Segments From This Episode

• Ports tackle vessel “dwell times” to reduce backups

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  The Port of Oakland wants to shorten the stays of shipping containers at its marine terminals.

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• Health professionals wonder about future of COVID drugs as federal funding wanes

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Drugmaker Eli Lilly will supply the government with another 150,000 doses of its monoclonal antibody to meet short-term demand.

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• Chinese group faked social media posts against a planned Texas rare-earth metal plant, researchers say

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  China produces the majority of the world’s rare-earth metals. It’s likely trying to maintain its control of global production, researchers say.

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• More health care workers will be able to provide abortions under a new Maryland law

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Maryland is one of 19 states expanding access to abortion by widening the circle of providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

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• Some music festivals are allowing overdose reversal drugs

  by Blake Farmer

  

  Often nonprofits and volunteers are left to do the work of providing naloxone kits to attendees.

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• A quarter-century after the handover, is Hong Kong still attractive as a business hub?

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  Crackdowns by Beijing and severe COVID restrictions have undermined its status. Friday marks the anniversary of the transfer of control.

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