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World’s only monkeypox vaccine maker uncertain it can meet demand, Bavarian Nordic CEO warns
“Demand keeps rising and it’s no longer certain that we can continue to meet the demand we’re facing even with…
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Trial finds 100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine offers protection against COVID to high-risk patients and may help with other infectious diseases
Data from a trial seeking to determine whether multiple injections of a tuberculosis vaccine developed in the 1900s could protect…
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First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID, and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ends state of emergency
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID but is experiencing only mild symptoms as she prepares to isolate…
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U.K. regulator is first to authorize Moderna’s bivalent COVID booster for 18-and-older population
The U.K. regulator has become the first to authorize Moderna’s bivalent COVID vaccine booster for use in adults aged 18…
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CDC ends quarantine recommendation for people exposed to COVID, and FDA recommends more than one test if negative
Two federal agencies updated guidance related to COVID on Thursday, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropping its quarantine…
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Polio virus is found in NYC wastewater
NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the…
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Face masks are back for visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park buildings, and research finds low levels of stress hormone are a predictor of long COVID
Face masks will once again be required for visitors inside all Great Smoky Mountains National Park buildings due to the…
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Global tally of COVID cases was stable in latest week, while fatalities declined by 9%, says WHO
The global tally of new COVID cases was stable in the week through Aug. 7 from the previous week, while…
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Novavax slashes sales guidance in half, stock plunges 34%
Novavax Inc. executives slashed their annual sales guidance in half Monday while wildly missing financial expectations, sending shares down more…
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China closes Tibet’s Potala Palace over COVID outbreak, and Novavax stock is slammed by weak earnings and halving of sales guidance
Chinese authorities have closed Tibet’s Potala Palace after a small outbreak of COVID cases in the Himalayan autonomous region, the…
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Biden leaves White House after testing negative on two straight days, and China locks down 80,000 tourists on tropical island
President Joe Biden, after testing negative for COVID on both Saturday and Sunday, left the White House for the first…
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Official U.S. tally of new cases may be declining, but at-home testing obscures data; Novavax opens trial of vaccine for very young children
The daily average of new U.S. cases may have started to decline based on official numbers, but it’s unclear at…
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5 things we’ve learned from earnings season so far: How big an impact is inflation having?
More than 80% of the S&P 500 index’s companies have reported second-quarter results so far, and at least five key…
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Global tally of COVID cases down 9% in latest week, but infections are still climbing in the U.S.
The global tally of new cases of COVID-19 fell 9% in the week through July 31, according to the World…
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Biden’s isolation under White House protocol requires a negative test before in-person work. That’s stricter than CDC guidelines.
President Joe Biden will remain in isolation through at least Thursday under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines —…
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Robinhood is slashing 23% of full-time staffers
Robinhood Markets is slashing about 23% of its full-time staff as the flashy online brokerage continues to reel from a…
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Biden’s COVID ‘rebound’ after treatment with Paxlovid serves as a reminder that the antiviral can have that rare outcome
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for a third straight day on Monday, in what appears to be a rare case of…
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L.A. County dodges face-mask mandate as community transmission rates stabilize, and U.S. government orders 66 million doses of Moderna’s pending booster
Los Angeles County has dropped a plan for a universal indoor face-mask mandate as COVID cases and hospitalizations have stabilized,…
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Public school districts facing decision over face mask wearing, as BA.5 creates high levels of community transmission
A growing number of public school districts across the U.S. are reinstating face-mask mandates, or considering doing so, as they…
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Research shows coronavirus pandemic originated in Wuhan wet market and did not escape from a Chinese lab
Research published Tuesday by the journal Science offers more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic that has caused the deaths of…
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U.S. COVID cases remain close to 130,000 a day, with President Biden expected to resume in-person work by end of week
President Joe Biden is making good progress in his recovery from COVID, he told reporters on Monday, and expects to…
