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Providence Hospital System defies America’s slow vaccine rollout trend
The U.S. Covid vaccination effort is far behind original estimates. More than 15.4 million doses have been delivered to states, but only 4.5 million Americans have received their first shot according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Providence…
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New York Gov. Cuomo confirms state’s first case of new Covid strain initially found in UK
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wears a protective face mask as he arrives to speak during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2020. Mike…
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Boris Johnson imposes national lockdown on England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England is adopting a national lockdown that he hopes will be tough enough to contain a new, highly contagious variant of Covid-19. People can only leave their homes to shop for essentials, work if…
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NY Gov. Cuomo to propose law making it a crime to skip the line for shots
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a law to make it a crime to sell…
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As Covid cases surge in California, Hollywood pauses TV production
General view of the Hollywood Sign on November 17, 2020 in Hollywood, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images After months of rising coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths in California, several Hollywood guilds and labor unions are recommending that…
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New York Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as outbreak worsens
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Moderna increases minimum 2021 Covid vaccine production by 20% to 600 million doses
A medical worker holds a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial on the first day that Orange County residents 65 and older are able to be vaccinated at a drive through site at the Orange County Convention Center on December 29, 2020…
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How Walmart plans to take over health care
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, wants to be your doctor, too. In September 2019 the company known for its “Everyday Low Prices” launched Walmart Health, a primary care clinic, at a store in Dallas, Georgia. The doctor-run clinic, the first…
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A year since Covid emerged in China, the world fights deadliest surge yet
Alonso Lugo helps a patient try to stand inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 30, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters It’s been a year since Chinese health authorities said they…
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EU covid vaccine rollout ‘slow’; Germany, France tighten restrictions
A nurse prepares a syringe of Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign in a nursing house in Athens. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI | AFP | Getty Images The European Union has been criticised for the speed of its deployment of Covid vaccines,…
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South African coronavirus variant ‘more of a problem’ than UK one
A patient with the Covid-19 breaths in oxygen in the Covid-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on December 29, 2020. RODGER BOSCH | AFP | Getty Images A variant of the coronavirus identified…
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21 years of airline passenger traffic growth erased in 2020: travel report
A passenger checks flight information on a board in the departures hall at Madrid Barajas airport. Paul Hanna | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — More than two decades of growth in airline passenger traffic were erased in 2020, a…
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More cases of new Covid variant found in the U.S., threatening to worsen nation’s outbreak
A man receives a nasal swab COVID-19 test at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid a coronavirus surge in Southern California on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Three…
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Doctors criticize UK health officials for changing Pfizer Covid vaccine plan
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, Britain December 8, 2020. Frank Augstein | Reuters Doctors in the United Kingdom are pushing back on health officials’ decision to change the vaccine schedule on…
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Trump boasts about Covid response as December becomes deadliest month yet
President Donald Trump speaking in a released video on Twitter on Dec. 31st, 2020. The White House | Twitter WASHINGTON — In the final days of 2020, the United States saw coronavirus deaths spike, cases surge to staggering levels, hospitals strained…
Read More West Virginia mistakenly gives 42 people Regeneron IV Covid treatment instead of vaccine shot
A pharmacist dilutes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while preparing it to administer to staff and residents at the Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, a senior living community in Falls Church, Virginia, on December 30, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty…
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Israel says it’s inoculated 7% of its population, it’s less than 1% in U.S.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, during a third national COVID lockdown, at a Maccabi Healthcare Services branch in Ashdod, Israel December 29, 2020. Amir Cohen |…
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Dr. Fauci says slow Covid vaccine rollout has been ‘disappointing’
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), not pictured, before they receive the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical…
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New York Mayor de Blasio wants to immunize 1 million residents in January
A worker of the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (FDNY EMS) receives a COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 23,…
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Operation Warp Speed chief says distribution ‘should be better’
