Ivermectin still not effective or approved for COVID-19 treatment, FDA says

In an effort to combat a flurry of recent social media posts touting the use of deworming drug ivermectin ... against use of ivermectin for COVID-19 include: the World Health Organization ... Read More

Paxlovid COVID Treatment Is Most Beneficial for Unvaccinated People with Risk Factors. Others May Not Need It

A recent study suggests that Paxlovid is ineffective at treating symptoms in people with mild illness or those who have been fully vaccinated. It is still a lifesaving medication in vulnerable groups ... Read More

World News

Drug parcels kept showing up on beaches along ... After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air. Read More

The US Needs a 9/11 Commission for Covid

During the third week of March 2020, with little public debate and less warning, Americans were told to stay in their homes indefinitely as Covid cases climbed. There were only a few days between ... Read More

Covid four years on: have we got over the pandemic?

Four years on from the first UK lockdown, and almost a year since the World Health Organization declared an end to the Covid-19 emergency, many people are still feeling the effects of the pandemic. Read More

Why the world needs sustainable pizza

Some businesses are trying to save the world more than others ... for one of the Evening Standard’s newsletters. From a daily news briefing to Homes & Property insights, plus lifestyle, going ... Read More

The world needs more (and better) open map data

companies “would need to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do,” the report states. Some of the biggest technology and location companies in the world, such as AWS ... Read More

Reuters World News: The pirates are back after being dormant for a decade, and other top stories

The Federal Reserve fuels a Wall Street rally after signalling it’s still on track for three rate cuts in 2024 , opens new tab. Somali pirates re-emerge , opens new tab, piling pressure onto the ... Read More

Economy

April 12, 2024 • Money makes the world go around, faster and faster all the time. At Planet Money, a multimedia team of reporters tracks down the economists, investors and regular folks who are ... Read More

The World Needs More Blend Tapes Like This

It kinda made no sense and all the sense in the world at the same time. It's like the lyrics you yell and the beats you vibe to, but life is like that sometimes." Be sure to keep Sean on your ... Read More

World News

Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

World News

The direct military confrontation between Iran and Israel has brought renewed attention to Iran’s armed forces. What are they capable of? By Farnaz Fassihi As Narendra Modi seeks a third term ... Read More