ring, my excitement has gone up even more. If you're someone who has adored what the Japan-based studio has done in the past, then Elden Ring seems like it's absolutely going to be another game that you'll need to pick up in only a few short months.

Elden Ring is set to release on February 25, 2022. It will be coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC platforms when it does launch.

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In 2010, Earl Sweatshirt released his debut mixtape, Earl, and his new song titled for that moment in time shows how much hes evolved while still retaining his sagely iconoclastic spirit. Earls more recent releases Some Rap Songs from 2018; Feet of Clay from 2019 have represented his music at its most avant-garde, moving through murky, collagelike atmospheres in a constant state of transformation. 2010, though, is more straightforward and sustained, with an understated beat from the producer Black Noise that allows Earl to lock into a hypnotic flow. The succinctly poetic imagery (crescent moon wink, when I blinked it was gone) and strangely satisfying plain-spoken admissions (walked outside, it was still gorgeous) pour out of him as steadily as water from a tap. LINDSAY ZOLADZ

FKA twigs featuring Central Cee, Measure of a Man

This songs distinctive descending chord progression, dramatic swells and even its lyrics the measure of a hero is the measure of a man could make it a James Bond theme. Thats a sign of FKA twigss overarching ambitions, her willingness to engage carnality and idealism, and how carefully she gauges the gradations of her voice in every phrase. JON PARELES

Call it a meet twee: You lent me Nine Stories, while you starred in mine, the Australian-born, California-based musician Hazel English sings at the beginning of her ode to every artsy teens favorite J.D. Salinger book. The track is a three-minute dream-pop reverie, obscuring lyrics wryly bookish enough for a Belle & Sebastian song beneath a swirl of jangly guitars and shyly murmured vocals. Its also something of an act of nostalgia, finding the 30-year-old conjuring the sounds and memories of her high school days: Now that Im falling, I cant ignore it, she sings sweetly, sounding as blissfully crush-struck as a teenager. ZOLADZ

The young Chicago trio Horsegirl is proof that the shaggy-dog spirit of Gen X indie rock is alive and well within a certain subset of Gen Z. Nora Cheng and Penelope Lowensteins overlapping vocals are buried beneath a dissonant avalanche of Daydream Nation-esque guitars, but enough lyrical imagery comes to the surface to create a strangely poetic impression of their titular character on this stand-alone single, their first release since signing to Matador Records. He washes off his robes in preparation to be crucified, Cheng intones, while Lowensteins more melodic vocal line adds additional texture to the songs enveloping, shoegaze-y atmosphere. ZOLADZ

On Touch. Dont Scroll, Ben LaMar Gay and Ayanna Woods, two musical polymaths from Chicago, sing about trying to stay connected to each other in an overcorrected world. Now, baby, I will never leave you lone/Oh, can you hear me or are you on your phone? they drone in unison, an octave apart, over a syncopated beat and lightly twinkling electronics. The track is nestled deep within Open Arms to Open Us, Gays latest album and probably his most broadly appealing, pulling together influences from country blues, Afro-Brazilian percussion, puckish Chicago free jazz and 2000s indie-rock. GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO

Bet It, from the soundtrack to Halle Berrys directorial debut Bruised, is only the second solo single Cardi B has released this year. And while its nowhere near as fun or inspired than that previous hit, Up, Bet It is more like a braggadocios status update on Cardis recent past, taking in her Grammy wins and her memorable Met Gala appearance in a dress with a tail so long it drag 30 minutes after. ZOLADZ

An impressively feverish turn from Morray, whose 2020 breakout single Quicksand leaned toward the spiritual. Here, though, hes ferocious, rapping with a scratchy yelp and a sense of defiance. Hes accompanied by Benny the Butcher, who is among the calmest-sounding boasters in hip-hop. An unexpected and unexpectedly effective pairing. JON CARAMANICA