The United States will not inoculate as many people against the coronavirus by the end of the year as federal officials originally estimated, President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 vaccine czar said Wednesday. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest…
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California has identified first case with new Covid strain, Newsom says
In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before giving an update during a visit to Pittsburg, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli | AP California health officials have identified the state’s first case of the new…
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Colorado health officials say are investigating a second suspected case
Gov. Jared Polis and officials announced Denver and a number of other Colorado counties will be moved to Level Red on a newly revamped version of the state”u2019s color-coded COVID-19 dial at Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. November…
Read More New York Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as outbreak worsens
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CDC says new Covid strain in U.S. could stress ‘heavily burdened’ hospitals
CDC headquarters in Atlanta Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that a new strain of Covid-19 now circulating in the U.S. could further stress hospitals that are already…
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Trump officials discuss vaccine rollout as criticism mounts
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Trump blames states as he faces criticism for slow Covid vaccine rollout
President Donald Trump tried on Wednesday to deflect criticism for a slower-than-expected rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, saying the U.S. has distributed the lifesaving shots but states have to administer them. More than 11.4 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s…
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Half of U.S. states will raise their minimum wage in 2021
People gather together to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The…
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California extends stay-at-home order for two regions
Clinicians work in the former lobby of Providence St. Mary Medical Center, which has been converted into a care space to treat suspected COVID patients, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Southern California on December 23, 2020 in Apple…
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U.S. confirms first case in Colorado
A person gestures towards a sign with a public health information message, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as new restrictions come into force, in London, Britain, December 20, 2020. Toby Melville | Reuters The first case of…
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Joe Biden says Trump’s Covid vaccine effort far short its own goals
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s effort to distribute and administer Covid vaccine shots, saying that the administration has failed to meet its own goals. “The Trump administration’s plan to distribute vaccines is falling behind, far behind,”…
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U.S. to fall short of goal to vaccinate 20 million by year’s end
With only a few days to go, the United States will likely fall short of its goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the year’s end as the nation embarks on what will be a historic campaign to inoculate hundreds…
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How Covid derailed Olive Garden’s success
When you think of free breadsticks, unlimited salad and pounds of pasta, one name comes to mind — Olive Garden. But the Italian eatery, known for its $5 take-home meal, has fallen on hard times as the coronavirus pandemic has…
Read More New York investigating potential Covid vaccine fraud, Cuomo says
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The New York Attorney General is investigating whether a health-care clinic in the state fraudulently obtained…
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Biden to invoke Defense Production Act to spur Covid vaccine production
President-elect Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act after he takes office next month to boost production of coronavirus vaccines, a member of his Covid-19 advisory team said Monday. “You will see him invoking the Defense Production Act,”…
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Restaurant revenue has fallen, despite delivery boom
The chart shows U.S. restaurants’ weekly Source: UBS Evidence Lab U.S. restaurant revenue is falling as takeout and delivery orders fail to make up for lost dine-in sales. UBS Evidence Lab found that dine-in restaurant sales plunged 69% in the…
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The 10 biggest retail bankruptcies of 2020
Robert Barnes | Getty Images More than three dozen retailers, including the nation’s oldest department store chain, filed for bankruptcy this year, marking an 11-year high. Pre-pandemic, several of these retailers were already teetering on the brink of survival. But…
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Covid resurgence in Japan, South Korea could hit Asia’s economic recovery
Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As 2020 draws to a close, many investors consider Asia as the region with…
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Trump’s veto threat of Covid relief bill is holding up $9 billion in state vaccine funding
A person holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Scotty Perry | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. states are anxiously awaiting billions in federal…
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Trump’s threat to veto $900 billion Covid relief bill puts major climate legislation at risk
Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s opposition to a $900 billion coronavirus aid package overwhelmingly passed by U.S. lawmakers late Monday jeopardizes the first significant climate change legislation to win congressional approval in about a decade. Trump has threatened…
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Testing delays, staff shortages impede distribution of Covid treatment used by Trump
A medical personnel administers a free Covid-19 tests at a state run drive-through testing site in the parking lot of the University of Texas El Paso campus amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Paso, Texas, November 23, 2020….
