Pandemic

Chinese cinemas had pinned their hopes on “Avatar: The Way of Water” to buoy the country’s struggling theaters hit hard by the pandemic. But the recovery, however, hasn’t been as expected. While the much-anticipated sci-fi sequel of James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster “Avatar” has amassed around 530 million yuan ($76 million)…

News Clint Chan Tack Yesterday FOR YOU: Merkibar John shows six-year-old shopper Suri Sonilal some toys for sale at the Shoppers Free Zone in Chaguanas on Thursday. Photo by Marvin Hamilton CHAGUANAS businessmen have reported an uptick in business on Thursday with a mere three days away from Christmas Day.…

News @andrew_andrew__ Dec 21, 2022, 1:12 pm EST | 1 min read The Raspberry Pi Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foundation is finally overcoming supply chain shortages, which severely limited the availability of Pi computers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the CEO of Raspberry Pi says that 2023 is a “recovery…

Border communities wait to see if Title 42 restrictions will be lifted soon Communities across the southern border are on edge — waiting to find out what will happen to pandemic restrictions known as Title 42. The Supreme Court paused a ruling that found them unlawful. December 21, 20225:11 AM…

Bill Gates, who will become a grandfather early next year, weighs in on technologies being evaluated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that may help address some global problems. Getty Images Despite all the problems facing the world now–Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Covid pandemic, extreme weather–Bill Gates is…

By Nilanjana Bose, MD, as told to Susan Bernstein I am an adult rheumatologist, so I see patients who are 18 and above, with the whole gamut of rheumatologic conditions. Every patient I see is different. For patients with classic psoriatic disease, skin psoriasis symptoms often occur before their arthritis…

In the blink of an eye, we're down to our last month of 2022. And boy, has it been a ride. It's been a year full of adaptations as we transition back to normalcy. The world is slowly opening up again and it's beginning to feel a lot like pre-pandemic…

Jessica May Walker Corey Rives In this digital age, it’s surprising to find greeting card aisles at every grocery store, drugstore, and big box retailer in the U.S. While mom-and-pop card and gift stores struggled during the pandemic, the market is on an upswing and projected to reach 13.4 billion…

The Philippine Star December 17, 2022 | 11:00am According to EO 8 signed by the President on Dec. 9, the percentage of net earnings to be declared and remitted by the DBP to the national government for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 is adjusted from 50 percent of its annual net…

China’s consumers have been buying supplies to prepare for the worst, leading to many products selling out. The Chinese medicine Liánhuā Qīngwēn (连花清瘟), COVID test kits, and thermometers are among the products that people have been stockpiling, with many selling out on ecommerce sites such as Taobao. In addition to…