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Companies Should Hurry Up and Require Vaccines
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s been less than two weeks since President Joe Biden said the federal government would throw its…
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Singapore Cases Hit 2021 High; U.N. Vaccine Debate: Virus Update
Covid-19 and the uneven global distribution of vaccines take center stage at a scaled-back United Nations General Assembly in New…
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Why is Hong Kong Doubling Down on its Covid Zero Strategy?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — As the world begins to come to terms with Covid-19 becoming endemic, Hong Kong has chosen to…
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Fauci Sees More U.S. Boosters; UN Debates Vaccines: Virus Update
Covid-19, and the uneven global distribution of vaccines, move to the center of a scaled-back United Nations General Assembly that…
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Biden’s Vaccine Booster and Export Plans to Collide at Summit
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden will set a new course for global vaccine allocation this week, hosting a summit on…
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California Has Lowest Covid Rate; Singapore Surges: Virus Update
Governor Gavin Newsom, who survived a recall election partly on his handling of the pandemic, tweeted on Saturday that California…
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U.S. Booster Plan Scaled Back; U.K Eases Travel: Virus Update
The Covid-19 vaccine booster shot proposed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE should be given to older Americans and those…
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Picking Embryos With Best Health Odds Sparks New DNA Debate
(Bloomberg) — Rafal Smigrodzki won’t make a big deal of it, but someday, when his toddler daughter Aurea is old…
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U.N. says world likely to miss climate targets despite COVID pause in emissions
ZURICH, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and…
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Australia to Trial Home Quarantine, Eases Lockdown: Virus Update
Australia’s most-populous state, New South Wales, will trial home quarantine for people returning from overseas if they are fully vaccinated,…
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Biden’s Booster Drive Faces Test; NYC Is Ready: Virus Update
President Joe Biden’s push to begin offering third doses of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine faces the first of two crucial tests…
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Oops, I Accidentally Created A Mini SPAC Meme Stock
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Earlier this week I wrote about a seafloor mining company, TMC The Metals Company Inc., that was…
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Indonesia Allows Visitor Visa While Requiring Vaccine Passports
(Bloomberg) — Indonesia is allowing foreigners holding more types of visas, including visitor permits for tourism and education, to enter…
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India’s Modi Gets a Three-Week Birthday Bash as Popularity Dips
(Bloomberg) — India’s Narendra Modi is having a difficult year. The economy is struggling after a brutal second wave of…
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Pfizer, Moderna Tout Boosters; Singapore Outbreak: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Booster shots are in the spotlight, as a highly anticipated study in Israel showed a third Pfizer Inc.…
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Prenetics to Merge With Adrian Cheng SPAC in $1.25 Billion Deal
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong Covid-19 testing laboratory Prenetics Ltd. has agreed to merge with billionaire Adrian Cheng’s U.S.-listed blank-check company…
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Booster Slashes Israel Cases; Fed’s Shot Mandate: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Pfizer and Moderna Inc. pushed for boosters, saying separately the immunity offered by their Covid-19 vaccines may wane…
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Border Blockades Spark Australia’s Biggest Crisis in 120 Years
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — The coronavirus pandemic is creating perhaps the biggest crisis for Australia’s federal system since 1901, when six…
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Peter Thiel Gamed Silicon Valley, Donald Trump, and Democracy to Make Billions, Tax-Free
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — The meeting started with a thank-you. President-elect Donald Trump was planted at a long table on the…
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Biden to Meet Microsoft, Disney Executives on Vaccine Mandates
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden will meet with executives who’ve taken steps to require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19,…
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World’s Worst HIV Epidemic Stymies South Africa’s Covid Fight
(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest number of HIV cases is complicating South Africa’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, raising…
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Why the Delta Variant Is Giving More Children Covid
(Bloomberg) — Covid-19 cases among children are surging across the world amid delta-fueled outbreaks, spurring hospitalizations and raising concern about…
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Singapore Cases Jump; N.Y. Vaccine Orders Blocked: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — China advised against international travel over the autumn holidays because of coronavirus outbreaks overseas and fewer flights. Singapore…
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China Warns on Overseas Travel; India Shot Exports: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — China advised against international travel over the autumn holidays because of coronavirus outbreaks overseas and fewer flights. Singapore…
