Tag: Outbreaks/Epidemics

[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] 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] 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 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] 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] 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] 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…

[ad_1] The COVID-19 restrictions are at the heart of the unrest in China as the country grapples with a rising number of infections after years of quarantine policies.  CNN reports…

[ad_1] It’s too late to buy an Apple iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max in time for Christmas, as supply disruptions have caused wait times to double over the past…

[ad_1] Apple Inc. said Sunday that it now expects lower shipments of its high-end iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max devices than it did previously, as COVID-19 issues…

[ad_1] U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies were enjoying a sharp rally in premarket trading Tuesday as hopes built about a potential relaxation of the country’s severe measures meant to help…

[ad_1] Apple Inc. continues to be dogged by concerns about the pandemic’s impact on production after recent reports indicated that strict COVID-19 restrictions in China were affecting Foxconn, which manufactures…

[ad_1] President Joe Biden will receive his updated COVID-19 booster shot Tuesday, and will encourage more Americans to get theirs, too. NBC News first reported the booster news, which was…

[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +0.01% said surgical procedure volumes are returning to pre-pandemic levels in many parts of the world, a trend that cheered Wall Street and could bode…

[ad_1] Cineworld Group PLC said Friday that its first-half pretax loss narrowed as revenue rose after the easing of remaining Covid-19 restrictions in the first quarter. The FTSE 250 cinema…

[ad_1] Shares of casino operators got a big boost Monday after Macau officials announced that an easing of pandemic-era travel restrictions would begin in the coming weeks. News surfaced over…

[ad_1] ““The pandemic is over.”” “The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still…

[ad_1] As regulators and banks ponder ways to correct unfair lending practices to people of color, fintech startup Ocrolus Inc. has taken part in a study that shows that automating…