Economy: Oakland, San Jose airports soar closer to pre-COVID passenger activity
(Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Travelers at Oakland International Airport, December 2020. Travelers at San Jose International Airport, November 2021. ...
Month: May 2022
Covid vaccine for kids under 5: 3 doses of Pfizer vaccine is effective, Pfizer says
Three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for the youngest children were 80 percent effective against the omicron variant of the...
Jeff Bridges Was ‘Close to Dying’ After Getting COVID While on Chemo: ‘I Was Ready to Go’
Jeff Bridges revealed to People magazine that he was “pretty close to dying” after contracting COVID while on chemotherapy for...
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China, Europe car sales dampened by chip shortage, COVID measures
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News Scan for May 23, 2022
COVID-related thyroiditis still detectable 1 year later in some patientsWhile COVID-19–related thyroid inflammation usually resolves shortly after the acute illness,...
China’s fragility feeds the doom mongers in Davos
What a difference five years makes. Davos has gone from debating China's seemingly indomitable rise to fretting about its weakness....
Concern Grows in China Over Economic Impact of ‘Zero Covid’
Since the Omicron variant of the coronavirus arrived in China, the government has maintained harsh lockdowns, mass testing and border...
Cambodia’s microloan sector under scrutiny as poor drown in debt
Siem Reap, Cambodia – When Sam’s hard-up relatives needed money to buy a plot of land and start their own...
Alibaba stock rises as earnings top expectations despite COVID-19 impacts
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s U.S.-listed shares were rising in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant beat revenue and...
COVID-19 infections could be plateauing in Colorado, but there’s still much uncertainty
COVID-19 is circulating at relatively high levels in Colorado right now, but what might happen next is anyone’s guess.As of...