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Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that – including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances – packed in large steel containers. The rest is mainly commodities like oil or grains that are poured directly into the hull. In total, about US$14 trillion of the world’s goods spend some time inside a big metal box.

Defying the pessimists who doubted the ability of Yale students to follow COVID-19 safety protocols, the Yale student body conducted itself in a safer manner than expected last semester. To put a number on it, the R0 value, or the number of secondary cases generated by an initial case, of the student body last semester was 1.85—compared to the 2.3 that experts set as the maximum value that could still keep student infections under control. Yale researchers Joseph Chang, Forrest Crawford, and Edward Kaplan calculated this number and devised the twice-weekly testing plan implemented among Yale College’s on-campus student body last semester. 

Big-power muscle flexing helps explain much of the world’s vaccine inequities, but there's another reason behind insufficient doses: The challenge of making them is unprecedented.

So much has changed since COVID-19 pressured the medical industry to innovate in the Pharma supply chain, making a lasting impression.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Families, beware! The cost of diapers, paper towels and other related products is about to climb.