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Thousands of Covid-Like Infections Show Risk of Next Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Hundreds of thousands of people may be infected annually by animals carrying coronaviruses related to the one that…
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Theranos Whistle-Blower Tells of Being ‘Star-Struck’ by Holmes
(Bloomberg) — Erika Cheung told jurors she was “star-struck” when Elizabeth Holmes interviewed her for a job at Theranos Inc.…
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Biotech Startup Rome Therapeutics Raises $77 Million in Funding
(Bloomberg) — Rome Therapeutics Inc., a biotech company focusing on portions of DNA that have been largely overlooked by researchers,…
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U.S. Inflation Starting to Look Like a Stimulus-Led Outlier
Covid inflation is everywhere, but some have more of it than others. Among advanced economies, the U.S. is starting to…
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Biden Budget Plan Spurs Lobbying Frenzy With All Eyes on Manchin
(Bloomberg) — Fossil fuel defender Joe Manchin, who commands a linchpin vote in the Senate, is at the center of…
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What Germany’s Left Parties Get Right, and So Very Wrong
(Bloomberg Opinion) — For most of the 31 years since German reunification, it was unthinkable: the prospect that the heirs…
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Israel Eyes Fourth Dose; U.K. Drops Vaccine Passes: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden will announce his next steps to boost the global vaccine supply before this year’s United…
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Biden Courts Businesses; Moscow Cases Jump: Virus Update
President Joe Biden’s Department of Labor officials met with business lobbying groups and leaders on Friday in an effort to…
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World Economy Like a Patient on Experimental Drugs, Says Tooze
(Bloomberg) — The turbulence of the pandemic is likely just the curtain-raiser for a coming age of upheaval in the…
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Florida Wins Mask Mandate Freeze; Kid Vaccine Eyed: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis can enforce for now a ban on school mask mandates, a court ruled. Earlier…
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Florida Posts Record Deaths, Wins Mask Rule Freeze: Virus Update
Florida posted a record 2,448 additional Covid-19 deaths in its weekly report, which showed a 23% drop in cases. Republican…
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Endo’s $50 Million N.Y. Opioid Settlement Heads Off Threats
(Bloomberg) — Endo International Plc’s $50 million settlement of claims by New York over its opioid marketing averts a possible…
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Funding Boost for U.K. Health Service Enough for Two Years Only
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cash boost for U.K. health care is insufficient to meet the medium-term costs of…
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Biden Orders More Shots, Says Patience Running Out: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said he’ll order all executive branch employees, federal contractors and millions of health-care workers to…
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Facebook’s Smart Glasses Can Take Calls and Photos, But Lack AR
(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. unveiled its long-awaited smart glasses in partnership with Ray-Ban, entering a nascent wearables market with a…
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For the Sickest Kids, a Vaccinated Home Nurse Is Hard to Find
(Bloomberg) — A shortage of vaccinated home-care nurses has some parents of children with conditions like cerebral palsy or severe…
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12 of Today’s Most Pressing Covid Questions Answered
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The race to tame Covid-19 has resulted in a wealth of research, new vaccines and promising treatments…
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Singapore Infections Jump; U.S. Deaths Top 650,000: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Covid-19 infections in Singapore jumped to a one-year high and authorities aren’t ruling out re-imposing pandemic restrictions. Meanwhile,…
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A GIC Star Private Equity Investor Is Leaving to Start New Fund
(Bloomberg) — The GIC Pte executive who made savvy bets on private companies that went on to have record-breaking listings…
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Thailand Reopening Tourism; EU Reviews Boosters: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Some Asia Pacific countries are easing vaccine restrictions, with Thailand reopening for tourism and Indonesia conducting trials in…
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World Has Two ‘Decoupling Engines’ at Work, Ex-WTO Chief Says
(Bloomberg) — China’s regulatory efforts to increase control over its technology sector adds another “decoupling engine” to the global economy,…
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Why Are Some Workers Stuck in Dirty Jobs?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the…
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Boris Johnson Can’t Afford to Keep His Tax Promises
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Britain’s Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson looks set to do what U.S. Republicans have regarded as unthinkable for more than three…
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Fauci Cites Possible Delay for Moderna Booster: Virus Update
Anthony Fauci said U.S. booster shots against Covid-19 are likely to start only with the vaccine by Pfizer Inc. and…
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Pfizer Ahead in U.S. Booster Race; Tokyo Emergency: Virus Update
The U.S. is likely to begin its widespread booster campaign with only the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech vaccine, as health regulators seek…
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GOP Candidates Want Refugees Out of Afghanistan But Not in U.S.
(Bloomberg) — Republicans who criticized President Joe Biden for stranding those who helped the U.S. are now taking issue with…
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