Pandemic

He was hailed the hero of Hollywood when he helped to save the movie industry during the Covid pandemic. Now Tom Cruise seems to have come to the rescue of Tinseltown once again. Following a bitter two-month battle, streamer Netflix this week walked away from a blockbuster bidding war for…

Order books are at their weakest since the Covid pandemic, the latest data from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has revealed. In its Workload Trends Survey for Q4 2025, CECA found that order books rose for only 3 per cent of firms in the final three months of last…

Washington, D.C., February 26, 2026 (PAHO) — In the latest episode of the podcast Let’s Talk About Health , the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, presented an overview of his first three years in office and analyzed health achievement and challenges in the Region…

Crime One Massachusetts man and three Florida residents are accused of submitting fraudulent pandemic relief applications and collecting kickbacks. A Boston man and three Florida residents have been charged in connection with an alleged multi-state scheme that fraudulently obtained $7 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says.…

How pandemics begin? Bat cave footage could be 'Rosetta Stone' for disease... (Third column, 6th story, link...Read More

Influenza pandemics are often traced back to the spillover of avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) to humans. However, barriers against IAV transmission remain elusive. We demonstrated human stimulator of interferon genes (STING) as a transmission barrier ...Read More

In a world that has yet to fully recover from the shocks of the pandemic and the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, US economic policy has once again moved to the forefront of the global stage. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, debate has intensified…

What does the data show? The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed national home price growth slowing through December, with the U.S. National Index rising 1.3% year over year, down slightly from 1.4% in November. At 1.3%, 2025 home price growth represents a clear downshift from the post-pandemic pace…

Tuesday 24 February 2026 5:25 am  |   Updated:  Tuesday 24 February 2026 11:02 am Brits have unveiled their top financial resolutions The era of historically cheap money is ending, forcing a potentially permanent adjustment to higher equilibrium interest rates that will challenge financial markets and government finances built on past…

When an ibuprofen dance challenge went viral on the Chinese social media platform Douyin in late 2022 during the Covid-19 pandemic, shares of the country’s leading ibuprofen maker surged more than 200 per cent in two weeks. Now profits at Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical are plunging, and it is not alone,…