‘Fear Is Contagious’ as UK Crisis Boils Over Into Other Markets

(Bloomberg) — The UK’s rapid descent from stability to crisis is threatening to expose the fragility of global efforts to crush inflation, raising the specter of chaos spreading across financial...

Rapid Covid Test Still Positive After 5 Days? You May Not Be Contagious, Study Suggests

Topline Some 50% of people who test positive for Covid-19 on a rapid test after five days of infection are likely no longer contagious, a Journal of the American Medical Association study released on ...

Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise

Topline The highly transmissible BA.5 omicron subvariant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S., accounting for nearly 54% of Covid-19 infections last week, according to estimates from the...

Why the Crypto Unwind Wasn’t Contagious (This Time)

Those choices have, in turn, led to genuine financial contagion within crypto markets, including tragic rugpulls for a number of startups that had funds custodied with 3AC. More to the point, though, ...

Crypto crash: What contagious risks could Celsius, Three Arrows pose? Here’s what to watch

The latest crisis started Sunday with Celsius, one of the biggest crypto lending platforms, pausing all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts. The company reportedly has hired restructurin...

Recession Risks Are Contagious As Japan’s GDP Stumbles—Again

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has very few options to avoid a recession that may be all but inevitable. Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank…Typing these words is maddeningly familiar for long-time Toky...

U.S. Reports First Human Case Of Contagious Bird Flu In Colorado

Topline A man in Colorado has tested positive for an H5 bird flu virus, state officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, marking the first recorded human infection ...

More contagious omicron BA.2 is on track to displace others in U.S.

A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The more contagious ...

More contagious omicron BA.2 Covid subvariant dominant in the U.S., CDC says

A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dom...

BA.2 more contagious, but vaccinated less likely to spread it, study finds

A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test at testing site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The omicron BA.2 subvariant i...

The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, WHO says

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...