(Reuters) – A record-breaking share in a pandemic may not seem to be reaching, but President St. Bull Federal Reserve James Bullard says Wall Street is doing well and he expects the United States to do better than many forecasters expect as businesses and households learn to manage the risks …
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FDA approval for blood plasma as COVID-19 treatment pending: NYT
Aug 19 (Reuters) – Emergency approval of blood plasma as a potential COVID-19 treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now been stopped, the New York Times reported Wednesday, with two administration officials. A group of top federal health officials including Anthony Fauci have claimed that emerging data …
Read More »CEO of Citi: Banks must have the courage to move away from deals that are bad for the climate (opinion)
But here’s the rub: It’s unlikely that these reductions in air pollution will continue as world economies reopen. What we need is systemic change – thickness through government policy, supported by science and driven by the resources and innovation of the private sector. Companies, especially those in the financial sector …
Read More »Cloth masks protect the wearer – inhaling less coronavirus will make you less ill
Masks slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing the number of infected people spewing the virus in the environment around them when they cough or talk. Evidence from laboratory experiments, hospitals and entire countries shows that masks work, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends face covering …
Read More »Peninsula Review – Sequel is all spectacle
Image: Next Entertainment World It’s not often that a film really mint fresh horror of an exhausting tropical. Yet with his exciting ride of 2016 Train to Busan, South Korean writer-director Yeon Sang-ho increased the moribund walk-death genre with striking imagery, a cramped attitude, and some blood-spattered insights into how …
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