Topline Face masks will not have to be worn in airports or on flights in Europe beginning next week, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Con...
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China’s consumer prices climb as Covid prompts food stockpiling
Fresh vegetable prices rose by 24% year-on-year in April as consumers stocked up to prepare for potential stay-home orders. Pictured here is a delivery driver for Alibaba’s Hema Fresh supermarke...
Shanghai production plunged in April after Covid lockdown
Although Shanghai began in mid-April to prioritize several hundred companies for resuming work, foreign business organizations have said that doesn’t mean the factories can operate at full capac...
Omicron May Be Less Likely To Cause Smell Loss Than Other Covid Variants, Researchers Say
Topline Anecdotal evidence suggests that the coronavirus omicron variant may be less likely than other variants to cause smell loss, a common Covid-19 symptom with potentially serious implications for...
U.S. gun homicides reached highest level in 25 years during Covid pandemic, CDC says
Gun homicides in the U.S. reached their highest level in more than 25 years during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Homicides from guns rose 35% duri...
Crypto’s worst week since March 2020 Covid crash – Retail spooked and UST loses peg
A truly torrid week is being experienced by the crypto market as a whole. Bitcoin has fallen 25% so far, and lost 13% amidst frantic selling yesterday. The crypto market had nearly $200 billion erased...
Here Is What One Million Covid Deaths In The U.S. Looks Like
According to official estimates from the CDC, Johns Hopkins University and other organizations that collect public health data, the United States is nearing the grim milestone of one million deaths fr...
NVAX Stock Crashes As Covid Vaccine Sales, Profit Lag Expectations
Novavax (NVAX) reported lighter-than-expected sales and profit from its protein-based Covid vaccine on Monday, leading NVAX stock to crash. X The vaccine uses older technology and could offer an alter...
China SUV Leader Great Wall Motor Reports 41% Plunge In April Sales Amid Lockdowns
Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motor Co., attends a news conference in 2019. Great Wall, … [+] Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP April sales at Great Wall Motor...
Biden calls Congress to pass major Ukraine aid package before new Covid funding
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, May 9, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden urged Congress on Monday to quickly app...
Covid Novavax (NVAX) Q1 2022 earnings
Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Novavax on Monday reported its first profitable quarter as its Covid vaccine rolls out across several countries around the world, though the company still ...
China’s Covid Policy Will “Exact A Very High Cost On The Economy”
A health worker in personal protective equipment administers a booster shot to an international … [+] resident at a hospital during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China on Saturday, May...
U.S. will limit Covid vaccines to high-risk people this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more funding
The U.S. will have to limit the next generation of Covid vaccines this fall to individuals at the highest risk of getting seriously sick from the virus if Congress fails to approve funding to purchase...
Beijing And Shanghai Tighten Covid Restrictions Triggering More Discontent From Residents
Topline China enacted tighter pandemic restrictions in two of its biggest cities—Beijing and Shanghai—on Monday in a renewed push to quash out the spread of Covid-19 in the two cities even as it faces...
China Covid Policies “Causing Massive Uncertainty For Businesses,” European Chamber Says
A Chinese flag in front of the Shanghai Railway Station during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in … [+] Shanghai earlier this month.Source: Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP China’s Covid-19 poli...
Mental Health, The Disability Economy And The Future Of Work
In this changing corporate culture the role of mental health is being amplified as an essential tool … [+] of business practice. getty If we’ve learned anything over the past two and half years,...
Taiwan Confirmed Covid Cases Nearly Double In Five Days To Daily Record 30,035, Could Top 100,000
Members of the public wait in line at a vaccination facility administering the Moderna Covid-19 … [+] vaccine set up at Taipei Main Station on April 16. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg © 202...
Shanghai Residents Resort to NFTs to Preserve Experiences of Protest against Strict COVID Rules
The protesters created a video at the beginning of April dubbed “Propaganda”, and can be found on OpenSea. Protesters in Shanghai, a city of 25 million residents, have minted several items of a video ...
Shanghai Residents Turn To NFT To Document ‘Unerasable’ COVID Memorabilia
Shanghai is the largest and most populated city in China (with over 25 million residents) that has now tapped the power of blockchain technology to preserve and safeguard the events of the COVID-19 lo...
Moderna Sees X3 Covid Vaccine Sales in Q1 2022, MRNA Stock Jumps 7%
Except for its recent jump, Moderna stock has been at the lows. The remarkable Q1 2022 performance may give Moderna a boost and help its stock to rebound. Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) gained about 8% in...
Here’s how Buterin’s millions donated to India’s covid relief program were spent
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin came to India’s aid during the second wave of Covid-19, as the number of daily cases increased dramatically between April and May last year when hospitals ran out of b...
U.S. Trade Soaring Because Of, Not Despite, Covid Lockdowns, Supply Chain Woes
U.S. Census Bureau data released Wednesday showed U.S. trade up more than 20% over the first quarter … [+] of 2021. (All totals in $U.S. trillions.) ustradenumbers.com U.S. trade increased a run...
Antony Blinken Tests Positive For Covid After Attending White House Correspondents Dinner
Topline Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 Wednesday, according to the State Department, making him the latest to contract the virus among attendees of last weekend’s White...
From Estee Lauder to Apple, China’s Covid restrictions take their toll
Factories in China affected by Covid lockdowns can conditionally resume work, by housing workers on-site. Pictured here is an auto parts manufacturer in Suzhou that has had 478 employees on site since...
Broadway Attendance Plummets As Theaters Drop Vaccine Mandate
The cast of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENOUGH on Broadway. Marc J. Franklin Is Broadway back? Depends on who you ask. With 36 shows up and running, the industry’...
NFTs Being Used as Unerasable Proof of Covid Documentary in Shanghai
Inhabitants of Shanghai, China’s most populous city, have been employing the use of blockchain technology to protect the memories of the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in their state. Pictures, videos, an...
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken tests positive for Covid
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 27, 2022, ...
This Analyst Says to Be Positive About Novavax’s Covid Vaccine Chances
Like Pfizer (PFE) and Moderna (MRNA), Novavax (NVAX) has Covid-19 vaccine. Unlike Pfizer or Moderna, Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine hasn’t yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
Covid Moderna (MRNA) Q1 earnings 2022
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine awaits administration at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California on December 15, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Moderna sold $5.9 billion of its Covi...
Severe Covid Can Drop Your IQ 10 Points, Study Suggests
Topline Severe Covid cases may cause cognitive impairment equivalent to aging 20 years and losing 10 IQ points, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Imp...
Pfizer Paxlovid prescriptions to treat Covid increased tenfold in U.S.
Pfizer on Tuesday said prescriptions for its oral antiviral to treat Covid-19 have increased nearly tenfold in the U.S. since late February, as more pharmacies and other locations receive supply. CEO ...