Tag: Infectious Diseases

[ad_1] Copper prices have already recouped most of what they lost in all of 2022, buoyed by prospects for higher demand from China as it eases Covid-19 restrictions. [ad_2] Image…

[ad_1] Federal health officials are investigating whether there is a link between BioNTech BNTX, -1.28% and Pfizer’s PFE, -3.70% bivalent COVID-19 booster and stroke in seniors.  The Centers and Disease…

[ad_1] Oil futures rose Tuesday as investors assessed data confirming a sharp slowdown in China’s economic growth last year, while looking ahead to a pickup in crude demand as the…

[ad_1] Birthrates in the United States have been declining since the Great Recession, and many expected that the onset of COVID-19 might accelerate this decline. And, indeed, birthrates early in…

[ad_1] Americans can still order free COVID-19 test kits from the federal government, if they have not received kits from the latest apportionment. The Biden administration has been mailing out…

[ad_1] Oil futures rose Tuesday, finding support as investors continue to monitor China’s reopening and look for more clues to the size and speed of Fed rate hikes. Price action…

[ad_1] Pfizer PFE, +0.28% is the latest pandemic stock to face questions about its long-term strategy as revenue from its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral business starts to dry up.  Bank…

[ad_1] A private gauge of China’s service-sector activity improved in December but stayed in contraction territory, as COVID-19 infections swept the country after an abrupt reopening during the month. The…

[ad_1] Oil futures fell Wednesday morning, extending a slide that analysts tied to fears over the outlook for global economic growth and surging COVID cases in China. Crude oil kicked…

[ad_1] This year is going to be tougher on the global economy than 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s chief, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned. “Why? Because the three big economies, U.S.,…

[ad_1] Shares of Apple Inc. moved higher on Thursday after four straight days of declines, after a report indicated that iPhone production capacity in China was improving — even as…

[ad_1] Here’s a reason not to eat your greens.  Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., issued a voluntary recall over Christmas weekend for its products containing microgreens, sweet-pea leaves and cat grass,…

[ad_1] Shares of Chinese auto makers plunged as growing COVID-19 outbreaks across China halted vehicle production, triggering delivery cuts and sparking worries of a sales decline in the world’s biggest…

[ad_1] Shares of Nio Inc. took a dive Tuesday, after the China-based electric vehicle maker said it was “prudently” cutting its fourth-quarter deliveries estimate, citing COVID-related production challenges and continued…

[ad_1] Shares of Chinese pharmaceutical companies plunged Tuesday morning on Chinese bourses, continuing a slide that began in the face of competition from Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid earlier this month.…

[ad_1] SINGAPORE — Tesla Inc. suspended car production at its Shanghai plant on Saturday, extending a planned eight-day production halt at its largest worldwide plant by car output, according to people familiar…

[ad_1] BEIJING — Fever clinics and hospital emergency rooms in China’s capital were overflowing with patients on Monday as Chinese health authorities announced plans to downgrade treatment of COVID-19, a…

[ad_1] Tesla suspended production at its Shanghai plant on Saturday, bringing ahead a previous plan to pause most work at the plant in the last week of December, Reuters reported…

[ad_1] Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is considering a presidential run, took a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s call to investigate the COVID-19 vaccines, arguing that “we shouldn’t…

[ad_1] Oil futures rose Tuesday, finding support as the Keystone pipeline remained closed and investors gauged a potential boost to demand from China’s loosening of COVID-19 curbs. Price action West…

[ad_1] Wynn Macau Ltd.’s 1128, +17.12% shares rose sharply Thursday amid improved investor sentiment after China eased COVID-19 restrictions further. The casino operator’s shares rose as much as 18% to…

[ad_1] If you’re suffering from hair loss, then zinc, pumpkin-seed oil and an active ingredient found in chili peppers may actually help, according to a new report. A new research…

[ad_1] China’s official gauges measuring factory, construction and service activities slipped further into contraction in November, weighed by the country’s stringent COVID restrictions that have throttled production, along with a…

[ad_1] U.S. stock futures rebounded amid hopes Beijing may ease its COVID-zero policies. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.30% rose 13 points, or 0.3% to 3984…

[ad_1] A fire that killed at least 10 people on Thursday in northwestern China’s Urumqi city has led to a new round of protests online and offline, as many expressed…