March 2020

As Coronavirus Disrupts Factories, India Curbs Exports of Key Drugs

MUMBAI, India — The spreading coronavirus may soon affect people’s health in a different way: The outbreak is now starting to hurt the supply of essential drugs. Drug makers are struggling to get vital raw ingredients for common antibiotics and vitamins from Chinese factories, which were closed for weeks as China battled to contain the […]

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Kate Middleton Wears The Greenest Outfit You’ve Ever Seen For Ireland Trip

Kate Middleton is giving a whole new meaning to “going green.” The Duchess of Cambridge layered on the green on Tuesday ― and coordinated nicely with Prince William ― at the start of the couple’s three-day trip to Ireland. They took a commercial Aer Lingus flight to Dublin Airport to start things off. For the occasion,

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Trump Administration Sends Mixed Signals on Coronavirus Testing

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sent mixed signals on Tuesday about how quickly testing for the coronavirus would ramp up, stressing that close to a million coronavirus tests should be available this week but also that the number of tests to be administered remained unknown. Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug

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What’s Happening: Fed cuts rate, Olympics delay possible

The French government is requisitioning all existing and future stocks of face masks to ensure COVID-19 patients and health care workers are covered March 3, 2020, 5:37 PM 5 min read BERLIN — As more countries report cases of the new coronavirus, governments are eyeing measures to cushion the economic impacts and some athletes are urged

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Sirius: Crunch vote looms for Yorkshire mine facing takeover

Image copyright Sirius Minerals The future of a huge fertiliser mine in North Yorkshire will be decided later on Tuesday as shareholders decide whether to back a rescue takeover. Many shareholders in Sirius Minerals are small investors who oppose the deal, saying it undervalues the firm. But Sirius has warned it will fall into administration

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