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The wave of avian influenza H5N1—which so far has hit 76 countries, triggered national emergencies, and created the worst animal-disease outbreak in US history—keeps roaring through wild birds and commercial poultry. More than 140 million poultry worldwide have died from the virus or were slaughtered to keep it from spreading, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. And though they are harder to count, the die-offs among wild birds have been catastrophic. Something has to put the brakes on. In the US, where…

HONG KONG—The export engine that propelled China’s recovery through much of the pandemic sputtered to start the year, complicating Beijing’s efforts to juice an economy that is still reeling from three years of stringent “zero-Covid” restrictions.Exports from the world’s second largest economy fell 6.8% during the first two months of 2023 from a year earlier, extending a string of year-over-year declines stretching back to October, data from China’s customs bureau showed Tuesday. That trend is likely to continue as…

Moderna Inc. Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel pushed back against criticism of the company’s pricing plans for its Covid-19 vaccine at Monday’s Wall Street Journal Health Forum.  U.S. politicians including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Peter Welch (D., Vt.) have questioned the company’s strategy around commercial pricing, which could be unveiled in the coming months. Moderna received funding…

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Alice-Christine Merenda and her family, who live in Munich, Germany, had been thinking of moving to the U.S. for years. A professional translator and interpreter, she said she and her husband, Stefano Merenda, wanted to raise their four children bilingually and admired the freedoms U.S. citizens had amid the Covid onslaught, when Germans were completely confined to their homes.  Then, the war in Ukraine began.  “It kind of proved our decision,” said Ms.…

HONG KONG—Economic activity in China expanded sharply for a second straight month, in an early sign the country may be shaking off the impact of pandemic curbs sooner than expected.  A gauge of manufacturing rose at the fastest pace in more than a decade in February, while export orders expanded for the first time in almost two years, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Services and construction activity also expanded further, the purchasing managers index report showed.…

A team whose venture-backed startup was inspired by a map they created for trick-or-treaters. A tech-company product manager who decided to quit his job during an eight-state road trip. A website developer who saw an opportunity to help small businesses reach customers online.These are among the entrepreneurs who created new businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, a time when the highest number of Americans since at least the mid-2000s took the first steps to launch a new venture. Many new businesses won’t quickly…

HONG KONG—The strength of China’s economic rebound this year largely hinges on one uncertainty: whether families and large companies are willing to draw down the pile of cash they built up since the start of Covid-19. Chinese families, constrained by Covid lockdowns, hoarded cash and pushed up the country’s household saving rate to a multiyear high of 33% in 2022, up 3 percentage points from the prepandemic trend in 2019, according to estimates by Goldman Sachs. Large industrial companies and exporters also socked away…

Many people with long Covid are legally entitled to accommodations at work to help them do their jobs. Still, some are finding it hard to ask for help.Disability can encompass any number of physical or mental impairments. Often, managers can more easily comprehend the limitations imposed by static conditions, such as the loss of a limb or hearing. Symptoms can ebb and flow over time with chronic illness, such as long Covid, Crohn’s disease or lupus, making the experience more difficult to grasp, say disabled people and…

Tek Image/science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty ImagesJapanese drugmaker Eisai expects the Food and Drug Administration to fully approve its Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi this summer, which would expand access to the pricey new antibody under Medicare.U.S. CEO Ivan Cheung said the FDA, which granted accelerated clearance in January, could give full approval as soon as July if the company gets an expedited "priority review" for demonstrating a significant improvement in how early Alzheimer's is…