(Reuters) – A fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine lowered rates of COVID-19 among the elderly but the protection against infection appeared short-lived, a large …
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Executive Officer Brian Porter criticised the Canadian government’s proposed bank tax in prepared remarks to …
WASHINGTON – Countries around the world should provide $15 billion in grants this year and $10 billion a year thereafter to manage the long-term risks …
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday said it welcomed progress on an emerging deal in Congress for additional COVID aid but said it …
WASHINGTON – Americans living in poorer counties died during the pandemic at almost twice the rate of those in rich counties, a study released Monday …
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Facebook-owner Meta is no longer requiring employees to have COVID-19 boosters to enter its offices in the United States, a …
By Howard Schneider and Dan Burns (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic’s grip on the U.S. job market notably loosened in March, two years after a …
The US Has Nearly Recovered All The Jobs Lost To COVID Lockdowns Harry Wilmerding on April 1, 2022 The U.S. economy recorded an increase of …
By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu BEIJING – China’s COVID-19 curbs are disrupting the supply of fertiliser to the country’s northeastern bread basket just a …
TOKYO – Japan’s manufacturing activity grew at a faster pace from the prior month in March as domestic demand got a lift from the waning …
Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Daniel Joseph Tisone (34, Naples) …
BERLIN/SHANGHAI -Volkswagen on Thursday said it would halt work at its factory in Shanghai between April 1-5, reversing an earlier plan to maintain some of …
By Ludwig Burger and Emilio Parodi (Reuters) – As governments prepare to live with COVID-19, some are questioning how much to rely on drugmakers to …
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday a decision will come soon on whether to lift Title 42, the COVID-19 health order that …
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic will evolve this …
By Rittik Biswas and Roshan Abraham (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region …
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON – U.S. officials are preparing for the possibility of thousands of more migrants per day attempting to cross …
(Reuters) -The U.S. national public health agency said on Tuesday that BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for more than half the coronavirus …
SHANGHAI – Auto parts maker Aptiv on Tuesday sent home workers at a Shanghai production facility that supplies Tesla and a General Motors (GM) joint …
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Monday that he had “supposedly” tested positive for COVID-19, with no major symptoms. “I …
JERUSALEM – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will test for COVID-19 on Monday after having met Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem the …
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc is planning to suspend production at its Shanghai factory for at least one day, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, as China’s …
JERUSALEM – Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78% lower mortality rate from the disease than those …
– Moderna Inc on Thursday raised its full-year forecast for sales of its COVID-19 vaccine to roughly $21 billion from $19 billion. The company in …
By Nancy Lapid – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the …
SHANGHAI – BMW Group said on Wednesday production at all its plants in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang will be temporarily suspended from Thursday …
TRENTON, NJ – As COVID-19 cases statewide drop to lows not seen since last spring, Governor Phil Murphy this week warned of a new strain …
ROME – An Italian study published on Tuesday suggests that efficient ventilation systems can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in schools by more than 80%. …
By David Stanway SHANGHAI – In footage shared on social media last week, a crowd of people in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang bang …
By Joori Roh SEOUL – Kim Jin-woo, a 27-year old resident of Seoul battling COVID-19 and recovering at home under a new government policy, needed …
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was hospitalized last week with flu-like symptoms, does not have COVID-19, a court spokeswoman said on …
-The U.S. drug regulator said on Monday a panel of independent advisers will meet on April 6 to discuss considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccine …
– The recent surge in COVID-19 cases across China is likely to have a minimal impact on the country’s GDP this year, two brokerages said …
By Jamie Freed – Hong Kong startup Greater Bay Airlines has scaled back its initial growth ambitions due to tight pandemic-related quarantine restrictions and has …
By Josh Horwitz and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING – To keep factory lines open in the face of COVID curbs Chinese firms are asking workers …
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japanese households accumulated a record $17 trillion in financial assets as of December last year, roughly four times the size …
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) returned to growth in the final quarter of 2021 as the economy emerged from …
Fort Myers, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Amber Rewis Bruey (35, Lehigh Acres) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire …
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES – The busiest U.S. seaport expects its robust flow of imports to continue in the near term, but is closely …
-Canada will remove the need for incoming fully vaccinated travelers to get tested for COVID-19 before entering the country, starting on April 1, a source …
-Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE on Tuesday filed an application with U.S. regulators seeking emergency use authorization for a second booster shot …
LONDON – Chinese companies listed in New York fell sharply during premarket trade on Tuesday after surging COVID-19 cases fuelled fears for the world’s second-largest …
BEIJING – China has seen increasing positive changes in its economic performance backed up by surprisingly good economic data, but the impacts of the latest …
By Nancy Lapid – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the …
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday that the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 had been circulating in the United States for some time, …
A look at the day ahead in markets from Julien Ponthus. There’s arguably never a good time for the COVID-19 pandemic to make a comeback …
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – Philadelphia is plugging a massive budget hole opened by COVID-19, avoiding layoffs and the closing of swimming pools. St. Louis …
LOS ANGELES – The former chief executive of Aviron Pictures has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges, admitting that …
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration and a Paycheck Protection …
BERLIN – A short-term freeze on energy imports from Russia resulting from its invasion of Ukraine is likely to cause a collapse in German gross …