Treasury yields dip, with focus on Covid outbreak in China and fears of economic slowdown
U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday, with investor focus remaining on the Covid-19 outbreak in China and concerns over a global economic slowdown. U.S. News
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Many factory workers in Shanghai can’t get back to work, even after Covid controls ease
Nearly a month since Covid restrictions began in earnest in Shanghai, foreign businesses say that less than half of their employees are able to return to work. International: Top News And Analysis
Additional COVID vaccine helps protect transplant patients
by Nancy Humphrey Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows. The study, published in the…
Crowe receives national award for COVID antibody research
James Crowe Jr., MD by Bill Snyder James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, and Michel Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, have been jointly awarded the 2022 Harrington Prize for…
Black patients with cancer face worse COVID outcomes: study
by Tom Wilemon Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open. Investigators of the COVID-19 and…
Why do some people get Covid when others don’t? Here’s what we know so far
An increasing amount of research is being devoted to the reasons why some people never seem to get Covid — a so-called never Covid cohort. International: Top News And Analysis
Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta
The strain is being called “deltacron.” U.S. News
CDC declines to add Covid testing recommendation to updated isolation guidance despite criticism
The updated guidance comes after the CDC faced criticism last week for shortening its recommended isolation period without asking for people to get tested. U.S. News
United, Delta cancel dozens of Christmas Eve flights as Covid hits crews
U.S. airlines have recently ramped up pressure on the CDC to loosen quarantine rules for breakthrough Covid cases. U.S. News
WHO says Covid omicron variant detected in 38 countries, early data suggests it’s more contagious than delta
The World Health Organization on Friday said the Covid omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries, up from 23 two days ago, with early data suggesting the strain is more contagious than delta. “We…