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Covid changed shopping forever. What it means for your favorite stores
Academy Sports & Outdoors store in Orlando, Florida. Google Earth Academy Sports & Outdoors’ more than 250 stores shuttered for weeks in the early days of the Covid pandemic. But as lockdown orders eased and these stores reopened, many customers…
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How to travel this Christmas through live virtual tours
For people staying safely at home this holiday season, new virtual tours let anyone with an internet connection tour famous Christmas destinations around the world. Homebound travelers can book live interactive tours with local guides to learn about everything…
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U.K. government confirms second strain of coronavirus
A pedestrian wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks in central London on December 23, 2020. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A second new and potentially more infectious variant of the novel…
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Covid vaccine distribution has been slower than U.S. officials thought it would be
UPS package handlers Jesirae Elzey and Demeatres Ralston unload boxes of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as it arrives at UPS Worldport, in Louisville, Kentucky, December 20, 2020. Michael Clevenger | Pool | Reuters Coronavirus vaccine distribution has been slower than U.S….
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U.S. has vaccinated 1 million people out of goal of 20 million for December
Michael Girard recieves the Covid-19 vaccine with the first batch of Moderna’s vaccine at Hartford hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on December 21, 2020. arrival of the vaccine. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Just over 1 million people in…
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Trump health officials discuss Covid vaccines after U.S. administers first 1 million shots
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Student athletes worry coronavirus could put their scholarships at risk
CNBC’s “College Voices 2020” is a series written by CNBC fall interns from universities across the country about coming of age, getting their college education and launching their careers during these extraordinary times. Colette Ngo is a senior at Chapman…
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo updates the public as state rolls out Covid vaccines
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Texas, other states break from CDC in prioritizing who gets next round of shots
Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, speaks during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images People 65 years and older, and those…
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Sorrento Therapeutics’ antibodies injection, nose drops to fight Covid
Medical staff member Christina Mathers attends to a patient, who is unconscious, as she holds the patient’s hand in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura…
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Covid crisis made low-wage workers essential, but gains appear fleeting
A man bangs a spatula against a pot to show gratitude to medical workers from Lenox Hill Hospital as part of the nightly #ClapBecauseWeCare during the coronavirus pandemic on May 07, 2020 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty…
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Some level of herd immunity may be reached by end-2021
SINGAPORE – The world must remain vigilant for the next six months, while the coronavirus vaccine is rolled out as it will take time before most of the population receive their vaccinations, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist told CNBC….
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Trump threatens to derail US stimulus
LONDON — European markets are set to open mostly lower on Wednesday, as investors react to President Donald Trump’s disapproval of a long-delayed U.S. coronavirus stimulus package. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen falling 25 points to 6,432, Germany’s DAX off…
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Coronavirus sped up digital transformation by 6 years, Twilio CEO says
When the coronavirus pandemic limited face-to-face interactions earlier this year, companies, governments and other organizations adapted to the new normal by transitioning many activities online. The transition, a part of the digital transformation that has played out over the years,…
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Pfizer nears deal with U.S. government for more doses
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in New York, December 21, 2020. Yuki Iwamura | Reuters The U.S. government is close to a deal with Pfizer for an additional 100…
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Biden warns Covid vaccine won’t stop deaths of ‘tens of thousands’ Americans in the months to come
President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks before the holiday at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on December 22, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans to remain “vigilant” over the holidays, adding that…
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Chipotle will not require its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine
Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Brian Niccol said Tuesday that the company will “strongly encourage” employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that foodservice workers are placed next in line to receive the inoculation…
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5 things to know about virus spreading in the U.K.
A notice informing people of ‘Tier 4’ coronavirus restrictions lights up a digital advertising screen on Oxford Street in London, England, on December 21, 2020. David Cliff | NurPhoto | Getty Images The U.K. has identified a new variant of…
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Adam Silver positions NBA for breakthrough after Covid
Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner. Getty Images On the eve of a new season, National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver made clear his league would not jump the line to receive Covid-19 vaccines as the NBA attempts to normalize its business….
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Punch Bowl Social files for bankruptcy after Covid devastates its business
Punch Bowl Social on Broadway in Denver, November 01, 2016. Andy Cross | Denver Post | Getty Images Punch Bowl Social filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday after the coronavirus pandemic devastated its business. As recently as February, the…
Read More CDC says new Covid strain in UK could already be circulating undetected in U.S.
