Albert Bourla, chief executive officer of Pfizer pharmaceutical company, arrives to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday slashed its 2022...
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OTC Is Back In Earnest, The Surest Sign Of A Renewed Energy Industry
Visitors to the annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston walk through the exhibits … [+] Wednesday, May 4, 2011. More than 65,000 people and 2,000 exhibitors representing more than 110 c...
Beijing city bans in-restaurant dining as China’s Covid controls tighten
As part of the latest Covid controls, China’s capital city of Beijing banned in-store dining as a five-day holiday kicked off, prompting restaurants to sell food outside. Kevin Frayer | Getty Im...
Caribbean Creative Sector Set For Mass Reopening Post COVID
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – APRIL 25: (L-R) Cast members Léa Seydoux, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Naomie … [+] Harris and Lashana Lynch attend the “Bond 25” Film Launch at Ian Flemi...
Setback In Shanghai As New Covid Cases Reported Beyond Lockdown, Beijing Carries Out More Mass Testing
Topline Shanghai—which has largely remained under lockdown for more than a month—faced a setback on Monday as officials detected 58 new Covid-19 cases outside neighborhoods that are under complete loc...
Tesla Investors, Beware: April Deliveries for NIO, Li, and XPeng Hit by Covid
A Covid outbreak in China, which forced production shutdowns, is weighing on April’s output numbers for electric vehicle makers. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Text size Chinese electric ve...
Medical professionals are skeptical on a fourth Covid vaccine dose
There hasn’t been enough research on how much protection a fourth dose can offer, medical professionals told CNBC. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Countries are beginning to offer a fourth dose o...
China EV Maker XPeng Says Covid Affecting Supply Chain; Deliveries Drop In April From March
The XPeng Inc. P7 Wing Limited Edition electric vehicle at an XPeng dealership in Shanghai last … [+] year.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP XPeng, one of China’s la...
Ex-Trump Advisor Birx Warns Of Summer Covid ‘Surge’
Topline The U.S. should prepare for a Covid-19 surge this summer that could hit southern states the hardest, former Trump Administration pandemic response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told Face the Na...
Tesla Investors Beware: Bad NIO, Li, XPeng April Deliveries Hit by Covid.
A Covid outbreak in China, which forced production shutdowns, is weighing on April’s output numbers for electric vehicle makers. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Text size Chinese electric ve...
India Is Investing Billions To Create A Robust Healthcare System
Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his commitment to making Indian healthcare world-class. In a series of messages on Twitter, PM Modi celebrated World Health Day: “The Go...
Nio Stock, Tesla’s China Rivals To Report EV Sales After Covid Lockdowns
Nio stock is due to report April EV deliveries on Sunday after Nio (NIO) briefly halted production due to Covid lockdowns in China. X Xpeng (XPEV) and Li Auto (LI) also report China EV sales on Sunday...
The Apple Watch Is A Promising Venture In Healthcare Technology
Without a doubt, Apple has become a household staple worldwide. Notably, Apple Watch has captured the lion’s share of the smart watch market: per research reports, the Apple Watch accounted for nearly...
Retailers Scramble to Adapt As Inflation; Supply Chain Woes Persist
Retailers Scramble to Adapt as Inflation; Supply Chain Woes Persist getty The rules of retailing are being rewritten as hope fades that inflation will subside any time soon, or that supply chain disru...
FDA panel to discuss Novavax Covid vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna kids shots
Medical syringes and Novavax logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 2, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Dru...
China sticks to Covid controls, Beijing luxury mall closes
Major luxury goods mall Beijing SKP, pictured here in 2021, said Friday it would close — with no reopening date specified — after the city confirmed three Covid cases in an apartment community nearby....
Alibaba, Baidu Estimates Slashed on Covid Lockdowns
(Bloomberg) — China’s technology giants have had their earnings estimates slashed for a second straight month amid the nation’s relentless pursuit of its Covid-Zero strategy. Most Read from Bloo...
Bitcoin Supply In Loss Reaches Highest Value Since COVID Crash
On-chain data shows the amount of Bitcoin supply in loss has now risen to the highest value since the COVID-19 crash. Bitcoin Supply In Loss Now Measures Around 7.6M BTC As pointed out by an analyst i...
U.S. Economy Shrank 1.4% Last Quarter In Worst Showing Since Covid Recession, New GDP Estimate Shows
Topline The economy last quarter posted its worst annualized showing since the pandemic-induced recession in 2020, the government said Thursday, blaming an unexpected decline in economic activity on t...
Beijing Locks Down Residential Complexes And Moves Classes Online As Covid Cases Rise
Topline Authorities in Beijing ordered the switch to online classes for several schools in the city and locked down a number of residential compounds and offices amid concerns the Chinese capital coul...
Escalating The Problem Or Inflating A Solution?
Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at Boeing Field on November 18, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder/Getty Images Aviation has been on a roller coaster. We have experienced the biggest drop in...
Antibodies From Covid Vaccines May Be Weaker Against Omicron, Study Finds
Topline Antibodies produced by Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots may be less effective at defending against the omicron variant than previous coronavirus strains, a study by researchers at Johns Hop...
Symptoms of mysterious liver disease affecting children, Covid links
Health experts are investigating the likely cause of a new children’s liver disease, which was first reported in the U.K. in January 2022, and whether it bears any connection to the coronavirus....
Weekly Covid deaths have dropped to lowest since March 2020, WHO says
The World Health Organization on Tuesday said weekly new Covid deaths have fallen to the lowest level since March 2020, but warned a global decline in testing for the virus could hinder its efforts to...
Most Americans Have Had Covid, Antibody Tests Show
Topline More than half of all Americans—including around 75% of children—had evidence of a prior coronavirus infection in their bloodstream after the omicron variant raged nationwide, the Centers for ...
At least 58% of U.S. population has natural antibodies from previous Covid infection, CDC says
Blood drawn by a registered nurse for an antibody test for the coronavirus, June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Three out of every five people in the U.S. now have antibodies f...