The United Kingdom’s use of genomic sequencing to identify a more infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2 has largely served as a wake-up call for inadequate use of the technology in the U.S. Up until mid-December, the U.S. had sequenced about 0.3% of its COVID-19 samples, a percentage that is significantly lower …
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The Four Seasons Hotel (pictured left) near Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Nov. 17, 2020. Kollmeyer/MarketWatch For 41 years, families in the Spanish capital of Madrid have kicked off the Christmas holidays by gathering behind the big El Corte Inglés department store to watch giant, singing puppets. The store’s “Cortylandia” …
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People wearing face masks stroll and relax along the seafront near the Castel dell’Ovo fortress in downtown Naples on Nov. 12, 2020, amid a surge of COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals. AFP via Getty Images Many are facing the harsh reality that Italy has a terrible second wave as the cold …
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MADRID — Just days away from the start of a new school year, Spain’s capital city rolled out fresh restrictions on Monday to cope with what’s becoming a relentless second wave of cases. But those measures — strict controls on the distance between seats rather than tables in food-service settings, …
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A man wearing protective face mask walks past a closed Burberry shop in Regent Street in central London’s main high street retail shopping area on May 29, 2020 tolga akmen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Burberry Group PLC said Wednesday that comparable sales fell 45% in the first quarter of fiscal 2021, and …
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European stocks drifted lower Thursday, continuing a choppy week in which markets waver between optimism on signs of improving economic activity and worries that the coronavirus is still spreading. After two days of gains, the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.15% slipped 0.4%. The German DAX DAX, +0.11% , the French …
Read More »This week saw the worst day for Wall Street since 1987 and trillions of dollars of stimulus being pumped into the economy, leaving investors and Americans wondering what twist would be around the next turn. The continued fear of the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 has led to extensive economic fallout, …
Read More »The housing industry remains a silver lining for the United States economy as the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) continues. The 11-year bull market on Wall Street came to an end this week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped to 20% below its peak, putting it into bear territory. …
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