Medical staff member Christina Mathers attends to a patient, who is unconscious, as she holds the patient’s hand in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura…
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Sen. Warren introduces bill for free Covid testing for teachers, essential workers
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) departs after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing legislation that would provide free Covid testing for teachers, students, essential workers and others…
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Dr. Fauci, Azar receive Moderna’s Covid vaccine as rollout begins
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Covid recovery plans can help battle climate change
Employees of the company Goldbecksolar are testing a module in a solar park under construction in a former gravel opencast mine. Jens Buttner | picture alliance | Getty Images During the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a…
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Treasury yields fall amid fears of new coronavirus strain
U.S. government debt prices rose on Tuesday as investor sentiment was shaken by a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in the U.K. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note sank to around 0.918%, while the yield on the 30-year Tresury…
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New coronavirus strain weighs on sentiment
LONDON — European shares are set to open slightly higher Tuesday, attempting to recover from a brutal sell-off in the previous session, as investors sentiment was shaken by a new coronavirus strain in the U.K. Britain’s FTSE 100 is set…
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U.S. plans to study allergic reactions from Pfizer shots
The U.S. is looking at why a handful of people have suffered from severe allergic reactions shortly after receiving Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine shots, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official told CNBC on Monday. The study – which…
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Trump Covid vaccine czar says ‘extremely low’ chance Pfizer and Moderna shots won’t work against new strain
Christy Ruffell, manager of clinic nursing standards at UCHealth Medical Center, left, administers the Covid-19 vaccine to CNA Luis Perez, right, at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital on December 14, 2020 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson | The Denver…
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British Airways agrees to require negative coronavirus tests before New York flights, Cuomo says
British Airways Boeing 747-400 with nickname Queen of the Skies commercial aircraft as seen on final approach with landing gear down landing at New York JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport in USA on 23 January 2020. Nicolas Economou |…
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WHO says new Covid strain in U.K. appears more contagious
World Health Organization (WHO) Chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on January 12, 2020 in Geneva. FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP via Getty Images World Health Organization officials said Monday that the coronavirus is mutating “at a much slower rate” than seasonal influenza,…
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House panel subpoenas HHS, CDC chiefs as investigation into Covid response intensifies
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, have been subpoenaed by a House panel investigating the Trump administration’s response to the Covid pandemic. Rep. James Clyburn, chairman of…
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European Medicines Agency authorizes Pfizer vaccine for use in the EU
A healthcare worker holds a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine vial at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, California, U.S., December 17, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Europe’s medicines regulator on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus…
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‘Investor alpha’ is the most important financial strategy for 2021
jayk7 | Moment | Getty Images This has been the year of unpredictability. The pandemic, including self-quarantining for months, is top of mind for people around the globe. The many other surprises this year include the fastest bear market in…
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Covid vaccines will protect against new strains of the virus: Doctor
SINGAPORE — Existing vaccines for Covid-19 will be effective in fighting off infection from new strains of the coronavirus, a U.S. doctor told CNBC this week. His comments came after the U.K. on Saturday said it identified a new mutation…
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Investors monitor new coronavirus strain
European markets are set to trade lower on Monday as investors monitor a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus strain that has shut down much of the U.K. Britain’s FTSE 100 was seen opening down by 75 points at 6,442,…
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CDC panel says frontline essential workers, people 75 years and older should get Covid vaccine next
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted 13-1 Sunday to put “frontline essential workers” and people 75 years of age and older next in line to be eligible to receive a vaccine against Covid-19. That so-called phase 1b…
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Covid-19 vaccine shortfalls due to confusion over FDA requirements
Workers move boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as they are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13, 2020. Morry Gash | AFP | Getty Images Officials with Operation…
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The U.K. has identified a new Covid-19 strain that spreads more quickly. Here’s what they know
England’s top medical officer on Saturday announced that the U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that “can spread more quickly” than prior strains of the virus, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose fresh restrictions on parts…
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California’s Covid surge forces trial delay of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images…
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Covid vaccinations ‘won’t be chaos,’ assures Walgreens executive
Rick Gates, senior vice president of pharmacy and healthcare at Walgreens, told CNBC that getting vaccines to the general public “won’t be chaos” as the FDA authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use and set plans in motion to get states nearly 6 million doses by early…
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Moderna Covid vaccine FDA approved for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The vaccine — the second approved for use in the U.S. behind Pfizer and BioNTech‘s — bolsters the U.S. supply of doses. The potentially lifesaving shots are…
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HHS releases sweeping new report on U.S. Covid outbreak in move toward transparency
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday published a sweeping new report on the state of the U.S. Covid-19 outbreak, releasing data that was previously available only to government employees. The new “community profile report” uses data collected…
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December is shaping up to be the Covid pandemic’s deadliest month yet in the U.S.
