Irina Anghel | The Seattle Times

March 2, 2022 at 6:00 am

Russian invasion smothers supplies from world’s breadbasket

After years of growing increasingly reliant on cheap wheat from Russia and Ukraine, the world's grains buyers are being forced to hunt elsewhere.

Business

January 21, 2022 at 4:11 pm

Mask-makers look to wildfires, pollution as post-COVID strategy

Mask-makers are looking to expand sales beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Some companies are looking to areas of the world ravaged by wildfires and pollution as...

Business

A resident displays an at-home rapid COVID-19 test kit in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) PAMR110 PAMR110

December 21, 2021 at 5:24 am

All you need to know about rapid COVID test kits

With omicron running rampant, people are looking to home tests ahead of holiday gatherings. Here's how they work, when you should test and what to...

Nation & World

November 15, 2021 at 11:39 am

Some antidepressants may lower risk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19, studies say

One published study has found a common antidepressant appears to lower the risk of death in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Another trial finds an antidepressant...

Nation & World

Ripe coffee beans grow on a tree at a plantation in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg

July 30, 2021 at 7:29 pm

Coffee tumbles most since 2008 as Brazil frost concerns ease

Even with Friday's drop for Arabica coffee beans, consumers could still see higher coffee prices at cafes and supermarkets.

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