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BA.5 named the variant that has likely infected President Biden and driven U.S. cases up 19% in a two-week period
U.S. COVID cases and hospitalizations remain at the highest levels seen this summer so far, as the BA.5 omicron subvariant…
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U.S. leads the world in new COVID cases as BA.5 continues to spread and illustrate that the pandemic is far from over
U.S. COVID cases and hospitalizations are rising again and are now trending at the highest levels seen this summer, as…
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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…
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Full capitulation: Fund managers have never been this pessimistic on growth or profits
Fund manager pessimism has never been greater, according to a fresh monthly survey showing both attitudes and allocations at recessionary…
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U.S. COVID cases tick higher as BA.5 takes hold, and U.K. to offer second booster to those aged 50 and older
U.S. COVID cases are rising again after being steady for several months, as the BA.5 omicron subvariant becomes dominant. BA.5…
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Wimbledon beats the investment industry over pandemic threats
Back in 2003, following the outbreak of the Sars virus, the directors of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet…
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25 million children at risk of getting dangerous but preventable illnesses amid steep backslide in vaccinations
The coronavirus pandemic has caused the biggest backslide in childhood vaccinations in about 30 years, putting some 25 million children…
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Novavax’s protein-based vaccine approval fails to boost stock as demand in U.S. for shots and boosters remains low
U.S. health regulators authorized the use of Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, providing a new option that works differently than the two…
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Pandemic is still a public health emergency, warns WHO, urging greater surveillance including testing and sequencing
The World Health Organization said Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic remains a public health emergency, and warned that a reduction in…
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U.S. sets strategy to combat BA.5 with focus on vaccines and updated boosters, and Moscow residents urged to wear face masks in public again
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday outlined a strategy to manage the dominant BA.5 omicron subvariant that is…
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New omicron variant worries experts as it spreads in India, and Moderna says new booster offers better protection against BA.4 and BA.5
A new, highly infectious subvariant of omicron is raising concerns among scientists and health experts as it spreads in India…
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Former Deutsche Bank chief operating officer, Kim Hammonds, dies
Kim Hammonds, who spent five years at Deutsche Bank including a stint as its chief operating officer, has died. Hammonds,…
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As COVID-19 hospitalizations fall in Northeast, they are rising fast in some states in South
U.S. cases are averaging more than 100,000 a day, but hospitalizations are starting to stabilize in northern states that were…
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Starbucks stores in Shanghai welcome customers as COVID lockdown eases
Coffee fans in Shanghai are heading back to Starbucks Corp. locations in that city as the COVID-19 lockdown eases and…
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Ukraine war, surging inflation and wild price swings: Here’s how some see the state of stock market as Biden readies crucial State of the Union.
What’s the state of the market? That’s what many on Wall Street want to know, amid a continuing war in…
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In 26 cities, buying a home is more affordable than renting. The bargain rents of 2020 are now long gone.
When it comes to rental rates, it’s definitely not 2020 anymore. The cost to rent a home is rising at…
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NatWest dismissed a cancer-stricken director — now it faces a £2m legal claim
NatWest was accused of being “in a state of denial” during the closing arguments of an employment tribunal over unfair…
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Private jets, Wimbledon and banker insults: The downfall of Credit Suisse’s António Horta-Osório
After relocating to Zurich last spring to run Credit Suisse Group as chairman, António Horta-Osório flew to London and Lisbon for…
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FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot, making it the first vaccine to receive ‘full’ approval in the U.S.
The U.S. formally approved BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in a move that could sway some of the unvaccinated to…
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China’s economy expanded 18.3% in first quarter
BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year earlier in the first quarter of 2021 but…
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Getting COVID creates far higher risk of rare blood clots than vaccines, Oxford study finds
A new study from researchers at Oxford University has found that people who contract COVID-19 are at far higher risk…
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UK economy falls 2.9%
The UK saw a contraction in its economy by 2.9% in January from December as the government rolled out a…
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