Sammie Michael Dent, Jr., the grandson of Florence Bolton, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient that died on November 2nd at Roseland Community Hospital, carries her casket into Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.,…
Read More NY Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as state distributes vaccines
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Vice President Mike Pence gets Covid vaccine, Fauci ‘ready to go’
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks after US Vice President Mike Pence received the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP |…
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COVAX global Covid vaccine program secures nearly 2 billion doses for UNICEF distribution
A pharmacist prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Bing Guan| Bloomberg | Getty Images The global alliance aiming to provide poor nations with coronavirus vaccines…
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects shortages to last through next week
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he expects a shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses to continue past next week, even if the Food and Drug Administration issues emergency use authorization for Moderna’s vaccine. “I’ve talked to hospitals. They’re vaccinating far…
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FDA pushes back on Trump tweet suggesting Moderna’s Covid vaccine won emergency-use approval
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday pushed back on a tweet from…
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Darden Restaurants (DRI) Q2 2021 earnings beat, sales fall short
Customers arrive at an Olive Garden location in San Antonio, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Friday reported quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations as another wave of pandemic-related dining restrictions weighed on its…
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LG to launch robot that disinfects surfaces amid coronavirus pandemic
LG Electronics is working on an autonomous robot which utilizes ultraviolet light to disinfect what the South Korean tech giant describes as “high-touch, high-traffic areas.” In an announcement this week, LG said it would look to introduce the technology to…
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Require Covid-19 vaccine for work return? Here’s what Americans say
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester from Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., December 14,…
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Can you travel to Europe without quarantining? A new program allows it
New preflight testing programs are allowing a small number of Americans to have a European Christmas holiday this year after all. On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines launched a Covid-19 testing program for customers flying from Atlanta to Amsterdam, while a…
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FDA panel recommends emergency approval
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday overwhelmingly backed Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine, a key step paving the way to distribute the second Covid-19 vaccine in the United States next week. The nonbinding decision, which was adopted 20…
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FedEx (FDX) earnings Q2 2021
A FedEx worker unloads packages from his delivery truck on March 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News FedEx generated better-than-expected profits and revenue during its most recent quarter as the coronavirus pandemic continues to bolster…
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Coronavirus is reshaping retail stores for good
The retail industry, buffeted by the devastating impacts of the Covid pandemic, is being forced to redefine the role of the of the brick-and-mortar store. The fallout felt around the world from the global health crisis has accelerated several trends:…
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HHS Secretary Azar says Pfizer keeps U.S. at ‘arm’s length’ on manufacturing
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that he’d like “more visibility” into the manufacturing of Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine, adding the U.S. drugmaker has kept the federal government at “arm’s length” throughout the process. Unlike other drugmakers, Pfizer…
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Pent-up demand will boost airline stocks in 2021 and beyond: Trader
It’s no secret airlines have had an unprecedently bad year. JPMorgan expects the pain to continue for some companies, with analysts double downgrading shares of JetBlue, Spirit and United Airlines to underweight from overweight on Wednesday on overvaluation concerns. The…
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FDA panel meets on Moderna Covid vaccine for emergency use
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] A Food and Drug Administration panel is meeting Thursday to vote on whether to recommend…
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Putin calls on public to take the coronavirus vaccine
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen speaking on the screen during his annual press conference, on December 17, 2020, in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called on the public…
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5 things to know before FDA panel votes on Moderna
Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images A key Food and Drug Administration advisory…
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Singapore foreign minister on Covid vaccines, global outlook for 2021
SINGAPORE — The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in Singapore will help the economy to recover — but will not take it back to what it was before the pandemic, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Thursday….
