The global tally of COVID cases rose 25% in the period stretching from Dec. 5 to Jan. 1 to more than 14.5 million, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Known Read more
Tag: Regulation/Government Policy
COVID-related ICU patients rise to 5-month high above 5,000—are new cases really falling?
While many have been focused on the apparent explosion of COVID cases in China, and the lack of reliable data from China’s government, there are signs suggesting the U.S. situation Read more
Trump’s tax returns are now public
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday. Experts will be looking closely at large business losses reported by Read more
China Approves Merck’s Molnupiravir for Emergency Use, Regulator Says
China’s top drug regulator said Friday that it approved Merck & Co.’s Molnupiravir for emergency use on Thursday, as the country grapples with waves of infections after Beijing abruptly reversed Read more
CDC calls out China for ‘lack of adequate and transparent’ COVID data
China is facing an international backlash amid reports of an unchecked surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, as well as criticism over the government’s decision to stop providing daily Read more
Trump subpoena withdrawn by Jan. 6 select committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former President Donald Trump as it wraps up work and prepares to dissolve next week. Mississippi Rep. Read more
China could face tens of millions of new COVID cases every day as restrictions are lifted
While many are cheering China’s scrapping of its stringent zero-COVID policy earlier this month, an increasing number of reports suggest that the latest official tallies of new cases only represent Read more
Whitmer abduction plot co-leader sentenced to 16 years in federal prison
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat Read more
China turns a corner on COVID as it lifts quarantines for foreigners
China has turned a corner in its zero-Covid policy, lifting quarantines for foreign travelers from early next year, but that has come with cost as cases are surging and hospitals Read more
FTX co-founder Gary Wang, ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison plead guilty to federal charges
On the same day that that the Bahamas extradited FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to the U.S. to face criminal charges, two former executives at FTX and Alameda Read more