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AI's promise and pitfalls will affect key domains

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AI promises to drive economic efficiencies across sectors, improve the delivery of critical services such as healthcare, democratise access to knowledge and skills, and tighten…

Monkeypox may circulate at low levels indefinitely

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Spain had reported the highest caseload in Europe, and the second in the world after the United States. Monkeypox is not a novel disease, but the current outbreak is fundamentally…

Virus testing will be key to lockdown exit strategies

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COVID-19 lockdown 'exit strategies'.

Prospects for the global economy to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

However, supply is struggling to keep pace with demand, and dislocation effects plus shortages of some critical goods and workers are raising prices. GDP growth forecasts for 2021…

First COVID-19 vaccine may not end all distancing

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While studies show that patients mount an immunity to the virus (at least in the short term) and immediate re-infection is highly unlikely, it is estimated that some 90% of the…

Coronavirus may cut global growth to 2% in early 2020

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Economic impact of the coronavirus.

Malaria vaccine could pave the way for global advances

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Implications of the first malaria vaccine to complete human testing.

COVID-19 will hit US GDP but recovery may be V-shaped

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US economic outlook.

Vaccine nationalism could prolong pandemic

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Klugge is likely aiming to be optimistic. An effective COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be the only economically and humanely acceptable exit strategy for this pandemic…

Only vaccines or drugs will end social distancing

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Studies currently estimate that only a small fraction of people were infected prior to strict social-distancing enforcement. A major second wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths is…