Rising Covid-19 cases in China have sent Shenzhen and other cities back into lockdown and there have also been newly confirmed cases in other countries/regions such as the UK, Australia and the EU. Th...
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Ex US treasury official says only thing not blamed on crypto by the executive order is covid-19
Gregory Zerzan was the former acting assistant secretary to the treasury, and he goes as far as to say that Biden’s recently signed executive order on crypto is actually a disaster. When the scope of ...
Covid-19 Vaccination Rules Come Into Focus For New York Yankees And Brooklyn Nets
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone answers questions at spring training baseball news conference, … [+] Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday was...
Covid-19 Has Pushed Americans Back To Grandma’s Kitchen, How To Attend A Food Trade Show, And The Future Of Restaurants In Russia
Thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, buyers and distributors across the food industry are already packed inside the Anaheim Convention Center for the big return of Natural Products Expo West after a...
Covid-19 Vaccine Has Good Odds for EUA Approval, Says Analyst
After several delays and setbacks, Novavax (NVAX) finally filed an EUA request for its Covid-19 vaccine with the FDA at the end of January. Given precedents and the company’s recent comments, Jefferie...
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring
As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...
Many ETHDenver attendees report positive COVID-19 tests and few masks
The transmissibility of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 seems to have affected many attendees at the ETHDenver developer conference, who reported symptoms and positive test results following the event...
As We Emerge From The Covid-19 Pandemic, We Must Build Back Better
Over the last two years, the global Covid-19 pandemic has proven that no part of our lives is immune to its destructive forces. A complete economic and social moratorium has been the standard governme...
Bill Maher Claims Covid-19 Face Mask Requirements Turning Kids Into ‘Howie Mandels’
Bill Maher claimed that school face mask requirements are “creating a generation of Howie Mandels, … [+] of little germ-paranoid munchkins.” (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) GC Images...
Pfizer v Medical Properties: Covid-19 Vaccines give Pfizer an edge
Pfizer Inc Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is a company that manufactures and markets biopharmaceutical products worldwide. They provide medications for various conditions including heart disease, diabetes mel...
Are we in the final stages of the COVID-19 pandemic yet?
It’s a reasonable perception that the Coronavirus pandemic is in its final stages now, says Stephane Bancel – the chief executive officer at Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) I think there’s an 80% chance th...
Johnson & Johnson Halts Production Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine: NYT
Reuters GM plans six-fold increase in 2022 electric truck, SUV production -sources General Motors Co plans to increase production of electric trucks and Cadillac sport utility vehicles this year by mo...
Novavax’s stock falls after Reuters report saying COVID-19 vaccine shipments are delayed in some regions
Shares of Novavax Inc. NVAX, -14.58% tumbled 12.2% in trading on Tuesday after a Reuters report said there are delays shipping the company’s COVID-19 vaccines to Europe and the Philippines in th...
Pfizer stock falls after profit beats but revenue misses, even as COVID-19 vaccine sales of $12.5 billion top forecasts
Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.40% sank 2.6% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the drug maker reported fourth-quarter profit that beat expectations, while revenue more than doubled but missed forecas...
Covid-19 Raises Risk Of Pregnancy Complications—Including Death Around Birth, Preterm Delivery And Postpartum Hemorrhage—Study Finds
Topline Pregnant people infected with Covid appear to be more likely to experience serious complications or die during pregnancy than those who aren’t infected with the coronavirus, according to new p...
32 Athletes Are In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19
Topline Thirty two at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are currently under isolation at designated facilities after testing positive for Covid-19, the Games’ organizers announced on Tuesday, a disclos...
Did So-Called ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ Really Show Lockdowns Were Ineffective Against Covid-19?
Some are claiming that a “Johns Hopkins study” showed that Covid-19 lockdowns have been useless. … [+] However, early during the pandemic in 2020, surges in hospitalizations and deat...
U.S. Olympic Flag Bearer Out With Covid-19 As Tests Shows Virus Spreading In Beijing’s Olympic Bubble
Topline Four-time Olympian bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is no longer able to lead the way for Team USA as a flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics after testing positive...
Singaporean healthcare services firm Zuellig Pharma: Uses a blockchain network to fight against COVID-19
Zuellig Pharma, a Singaporean healthcare services firm, is tracking COVID-19 vaccines using a blockchain-based network to prevent practitioners from providing outdated vaccines. The SAP blockchain is ...
Tsunami-Hit Tonga Goes Into Lockdown After After Foreign Aid Brings Covid-19
Topline Tonga entered lockdown on Wednesday after recording its first locally spread cases of Covid-19 among port workers and their families involved in distributing humanitarian aid in the wake of t...
Leveraging Non-Traditional Data For The Covid-19 Socioeconomic Recovery Strategy
This article is co-authored with Selva Ramachandran, Resident Representative, UNDP Philippines. A drone’s view of empty roads of Metro Manila during the pandemic. Herman Lumanog/Pacific Press/Li...
Justin Trudeau Catches Covid-19, ‘Feeling Fine’
Topline Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he tested positive for coronavirus on Monday morning as protesters – particularly truck drivers – rally against the country’s pandemic restrict...
Singapore firm uses blockchain to battle counterfeit COVID-19 jabs
Singaporean healthcare services provider Zuellig Pharma is using a blockchain-based network to track COVID-19 vaccinations to prevent practitioners from administering expired vaccines. Zuellig Pharma ...
Asian Company Uses Blockchain Technology to Prevent Fraud With COVID-19 Vaccines
The Asia-based medical services company Zuellig Pharma has developed a blockchain platform to improve its vaccine tracking service and prevent accidents that could compromise the public’s health. eZTr...
Kid Rock Refuses To Perform At Tour Venues Requiring Covid-19 Vaccination, Face Masks
Kid Rock, seen here performing at a Trump 2020 rally, announced that he won’t play at venues that … [+] require face masks or proof of Covid-19 vaccination. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Im...
How Vitalik Buterin Will Use $100M In SHIB To Fight COVID-19
In May 2021, the inventor of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin occupied a lot of headlines as he dumped over $1 billion in Shiba Inu (SUBI) to aid the COVID-19 relief cause in India. In April, Buterin donated ...
U.S. Households Have Ordered 240 Million Free Covid-19 Tests, White House Says
Topline Households in the U.S. placed about 60 million orders for a total of 240 million at-home Covid tests through the government website launched last week, the White House said on Friday, amountin...
Beijing Begins Third Round Of Mass Covid-19 Testing Ahead Of Winter Olympics
Topline China’s capital Beijing began a third round of mass testing of millions of its residents on Wednesday as Covid-19 cases in the city continued to trickle upward a week before the city is set to...