I n the midst of a devastating pandemic, President Donald Trump is destroying the CDC’s ability to discharge its most vital responsibility: to maintain active surveillance of diseases by gathering, analysing and reporting data. Even by this president’s low standards, this is unconscionable. With Covid-19 surging out of control and healthcare workers in many states struggling to keep up with ...

In combating Covid-19, the US stumbled into a “natural experiment” whose national negative outcomes have outweighed the positive ones, including greater loss of life and more cases of debilitating illness, not to mention a setback to economic recovery. Now it faces a second natural experiment whose outcome is also likely to be disappointing unless we are willing to learn more ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE called for increased UK investment in sustainable aviation to supplement budgets strained by the coronavirus crisis and help safeguard the country’s position as a major player in the industry. Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury, speaking on a panel on Monday for the virtual Farnborough Air Show, said Britain has put advances in decarbonisation and digitisation high on ...

Bloomberg Even in a world of retail upheaval, J Jill Inc has had a more dramatic ride than most — and that was before the pandemic. Just three years after a highly anticipated initial public offering, J Jill’s stock is flirting with zero and the company is trying to fend off bankruptcy. The women’s clothing chain warned its survival was ...

Bloomberg Global airline passenger demand won’t recover to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels until the end of 2023, and only then if effective vaccines and medicines are available, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The recovery for airlines and airports will be largely aligned, followed by aircraft lessors as carriers return fleets to service, Moody’s analysts including Jonathan Root wrote in a report. ...

Bloomberg Colombia is scaling back a planned $2.5 billion expansion of one of Latin America’s busiest airports after the Covid-19 pandemic caused a collapse in air travel. Bogota’s El Dorado airport, the country’s biggest, was set for an upgrade to more than double capacity to about 80 million passengers a year by 2050, from the roughly 35 million it saw ...

Bloomberg ASOS Plc, Marks & Spencer Group Plc and Walmart Inc’s Asda are among retailers calling for greater protection of garment factory workers in Britain in the wake of labour abuse reports at a site supplying Boohoo Group Plc. More than 90 retailers, lawmakers and investors signed an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel urging immediate action. The joint ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is unlikely to take delivery of all 80 of the jets it’s allowed to accept through 2023 under terms of a $10.3 billion government bailout, according to a person familiar with the matter. The German airline will instead prioritise quick repayment of the aid, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential matters. ...

Bloomberg The UK is about to test the risks of a wider confrontation with China that’s been a long time coming. The next act is playing out when Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab addresses Parliament. The top diplomat has dropped a heavy hint the UK will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, a former colony it handed back to China ...

Bloomberg Fighting between Nigerian troops and an armed group in the country’s northwest left at least 20 people dead, the military said. Fatalities in the confrontation in the Jibia district of Katsina state included three soldiers and 17 others described as cattle rustlers and kidnappers by Benard Onyeuko, the defense headquarters spokesman, in an emailed statement. Onyeuko denied media reports ...