December 2023
Why regional higher education is so difficult to tackle
After 12 years at the helm of La Trobe University, John Dewar maintains that regional education is still the most complex policy nut to crack.
- Julie Hare
November 2022
- Analysis
- Inside China
Investors seduced by rumours about China’s grand reopening
It’s risky for investors to rely on unsubstantiated speculation about Beijing lifting restrictions – because Xi Jinping looks unlikely to abandon COVID-zero.
- Michael Smith
China says COVID-zero staying as reopening rumours swirl
Markets have surged on hope China will relax its tough restrictions to the virus, but officials gave no indication this weekend of any relaxation of rules that have stymied economic growth and disrupted daily life.
- Ryan Woo
June 2022
COVID-19 team creates vaccine to tackle toughest cancers
Pfizer scientists use same technology to develop therapy for hard-to-treat pancreatic tumours.
- Lizzie Roberts Health
March 2022
Moderna to seek approval for COVID-19 vaccine for young children
The drugmaker says the jab is safe and boosts immunity but had modest efficacy against omicron.
- Sharon LaFraniere
January 2022
Singapore firms as leading city for Asian HQs
The city-state landed $12.3 billion in fixed asset investment last year as Chinese companies joined the American and European multinationals based there.
- Emma Connors
December 2021
EU backs Novavax shot as region’s fifth COVID-19 vaccine
Novavax said earlier this month it could begin manufacturing a vaccine tailored for omicron in January.
- Pushkala Aripaka and Francesco Guarascio
Omicron may multiply 70 times faster than delta
A new study has found that the omicron variant multiplies 70 times faster in the human bronchial tubes but less in the lungs that previous strains.
- John Bacon
Current boosters protect against omicron, says Fauci
The comments are the most definitive rebuttal yet to the idea that a variant-specific vaccine might be the only way to combat omicron.
- Kiran Stacey and Jamie Smyth
Why do boosters offer greater protection against omicron?
Boosters provoke a “burst of action” in the immune system that is much quicker and larger than for the initial two doses, according to UK and US experts.
- Hannah Kuchler, Donato Paolo Mancini and Oliver Barnes
Vaccine makers split on protection against omicron variant
Markets fell after the CEO of Moderna, the third big vaccine maker, said existing vaccines were likely to be much less effective against the new variant.
- Jamie Smyth and Donato Paolo Mancini
November 2021
Markets face weeks of uncertainty in wait for virus answers
Amid the uncertainty, investors sitting on solid year-to-date gains as Christmas nears – 22 per cent for the S&P 500 – may be tempted to bank some profits.
- Joanna Ossinger and Lu Wang
October 2021
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The vaccine system is broken – but COVID-19 shows us how to fix it
Rather than throwing money around in a crisis, governments and multilateral groups should make it more profitable for companies to tackle developing country and rare diseases all the time.
- Brooke Masters
August 2021
EU moves to restrict travel from US over rising virus cases
Some EU politicians are frustrated that, after the bloc relaxed its rules earlier this year, the US did not reciprocate.
- Javier Espinoza and Kiran Stacey
New Zealand to ease restrictions but Auckland lockdown stays
Health authorities reported 53 new community cases, down from 83 a day earlier, amid encouraging signs that a community outbreak of COVID-19 is being brought under control.
- Updated
- Matthew Brockett
Israel’s boosters show signs of taming delta
Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country’s high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the delta variant.
- Updated
- Maayan Lubell
Goldman Sachs requires on-site workers and clients to be vaccinated
The company said the requirement would apply to any individual coming to its offices from September 7 and that any employees who were not fully vaccinated would be expected to work from home.
- Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Imani Moise, Sara Germano and Peter Wells
Goldman Sachs mandates vaccines for workers, visitors
Goldman Sachs has told employees that it would require anyone who entered the bank’s US offices, including clients, to be fully vaccinated making it the most prominent Wall Street bank to issue such a broad requirement.
- Lauren Hirsch
US to offer booster shots as cases rise
There is mounting evidence protection from COVID-19 vaccines wanes after six or more months, especially in older people with underlying health conditions.
- Carl O'Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein
Return to school and rising infections propel US child vaccine campaign
Some schools that opened classroom doors this month are already suffering a surge in COVID-19 cases. In Georgia, the Newton County school district imposed a temporary mask mandate only a week into the new school year.
- Nikou Asgari