Cadavers are piling up at Hong Kong’s hospitals and public mortuaries as the number of Covid cases soars in the territory, which has lost control of China’s worst outbreak since the pandemic began more than two years ago. Hong Kong, with a population of 7.4mn, has reported more than 205,000 cases — compared with 109,000…
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Two veterans of the video games industry have called for Britain to invest more in homegrown talent and prevent the loss of further UK-based companies to foreign buyers, after a year of frenzied dealmaking in the gaming industry. David Braben, who founded Frontier Developments, one of the last remaining public gaming companies in the UK,…
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Cadavers are piling up at Hong Kong’s hospitals and public mortuaries as the number of Covid cases soars in the territory, which has lost control of China’s worst outbreak since the pandemic began more than two years ago. Hong Kong, with a population of 7.4mn, has reported a total of 171,314 cases — compared to…
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Devastating floods that have submerged cities and towns in Queensland and New South Wales and triggered thousands of insurance claims are stoking criticism of the Australian government’s stance on climate change. The wild weather, described by meteorologists as a “rain bomb”, moved south from Queensland over the weekend and has claimed seven lives and flooded…
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Russia launched an all-out attack on Ukraine this Thursday, changing the face of Europe forever. Since every day is marked with new sanctions against Russia, the latest was on Saturday when key Russian banks were banned from the Swift financial system. The ban from Swift is sometimes called “the nuclear option,” and would curtail Russian…
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Spinal muscular atrophy is often a cruel disease. It can leave newborns with weakened muscles, unable to use their limbs and can affect their ability to eat and breathe. Most babies with the worst form of the condition die in their first 18 months. Unfortunately for sufferers, the condition is also a rare one —…
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When Joe Biden was elected US president, it soon became clear the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors would face tougher regulation. The new administration prioritised efforts to curb drug prices increases and toughen scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions. In March last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joined with its EU, UK and Canadian counterparts to…
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Pierre Delsaux faces a tricky task in trying to prepare the EU for future disease outbreaks, with the pharmaceutical industry and campaigners arguing over the lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. He has been appointed director-general of Europe’s new Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Agency, launched last September, to scan for new threats…
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Global business leaders who flocked to last November’s COP26 climate conference jostled to position themselves as environmental champions, with promises of aggressive action to put the world on course for net zero carbon emissions. Amid the bullish pledges in Glasgow, however, sceptical observers voiced fears of “greenwashing” — groundless environmental claims by businesses seeking to…
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