The COVID-19 pandemic has put global emergency preparedness under sharp scrutiny. It’s also placed national health systems’ capacity to predict and respond to major emergencies under the microscope. Much of the response to the pandemic…
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Back in in 2018 – in the pre-pandemic world – about 5% of the U.S. workforce teleworked from home. That changed dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; by May 2020 that number had…
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2/2 © Reuters. Environmental Protection Agency hearings in Washington 2/2 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to announce on Wednesday the first proposed U.S. emissions standards for commercial…
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The next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will replace Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, who has served since 2013 and plans to step down at the end of August, a year before the conclusion…
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© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – U.S. crude stockpiles rose by 7.5 million barrels last week, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the American Petroleum Institute. Analysts expect that the will report a…
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A number of technological advances have revolutionised human reproduction in the past few decades. One example is in vitro fertilisation (IVF), the process of fertilising a woman’s eggs with a man’s sperm in the laboratory.…
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The coronavirus pandemic has been especially cruel to the aviation industry. COVID-19 had an immediate and severe impact on aviation that is unlike any other shock in the industry’s history. Whereas the 9/11 terrorist attack…
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© Reuters. It’s Silver’s Turn to Shine as Prices Surge to Four-Year High (Bloomberg) — Silver is hitting its sweet spot. While viewed as a haven from market turmoil — just like pricier sister —…
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An FDA-approved diabetes drug shows early signs of promise against the most common genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating neurological condition that causes paralysis. ALS is a progressive disease that affects neurons in…
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The ‘one good thing’ caused by COVID-19, according to a recent Harvard Business School publication by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso, is that it has catalysed innovation. This is apparent in South Africa too, where…
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