As semiconductor shortages continue to force carmakers to cut back production, the EU’s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton visited Japan and South Korea last week in search of international partnerships for the bloc’s planned “European Chips Act”. Formally unveiled last month by Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, this aims to bring the EU up…
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Air ambulance utilization and charges have been steadily increasing over the past several years, according to a new study. The average in-network negotiated rate for emergency transport by airplane—excluding mileage charges—rose 76.4%, from $8,855 in 2017 to $15,624 in 2020, according to a FAIR Health analysis of around 35 billion healthcare claims. But most air…
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Between 1990 and 2000 the Internet went from zero to really big numbers. During this period it had its fastest growth, growing at 63% a year. It had the fastest adoption compared to anything before it in history. Then the dotcom crash came and everyone said it was the end of the Internet. But actually,…
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This is the first part of an FT series analysing how the electric vehicle market is rapidly taking off At the start of the year, executives at electric carmaker Polestar drew up ambitious sales plans for the UK. Within weeks, they had to tear them up. Demand was rising so quickly that the new targets…
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Private hospitals are delivering more hip and knee replacements than the NHS for the first time since the procedures were widely introduced in the 1960s and 1970s. With the NHS still focused on Covid-19, independent hospital chains including Circle Health Group, Nuffield Health, HCA Healthcare and Spire Healthcare have doubled the numbers of privately paid…
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Receive free Carbon trading updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Carbon trading news every morning. Europe’s escalating gas supply crunch has pushed up the price of allowances linked to carbon emissions as energy producers switch over to cheaper but dirtier coal. EU carbon allowances last week topped €65…
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As winter looms, western nations have put their faith in booster shots and child vaccination campaigns to fortify their defences against a Covid-19 resurgence. But health authorities in the northern hemisphere fear the size of any wave during colder months could hinge on how many vaccine holdouts remain among older, vulnerable people. Officials in Europe…
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Receive free Carbon trading updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Carbon trading news every morning. Europe’s escalating gas supply crunch has pushed up the price of allowances linked to carbon emissions as energy producers switch over to cheaper but dirtier coal. EU carbon allowances last week topped €65…
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The coronavirus pandemic has overturned assumptions about the way the world’s health systems work. This report will look at the challenges they face, and the solutions they are finding. Next week: climate change and the health of nations Supported by the J&J Center for Health Worker Innovation
The British may fetishise their National Health Service and the Americans their healthcare innovations and star doctors, but — when seen through the lens of coronavirus — other countries, from Taiwan to Norway, have served their citizens’ health better. As policymakers reflect on the lessons of Covid-19, many assumptions have been overthrown on the best…
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