Pandemic

Washington, D.C., July 15, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the termination of the Regional Food Business Centers (RFBC) program. This pandemic-era, Biden program was created using one-time, temporary funding from Congress. The Department is terminating this program that should not have been established in…

Seriously, when does this man sleep? 15 · 07 · 2025 Jeff Tweedy has announced plans for a new solo album ‘Twilight Override’. The ever-productive Wilco figure has seemingly been stockpiling material, and five years on from his 2020 pandemic era reflective ‘Love Is The King’ he’s ready to strike…

India constituted 6.4 per cent of the global population of children who did not receive a single dose of any vaccine in 2024, according to a United Nations report. The new national immunisation coverage data released on Monday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF also highlighted that "India…

Gene-Swaps Could Let Influenza Jump Species Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last four flu pandemics By Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner Avian influenza, a virus of the orthomyxoviridae family. The flu…

Discarding the old siloed system, AGIS took the digital leap, increasing planning speed by 80 percent and processing more than 1,800 daily orders with a solution using AI and other tools. AGIS’s revolutionary manufacturing platform  Following the political uncertainty and supply chain disruptions that started during the pandemic, Al Ghurair Iron…

The International Energy Agency has slightly lowered its forecasts for oil demand. It expects an increase of 700,000 barrels per day for this year and next. This is the smallest increase since the slump in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, the most attention was drawn to the IEA's report…

3 min reading time Published on 15/07/25 - Updated on 15/07/25 Marriott International has announced the planned retirement of Leeny Oberg, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President, Development, effective March 31, 2026. Leeny Oberg has been with Marriott for 26 years and has played a key…

Andreas gets up at 6am every morning to open his small cafe in a provincial town near Athens, where he comes from. Normally at this time of the year he would already have moved to the Greek island of Mykonos for the tourist season but this year, after ten consecutive…

These organizations have the resources and reach to serve every corner of our nation, not just the affluent, coastal zip codes. When a hurricane knocks out power or a pandemic upends daily life, these companies often keep shelves stocked, services running, and communities connected. There's a narrative gaining traction in…

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland. The genetic material of the virus reveals that it had already developed key adaptations to humans at the…