The world “desperately needs” rich countries to deliver on its pledges to donate Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday. Her comment came after health ministers from the Group of 20 Leading Economies reportedly agreed at the first of their two-day meeting in Rome to ensure that Covid…

A woman walks across a bridge in Singapore on August 16, 2021, with the Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Resort in the background. Facebook Facebook logo Sign up on Facebook to connect with Roslan Rahman AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Singapore introduces Covid booster vaccinations for people aged 60 and over, residents of nursing…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to start their trading day: 1. US stock futures flat after disappointing job reports A trader works on the New York Stock Exchange on August 27, 2021. Source: NYSE US stock futures were flat and 10-year Treasury bond yields rose after the government’s monthly employment…

The leading expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, responds to allegations made by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the United States, on July 20, 2021 . J. Scott Applewhite | Reuters The US will likely start distributing…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb predicted on Friday that the northeastern states, including New York and Connecticut, will see another surge in Covid cases related to the highly transmissible Delta variant. “I think there is some sort of perception that we somehow traversed this delta wave here in the northeast because we saw delta falls go up…

U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington on September 3, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration tabled a $ 65 billion plan on Friday that U.S. officials say will help the nation tackle the next biological threats after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides.…

People line up at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at a mobile testing van in New York City, August 27, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S. is heading into Labor Day weekend with just over four times as many Covid-19 cases and more than twice as many hospitalizations as at this time last year…

Fabiola Gianotti, the director general of CERN’s scientific research center, told CNBC she was concerned that science could be largely forgotten in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “Of course there is a risk, the risk of one day the crisis [is] about science being put back in its little box or in a drawer…

American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, December 29, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters American Airlines and Alaska Airlines will no longer cover Covid-19 quarantine time for employees who aren’t vaccinated against the virus, the latest push…

United States President Joe Biden will deliver an end-of-war speech in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a surprisingly weak job report and called on Americans who have still…