Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Coronavirus
11/24/2021
How the $4 Trillion Flood of Covid Relief Is Funding the Future
From broadband to transportation to high-tech medical manufacturing, benefits from America’s pandemic money infusion will linger.
11/21/2021
After slow starts, some Asian vaccination rates now soaring
When Cambodia rolled out COVID-19 vaccines, lines stretched down entire streets and people left their shoes out to save their places as they sheltered from the sun. But three months into its campaign, just 11% of the population had received at least one dose.
11/16/2021
Pfizer Will Allow Its Covid Pill to Be Made and Sold Cheaply in Poor Countries
Pfizer announced a deal on Tuesday to allow its promising Covid-19 treatment to be made and sold inexpensively in 95 poorer nations that are home to more than half of the world’s population.
11/10/2021
How Are Kids Handling The Pandemic? We Asked Them.
After an excruciating wait for many families, children ages 5 and older can now be vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision marks a turning point in the pandemic for millions of Americans as they can worry a little less and live a little more.
11/10/2021
Nicholas Christakis: How To End the Covid Pandemic
Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square.
11/05/2021
Opinion: New covid-19 treatments give the world what it has longed for: Hope
The world has lived in fear of covid-19 for more than a year and a half. News that two new pills that can treat patients suffering from the virus at home gives us what we’ve long wanted: hope.
11/05/2021
Covid Updates: Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Is Highly Effective
Pfizer announced on Friday that its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found in a key clinical trial to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people who received the drug soon after they exhibited symptoms.
10/28/2021
COVID cases fall by 20%
The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to plummet all across the U.S. By the numbers: The U.S. is now averaging roughly 70,000 new cases per day, a 20% drop over the past two weeks.
10/27/2021
Merck Will Share Formula for Its Covid Pill With Poor Countries
Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow the drug to be manufactured and sold cheaply in the poorest nations, where vaccines for the coronavirus are in devastatingly short supply.
10/26/2021
Four Measures That Are Helping Germany Beat COVID
Having grown up in germany, I am skeptical of the popular notion that life is so much more rational and efficient in the country than it is anywhere else. Those who believe that Germans are incapable of irrationality should suggest imposing a speed limit on the country’s highways.
10/25/2021
I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
10/20/2021