Oil lifted on China COVID worries, tight supplies
Oil futures rose Tuesday, finding support as China implemented fresh COVID-19 restrictions and worries remained over supply disruptions in Libya.Price...
Month: June 2022
China’s mass testing programs straining city finances
Under pressure from ever-more-transmissible coronavirus variants, China’s “zero covid” policy is increasingly relying on testing on a massive scale to...
Special Committee on Decolonization Approves 2 Draft Resolutions, Hears Officials, Petitioners from Non-Self-Governing Territories, Opening Substantive 2022 Session | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
The Special Committee on Decolonization opened the substantive part of its 2022 session today, approving two draft resolutions related to...
‘Something has to change’: Health care workers who cared for us during COVID are burning out
Dr. Vivek MurthyU.S. surgeon generalOver 50% of public health workers have reported symptoms of at least one mental health conditionNearly 1...
Oil prices rise as tight supply counters China Covid, recession worries
In this article@LCO.1@CL.1An oil well pump jack operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27,...
With pediatric COVID vaccine authorization potentially arriving soon, Oregon health officials tell parents to prepare
The FDA and CDC could reach a decision this week to authorize the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children ages...
Covid contractor netted $340 million in ‘windfall profits’ on $750 million contract, Congressional report says
A Virginia firm that got a no-bid $750 million contract to manage the quick distribution of Covid relief loans —...
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China’s ‘618’ shopping festival to test COVID-hit shoppers’ urge to splurge
BEIJING, June 14 (Reuters) - China is set to get a picture of how the country's zero-COVID-19 policy and slowing...
When Covid Came for Provincetown
“At that point I started texting everyone I'd come in contact with over the week,” he says. Realizing how many...
Europe’s illegal drug market rebounds after Covid disruptions
The supply and use of illegal drugs in Europe have increased sharply after disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as...