COVID

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We’ve made it to 2023, nearly three years since the pandemic hit the United States in full force. The virus is less deadly, we have effective vaccines and life is pretty much back to normal for most of us.  If you’re President Joe Biden, however, the COVID-19 “emergency” is still front and center.  Don’t get me wrong. […]

Good morning. In the fourth year of the pandemic, Covid-19 is once again spreading across the US and is being driven by the recent holidays, fewer precautions and the continuing evolution of Omicron subvariants. New subvariants are causing concern because of their increased transmissibility and ability to evade some antibodies, but the same tools continue […]

This commentary is by Jack Hoffman, senior analyst at the Public Assets Institute in Montpelier. There were two threads running through Gov. Phil Scott’s fourth inaugural address last week. One was a clear, even refreshing acknowledgement of the role that government and money played in the last few years to protect Vermonters and improve their […]

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is still gaining ground within the United States, accounting . . .

Jan 13 (Reuters) – (This Jan. 13 story has been refiled with an edited headline to clarify that the link to a stroke is possible, not definite.) A safety monitoring system flagged that U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE . . .

China Ditches Covid Zero In Time for Kraken’s Arrival  Bloomberg Source link

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is still spreading rapidly in the United States . . .

It’s been a painful start to the new year for oil bulls. While China’s emergence from Covid Zero spurred talk of a demand boom from some of the market’s biggest names, a significant resurgence in energy consumption remains weeks, if not months away. 

Jan 5 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said he had no choice but to sit out tournaments in the United States after authorities said non-nationals will need to have had COVID-19 vaccinations to enter the country. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday said the requirement for foreign air travellers to be fully vaccinated against the […]

Beijing (AFP) – Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud. Beijing last month abruptly tore down its hallmark zero-Covid virus containment policy, lifting widespread restrictions that had triggered nationwide protests […]


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