A deal between President Biden and congressional Republicans to lift the debt ceiling will claw back almost $30 billion in unspent Covid-19 funding, but most of that is unrelated to Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
American schools are spending the $122 billion in federal Covid-relief funds nearly twice as fast as they used to, and most districts are now on track to use the funds before they expire next year on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
The U.S. has fallen far short of its target of donating some 1.1 billion Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries by the end of September, as many recipient governments wrestle with distribution and low demand on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Senators agreed on a $10 billion Covid-19 aid package, people familiar said, well below what the White House originally requested for vaccines and treatments on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Pfizer said surging sales of its Covid-19 treatment and continued demand for its shots should boost the company’s revenue to around $100 billion this year on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
At least $100 billion has been stolen from Covid-19 relief programs designed to help individuals and businesses harmed by the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
China’s leader Xi Jinping has pledged to deliver another 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to countries in Africa, the world’s least vaccinated continent. The announcement comes as southern Africa grapples with the emergency of the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
India has administered a billion coronavirus vaccine shots. The vast country still has a long way to go, and experts fear a national campaign may be losing steam. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The Biden administration said it will put $1 billion toward the purchase of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests and that tens of millions of additional at-home tests will arrive on the market in the coming weeks on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
GreenLight Biosciences, a developer of mRNA vaccines to fight Covid-19 and other diseases, is going public via a $1.5 billion SPAC merger on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
A deal between President Biden and congressional Republicans to lift the debt ceiling will claw back almost $30 billion in unspent Covid-19 funding, but most of that is unrelated to Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
From @WSJopinion: Long Covid is real. But public-health officials have massively exaggerated long Covid to scare low-risk Americans as our government gives more than $1 billion to a long Covid medical-industrial complex, writes @MartyMakary. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Apple cautioned that the resurgence of Covid-19 in China threatens to hinder sales by as much as $8 billion in the current quarter, even as the company posted one of the best quarters in its 46-year history on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Senators are looking to close a deal to reappropriate roughly $10 billion to pay for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines. Lawmakers say they need to act before a possible pandemic resurgence. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
A milestone 10 billion coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered globally, but a wide gap continues to divide wealthy and poor countries. More than one-third of the world’s people are still waiting for a first dose. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
At least $100 billion has been stolen from Covid-19 relief programs designed to help individuals and businesses harmed by the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Japan’s government agreed to spend $490 billion on stimulus measures, a move by its newish prime minister to boost an economy battered by coronavirus restrictions and by a supply chain crunch. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Pfizer raised its forecast for sales of its Covid-19 vaccine this year to about $36 billion, a roughly 7% boost from previous guidance on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
China said that it had fully inoculated 1 billion people against the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Beijing says it wants to export two billion Covid-19 vaccines this year to developing countries as the Delta variant spreads across the globe on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Before the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed international travel in 2020, China sent more travelers overseas than any other market, with about 150 million Chinese tourists spending $277 billion abroad in 2018, according to one study. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
U.S. life insurers paid a record $100 billion in 2021 in death benefits, fueled by another year of Covid-19 deaths, an industry trade group said on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Apple cautioned that the resurgence of Covid-19 in China threatens to hinder sales by as much as $8 billion in the current quarter, even as the company posted one of the best quarters in its 46-year history on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Democratic House leaders said they would remove a contentious $15.6 billion Covid-19 aid provision from the omnibus spending bill to try to get it over the finish line on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
China’s $676 billion trade surplus easily beat the record set the previous year, highlighting how Covid-19 disruptions have only reinforced pre-pandemic global trade imbalances on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Biden to announce half a billion free home Covid tests to fight Omicron theguardian.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
The U.S. government plans to spend billions of dollars to join with drugmakers on increasing Covid-19 vaccine supply with a goal of producing an additional one billion doses a year, the Biden administration said Wednesday on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
India has administered one billion Covid-19 vaccines—with about 31% of the adult population getting two doses—second only to China in the total number of shots given on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Covid-19 testing startup Prenetics Group is going public in a deal valuing it at $1.25 billion—the latest in a string of medical diagnostic companies to go public via a SPAC on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, said the country would provide two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year, as Beijing attempts to take on a more prominent leadership role in curbing the pandemic. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
Popular Bank has been fined $2.3 million for allegedly failing to stop fraud by applicants to the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government’s $800 billion Covid-related bailout program on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
The U.S. has fallen far short of its target of donating some 1.1 billion Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries by the end of September, as many recipient governments wrestle with distribution and low demand on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The world passed half a billion known coronavirus cases on Tuesday, though there have almost certainly been far more infections than that, with many going undetected or unreported. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The Biden administration told Congress it needs an additional $30 billion in coronavirus response aid, according to people familiar with the matter on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
At least $100 billion has been stolen from Covid-19 relief programs designed to help individuals and businesses harmed by the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
In a quest to wipe out Covid-19, China has vaccinated nearly 1.1 billion adults. And as other countries struggle to reach a fraction of that number, China is going a step further: inoculating 160 million of its youngest citizens by the end of the year. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@BBCWorld3 years ago
More than seven billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide Check the latest data where you live bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
The government agreed to buy more doses of an antibody drug for the early treatment of Covid-19 developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology, bringing its total order to nearly $1 billion on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Delta Air Lines reported a third-quarter profit of $1.2 billion, its second quarterly profit since the Covid-19 pandemic began on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
India has given at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot to more than half of the eligible population, a milestone in a country that initially struggled to roll out enough doses for its 1.4 billion people. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Pfizer raised its full-year forecast for sales of its Covid-19 vaccine to about $33.5 billion, a nearly 30% increase on.wsj.com