US labor market losing speed as fiscal stimulus wanes
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased last week, supporting views the economic recovery from the COVID-19...
If world handles climate like COVID-19, UN chief says: ‘I fear the worst’
NEW YORK — The United States, China, and Russia fought on Thursday during a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic...
This is why COVID-19 could be life-threatening for some patients
When two brothers fell critically ill with COVID-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young—29 and 31 years...
Worsening virus trends are raising alarms for stock investors
As the likelihood of additional federal stimulus fades, US stock investors are returning their focus to the coronavirus pandemic and not liking what they...
Fans of boy band BTS join swarm of ‘Ants’ chasing S. Korea’s hit IPO
SEOUL — Kim Eun-hee wants to complete her collection of memorabilia of Korean boy band BTS by bidding more than $120,000 to buy shares...
NK troops ‘killed’ missing S. Korean
SEOUL — A South Korean fisheries official who went missing this week was questioned in North Korean (NK) waters before being shot dead by troops who then doused his body in oil and set it on fire, South Korea’s military said on Thursday.
Singapore starts to ease office restraints
SINGAPORE will allow more people to return to offices and trial a new business travel pass for senior executives as the city moves to re-open more of its economy amid ebbing virus cases.
J&J’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on 60,000 volunteers
CHICAGO — Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Wednesday began a 60,000-person trial of an experimental single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that, if proven effective, could simplify distribution of millions of doses compared with leading rivals requiring two doses.
Protests erupt after Taylor ruling
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Two police officers were shot and wounded late on Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky, during protests of a grand jury ruling decried by civil rights activists as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March.
Canada’s COVID-19 testing system overwhelmed after slow move to new tests
TORONTO — Canada’s recent spike in COVID-19 cases has created day-long lines at testing centers and prolonged waits for results, highlighting gaps in a system that leans heavily on traditional laboratory tests in a nation that has been slow to adopt newer, faster diagnostic technologies.
Possible virus vulnerability discovered; about 20% of people with COVID-19 remain asymptomatic
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
UK to host ‘human challenge’ trials for COVID-19 vaccines — FT
Britain is planning to host clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people involved in the project.