A flurry of announcements relating to COVID vaccines dominated headlines on the pandemic on Monday, with Moderna telling investors it expects to generate some $5 billion in sales in 2023. Read more
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As EU works to coordinate response to China’s COVID wave, Beijing and airlines are unhappy
European Union officials were working Wednesday to coordinate a response to China’s current surge of COVID cases and were likely to agree on travel restrictions that may upset both Beijing Read more
U.S. Treasury says currency-market intervention should be reserved for ‘very exceptional circumstances’ in response to Japan’s September move
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it expects currency-market interventions, like Japan’s in September, should be reserved for exceptional circumstances, as it kept Tokyo on a list of partners Read more
Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster shows higher immune response, but new COVID cases climb back above 40,000 a day
First the good news: Pfizer Inc. and Germany-based partner BioNTech SE said updated trial data for their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster showed a “substantially higher” immune response in adults than Read more
Adidas ends Kanye West partnership in response to antisemitic comments
Adidas on Tuesday became the latest company to sever ties with the rapper Kanye West over his antisemitic comments made over social media. Adidas said it will terminate its relationship Read more
Adidas ends Kanye West partnership in response to antisemitic comments
Adidas on Tuesday became the latest company to sever ties with the rapper Kanye West over his antisemitic comments made over social media. Adidas said it will terminate its relationship Read more
Russia opens border draft offices as exodus continues in response to military call-ups
Russian authorities are opening more military enlistment offices near Russia’s borders in an apparent effort to intercept some of the Russian men of fighting age who are trying to flee Read more
Market Extra: U.K. response to ‘crisis-style’ bond moves revives debate about a Fed pivot
Treasury and U.K. bond yields fall sharply, while U.S. stocks rally, after the Bank of England takes action to shore up its government debt.
At-home COVID test performance worsened after omicron emerged; Lancet commission slams global pandemic response
The performance of certain COVID-19 home-testing kits seems to have deteriorated after the omicron variant emerged, according to a new study published Thursday by the British Medical Journal. The study Read more
Biden administration to elevate HHS division to handle pandemic response, and New York Gov. Hochul maintains public-transit mask mandate for now
Even as the president himself was revealed early Thursday to have tested positive for COVID-19, the administration of President Joe Biden is planning to overhaul the federal health department and Read more
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