Prudential hit by China’s zero-Covid policy
Prudential reported that its Hong Kong division suffered a steep fall in new business profits in the first half of...
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COVID antiviral, carbon-dating troubles and Chile’s science bet
A temporary hospital for people with COVID-19 in Shanghai. The country has approved the first antiviral for the disease made...
Cathay Pacific losses narrow as COVID-19 restrictions ease
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday that losses in the first half of the...
Omicron subvariants gain more ground, including BA.4.6 in the Midwest
Though the 7-day average for new daily COVID-19 cases is slowly declining, the more transmissible and immune-evasive Omicron subvariants became...
In Seattle, Fauci talks COVID politics, monkeypox and life in the public eye
In a packed auditorium at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Dr. Anthony Fauci led a conversation Tuesday afternoon about the...
Michigan adds 16,137 cases, 137 deaths from COVID-19 over last week
Michigan experienced its first case decline in five weeks as the state added 16,137 cases and 137 deaths from COVID-19...
China’s youth face bleak job market as COVID slows economy
BEIJING -- Liu Qian, job-hunting with a new master's degree, said two employers interviewed her and then said the positions...
COVID in California: State is ‘hopefully at the tail end’ of surge, top official says
Michigan governor infected Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19. The Democratic governor said in a statement that...
Opinion | Anti-vaxxers tout ‘medical freedom’ — and raise the death toll
Victor Rohe, a longtime Republican activist and former New York City police officer who also previously worked in the financial...
LA County urges COVID protections as kids go back to school; 2,335 new cases reported
With schools reopening across the region, Los Angeles County health officials on Tuesday, Aug. 9, urged parents and students alike...