Economía, Salud
186 noticiasLos salarios reales de Japón suben un 1,5% interanual en agosto, octavo mes consecutivo de aumento
Los salarios reales de Japón subieron un 1,5% en agosto respecto al año anterior, el octavo aumento mensual consecutivo, la primera racha de esa duración en unos 10 años, según la encuesta laboral mensual preliminar del Ministerio de Salud.…
Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin over suspected plague death in Siberia
President Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin about the suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia, after saying Monday the US was willing to help Russia. The case follows the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worke…
China health experts urge problem-driven push to turn disease research into treatments
Experts at a 2026 conference on disease prevention research and translation in China called for problem-driven collaboration between hospitals, universities and industry, with AI among the topics discussed. The director of a national key la…
Russia's industry ministry says Atarax supplies stable after pharmacy shortage reports
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade said «Atarax» and other hydroxyzine-based medicines are being regularly and stably put into circulation, after reports on Telegram channels that the drug could not be bought in most large pharmacies i…
KFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Foreign investment banks raise South Korea 2026 growth forecast to 3.5%
Eight major overseas investment banks now expect South Korea's economy to grow 3.5% in 2026 on average, up 0.2 percentage points from a month earlier, according to the International Finance Center. All eight forecast growth of at least 3%, …
US August trade deficit widens to $105.6 billion, widest since March 2025
The U.S. trade deficit rose to $105.6 billion in August, up 13.7% from July and the widest monthly gap since March 2025, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Imports rose 4.3% while exports rose 1.4%, with gains in crude oil, gold and …
El Fraser Institute vuelve a calificar a Hong Kong como la economía más libre del mundo
El Fraser Institute de Canadá publicó el 6 de octubre su informe Economic Freedom of the World 2026, en el que volvió a calificar a Hong Kong como la economía más libre del mundo. Entre las cinco categorías evaluadas, Hong Kong mantuvo el p…
Kenya confirms first Ebola death after patient arrives from Congo via Uganda
Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo via Uganda was treated at Nairobi Hospital and died late Monday. Authorities placed K…
Rusia pone en cuarentena un hospital tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio que deja casi 200 personas bajo observación
Una empleada del Instituto de Investigación Antipeste de Siberia y Extremo Oriente de Irkutsk murió la semana pasada de neumonía de causa desconocida, informaron las autoridades rusas, y un hospital de la localidad de Shelekhov fue puesto e…
US August trade deficit widens to $105.6bn, highest since March 2025
The US goods and services trade deficit rose to $105.6 billion in August, the Commerce Department said, above the $102.0 billion expected and the highest level since March 2025. Imports grew 4.3% on the month to $420.8 billion, while export…
Trump says Putin call scheduled soon on suspected Siberia plague case
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case. The case centres on Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician who died Friday in a hospita…
La OMS dice que el riesgo es bajo mientras EE. UU. presiona a Rusia para que sea transparente sobre la muerte en un laboratorio de peste
El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. está monitoreando informes sobre un caso mortal de sospecha de peste neumónica en la región de Irkutsk, Rusia, y el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, ha pedido públicamente a Moscú mayor transparencia s…
Nueva York declara emergencia por desastre de sarampión ante el aumento de casos rurales
La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, declaró el lunes una emergencia estatal por desastre debido a un brote de sarampión, una orden que, según CNN, es la primera declaración de este tipo de un estado de EE. UU. desde que los casos co…
US August trade deficit rises 13.7% to $105.6bn, largest since March 2025
The US goods and services trade deficit widened 13.7% in August from the previous month to $105.6bn, the largest gap since March 2025 and above the $102bn Dow Jones consensus, according to the Commerce Department. Imports reached a record $…
WHO and Russia say no further plague infections after Siberian lab worker's death
A female worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin, according to Russian authorities and the WHO. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said 60% of the identified contact…
WHO says Russia reported no plague case in Irkutsk as US tracks lab worker's death
The World Health Organization said Russian authorities reported no plague case had been recorded in the Irkutsk region, while the cause of a 28-year-old anti-plague laboratory worker's death remained unconfirmed. The US State Department sai…
UAE-EAEU economic partnership agreement enters into force
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the UAE and the Eurasian Economic Union entered into force on Tuesday, covering Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The two sides will grant preferential access across more than 86…
La OMS mantiene su evaluación de bajo riesgo por la muerte en un laboratorio ruso de peste; Rusia niega un accidente
La Organización Mundial de la Salud dijo que el riesgo para la salud pública general parece bajo después de que una investigadora de un instituto de investigación sobre la peste en la región rusa de Irkutsk muriera tras lo que los informes …
Las reservas de divisas de Corea del Sur caen 1.720 millones de dólares en septiembre por la financiación de inversiones en EE. UU.
Las reservas de divisas de Corea del Sur se situaron en 440.560 millones de dólares al cierre de septiembre, 17.200 millones menos que los 442.280 millones de un mes antes, según informó el Banco de Corea el 6 de octubre, la primera caída e…