Top news of the week: 14.02.2023.
AstraZeneca goes for growth with new drugs as COVID sales wane
AstraZeneca on Thursday forecast growth in 2023 earnings and revenue as the British drugmaker seeks to offset declining sales of COVID-19 medicines with its cancer, metabolic and rare ...
Japan moves to bolster vaccine R&D after COVID-19 exposed startling weakness
Major funding effort aims to rebuild an infectious disease and vaccine research and manufacturing infrastructure
World should 'calm down' about China COVID variants - Chinese scientist
The world should "calm down" about the possibility of new COVID-19 variants circulating in China, leading Chinese scientist George Gao said.
As the pandemic ebbs, an influential COVID tracker shuts down
After three years, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center is ceasing operations. Its data dashboards and maps became go-to sources for information from the early days of the pandemic.
Are there places you should still mask in, forever? Three experts weigh in
NPR asked COVID-19 experts how we should keep weighing risk as we enter the fourth year of the pandemic.
Morning Bid: China CPI spy
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.
No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-COVID: study
No new variants of COVID-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-COVID policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.
In COVID China, a hospital bed can hinge on who you know, red packets
As COVID ripped across China and filled emergency wards, privileged patients cut hospital queues because they knew someone, offered a bribe or paid people with connections.