Liberty Global is teaming up with one of the biggest digital infrastructure funds in the US to target deals in the burgeoning market for data centres at the edge of mobile networks, which support more powerful 5G-based services. The move by London-headquartered Liberty to form a joint venture with Digital Colony is the latest sign…
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At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, Monica Richardson discovered that a lifetime of working, paying taxes and saving had failed to provide her with the comfort and care she needed towards the end of her life. The disease had swept through her West Yorkshire care home, killing 14 people in just one…
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As political leaders argue in advance of this November’s COP26 UN climate change conference, the key divides over greenhouse gas policies run between states: rich versus poor, fossil fuel exporters versus importers, and green countries — the Scandinavians, for example — versus the less green, such as Australia. But this may not last much longer.…
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About 60% of the COVID-19 vaccine doses that have spoiled since Texas’ vaccination program began in December were wasted in the past two weeks, according to an analysis of state data. According to a Houston Chronicle analysis of the roughly 60,000 vaccine doses spoiled since December, about 36,000 were lost in the past two weeks,…
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The Biden administration on Thursday took the first step toward forcing a broad range of US banks and companies to disclose the risks they face from climate change. In an executive order, the White House kicked off a sweeping initiative to bolster the US financial system against climate-related risks. The order instructs Treasury secretary Janet…
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Telemedicine, in its original form of the phone call, has been around for decades. For people in remote or rural areas without easy access to in-person care, consulting a doctor over the phone has often been the go-to approach. But for a large swath of the world used to taking half a day off work…
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Canada’s most populous province on Thursday released a “cautious” three-step roadmap to reopen after a lockdown prompted by a surge in coronavirus cases. The provincial government of Ontario said it would gradually lift public health measures based on the rising vaccination rate and improvements in key public health indicators. “As a result of the strict…
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Starting May 24, patients who’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19 can skip the virus test before same-day surgeries at Hartford HealthCare. The seven-hospital Connecticut system is one of several providers that have scrapped COVID test requirements for vaccinated patients as vaccination rates rise and positivity rates drop. Atlanta’s Emory Healthcare and UnityPoint Health in Iowa have…
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Watching construction tech software company Procore go public today after pricing above its range makes the IPO slowdown look like the deceleration that wasn’t. Investors quickly bid up the company’s value in trading, giving Procore a higher valuation than it might have anticipated, along with a boost of confidence for the IPO market in general.…
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Domestic vaccination passports are set to be introduced for large events in England this summer, according to government officials briefed on the discussions. Under the plans, proof of vaccine certification, stored on the NHS contact tracing app, may be used for events of more than 1,000 people once the UK enters the next and final…
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