- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsCOVID test, which deliberately infects young adults, found to be safe
The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, leaders of the study said on Wednesday.
- Macro MattersRecord euro zone inflation piles pressure on ECB
Euro zone inflation rose to a new record high last month, defying expectations for a big drop and piling pressure on the European Central Bank to finally admit that price growth is not as temporary and benign as it has long predicted.
- MarketsMorning Bid: Peak inflation? We can only hope
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsOmicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as 'original' -WHO
- Asia PacificAustralia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
- Asia PacificTokyo's daily COVID-19 infections exceed 20,000 for first time
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsU.S. considers authorization of first COVID vaccine for children under 5
- COVID-19Virginia governor sued again over order to make masks optional in schools
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsMany countries yet to see peak in Omicron wave, should ease curbs slowly -WHO