Frank Dukes, Likkle Prince

The producer Frank Dukes whos made understated, hauntingly melodic work with Frank Ocean, the Weeknd, Rihanna and many others is releasing The Way of Ging, his first project under his own name. Its an album of beats a beat tape, as they used to say thats available for a limited time online, and will eventually be removed from the internet and available only as a set of NFTs. Likkle Prince channels early 80s electro along with some squelched disco majesty. Its spooky and propulsive. CARAMANICA

A rousing and trippy burst of hyperpop mayhem, Everybodys Dead! is a new single from underscores, who earlier this year released Fishmonger, an excellent, scrappy, and puckish debut album. CARAMANICA

The Mexico City sound artist Microhm, born Leslie Garcia, produced Spooky Actions and its accompanying EP using only modular synths. The result feels like hurtling through a Black Hole, where sound and time warp into quantum dislocation. Ambient textures swirl over the lurch of steady drum kicks, as the moments drip into oblivion. ISABELIA HERRERA

Leon Bridges featuring Jazmine Sullivan, Summer Rain

Leon Bridges looks back to Sam Cookes soul; Jazmine Sullivan can go back to the scat-singing of bebop. They trade verses over a slow-motion beat and rhythm guitar in Summer Rain to evoke endless conjugal bliss, urging each other dont stop now, for less under minutes of suspended time meant to play on repeat. PARELES

Ibeyis music has always harnessed a sense of ancestral knowledge: The Afro-Cuban French twins grew up listening to Yoruba folk songs that channel the spirit of enslaved people brought to the Caribbean over the middle passage. But their new single, Made of Gold, featuring the Ghanian British rapper Pa Salieu, trades the simple but potent piano and cajn for a celestial, spectral otherworldliness. Culling references to the Yoruba deities Shango and Yemaya, as well as Frida Kahlo and the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, the duo summons power from intergenerational sources to shield them. Oh you with a spine, who would work your mouth against this Magic of mine, they intone. It has been handed down in an unbroken line. HERRERA

Stings new album, The Bridge, often harks back to the jazz-folk-Celtic-pop hybrids he forged on his first solo albums in the 1980s; one song, Harmony Road, even features a saxophone solo from Branford Marsalis, who was central to The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985. Many of the new songs lean toward parable and metaphor, but not Loving You, a husbands confrontation with the cheating wife he still loves: We made vows inside the church to forgive each others sins, he sings. But there are things I have to endure like the smell of another mans skin. Written with the British electronic musician Maya Jane Coles, the track confines itself to two chords and a brittle beat, punctuated by faraway arpeggios and tones that emerge like unwanted memories; its memorably bleak. PARELES

With patient arpeggios and soothing bass notes, the harpist and composer Mary Lattimore builds a grandly meditative edifice behind Chelsey Coy, the songwriter and singer at the core of Single Girl, Married Girl, in Scared to Move. Its from the new album Three Generations of Leaving. Cales multitracked harmonies promise, In a strange new half-light, I will be your guide as Lattimores harp patterns construct a glimmering path forward. PARELES

Deciphering the Message, Makaya McCravens first LP for Blue Note Records, could easily get you thinking of Shades of Blue, Madlibs classic 2003 album remixing old tracks from that labels jazz archive. On Deciphering, McCraven a drummer, producer and beat dissector digs through 13 tracks from the labels catalog and attacks them through his personal method of remixing and pastiche. Deciphering crackles with McCravens sonic signatures: viscid ambience, restlessly energetic drumming, the recognizable sounds of his longtime collaborators (Marquis Hill on trumpet, Matt Gold on guitar, Joel Ross on vibraphone, et al). Tranquillity stems from a track by the vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, from his 1966 album Components, and McCravens intervention is two-pronged: He doubles down on the originals curved-glass effect, adding whispery trumpet and fluttering flute atop the original track, but his own drums kinetic, unrelenting keep the energy at a rolling boil. RUSSONELLO

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