It’s been a busy few months for China — and sobering ones for the United States. Days later, Beijing announced it had brokered a deal that will see…
Read more China is not only asserting itself geopolitically but openly questioning the U.S.’s central role on the world stageChina’s closely watched reopening is now causing concern as the number of new COVID-19 cases grows and the country reports the first deaths in several weeks. Much of…
Read more China predicts COVID ‘normalcy’ within months, but experts forecast more than 1 million deathsOmicron subvariants continued to account for more new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. in the latest week than did BA.5, according to the latest data from the…
Read more Omicron subvariants are now dominant in the U.S. as COVID cases tick up and New York City becomes a hot spotCOVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. are rising and intensive-care-unit beds are being filled again, in a trend that may spell an end to the stable period…
Read more U.S. COVID cases are climbing again as new omicron variants spreadThe head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday joined the chorus of people urging China to adopt a more targeted approach to the coronavirus pandemic as the…
Read more IMF head joins chorus calling on China to adapt COVID strategy as officials pledge to boost vaccinations among elderlyWidespread protests across China over the government’s zero-COVID policy dominated pandemic headlines Monday, with Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, weighing in with the view that…
Read more China’s zero-COVID strategy makes no sense and its homegrown vaccines are not ‘particularly effective,’ says FauciThe southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou is the latest to see lockdowns amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, as the government presses ahead with the strict zero-COVID…
Read more Manufacturing hub Guangzhou is latest Chinese city to face lockdowns as COVID cases riseChina’s strict zero-COVID policy was making headlines Monday after Apple and iPhone manufacturer Foxconn said over the weekend that restrictions are crimping production and will delay shipments of…
Read more All eyes on China as Apple and Foxconn outline zero-COVID issues. Meanwhile, cases are rising again in the U.S.First the good news: Pfizer Inc. and Germany-based partner BioNTech SE said updated trial data for their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster showed a “substantially higher” immune response in…
Read more Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster shows higher immune response, but new COVID cases climb back above 40,000 a dayThe global tally of COVID-19 cases fell 17% in the week through Oct. 30 from the previous week, while the death toll fell 5%, the World Health Organization…
Read more Weekly tally of COVID cases and deaths continues to fall; Moderna lowers vaccine-sales outlook by as much as $3 billion