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Former Obama HHS official criticizes Trump administration’s global Covid approach
Former Health and Human Services official Dr. Mario Ramirez told CNBC that he was “concerned” about equitable access to Covid-19 resources around the globe, and criticized the Trump administration for not participating in the multilateral COVAX facility. “One of the…
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Dr. Fauci says U.S. could return to normal by mid-fall if most people get Covid vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 19, 2020 in Washington,…
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Holiday shoppers pull back on impulse buys amid coronavirus pandemic
As holiday shoppers browse store aisles, wait in checkout lines and get carried away by the twinkle of Christmas tunes, they often toss extra items into their basket. A box of chocolates. A tube of lip gloss. Or the perfect…
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‘We want them infected,’ Trump HHS appointee said in email pushing to expose infants, kids and teens to Covid
Former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door session at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Top Trump appointees at the Department of Health…
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FDA authorizes Abbott’s rapid $25 Covid test for at-home use
Abbott Laboratories’ BinaxNow kit Abbott Labs The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced that it has authorized Abbott Labs‘ rapid Covid-19 test for at-home use, though doctors must prescribe the test for patients. The test, which is an antigen…
Read More New York Gov. Cuomo warns a January economic shutdown is possible as Covid cases soar to springtime records
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York’s non-essential businesses may be forced to close again in January if the state doesn’t…
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Dr. Fauci and Operation Warp Speed’s Dr. Slaoui in livestream
[The stream is slated to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] NIAID’s Dr. Anthony Fauci and Operation Warp Speed’s Dr. Moncef Slaoui speak with CNBC’s Senior Health and Science Reporter Meg…
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U.S. quarantines Pfizer shipments in California, Alabama after transit ‘anomaly’
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Rady Children’s Hospital before it’s placed back in the refrigerator in San Diego, California on December 15, 2020. Adriana Drehsler | AFP | Getty Images U.S. officials said Wednesday they quarantined several thousand doses…
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New York Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state starts distributing Covid vaccine
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Sweetgreen will pilot a drive-in restaurant as part of suburban push
Salad restaurant chain Sweetgreen will open its first location with a drive-thru lane and ordering from parking spots next year as it expands beyond cities into suburban America. It joins the flood of restaurant companies that have unveiled new designs…
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AMC could benefit from bankruptcy, analysts say
For the largest cinema chain in the world, bankruptcy could be the best option to survive the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has battered theaters since March, crunching their bottom lines, but no one has been hit harder than AMC. The cinema…
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Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. administers shots
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HHS Secretary Azar says the public will get Covid vaccine ‘by the end of February into March’
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told “The News with Shepard Smith” that most Americans can expect to get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as late February. “I believe by the end of February, the end of March, of…
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Fatigue, headaches and muscle pain are the most common side effects
Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, receives his first injection as a participant in a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial sponsored by Moderna at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida. Paul Hennessy…
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FDA staff recommends watching for Bell’s palsy in Moderna and Pfizer vaccine recipients
Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff recommends monitoring people who get Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine shots for possible cases of Bell’s palsy, saying it’s not necessarily a side effect but worth watching…
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1 in 4 Americans will be working remotely in 2021, survey reveals
Parents work from home with their two sons due to the coronavirus outbreak in Paris in 2020. Xavier Laine | Getty Images News | Getty Images By 2025, 36.2 million Americans will be working remotely, an 87% increase from pre-pandemic…
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Here are some money moves to make before the year ends
Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images At the end of every year, there’s an opportunity to make smart financial moves to reduce taxes, increase net investment income and decrease portfolio risk. Some of these financial moves are especially timely….
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FDA staff endorses emergency use of Moderna’s in a critical step toward approval
Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, receives his first injection as a participant in a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial sponsored by Moderna at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida. Paul Hennessy…
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U.S. death toll tops 300,000 as vaccine rollout begins
A patient who died lays in a body bag inside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center as the United States nears 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 12, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters The…
Read More U.S. plans to ship 6 million Moderna doses once FDA gives OK
This creative image taken in a studio in Paris on November 16, 2020, showing a syringe and a vaccine vial with the reproducted logo of a US biotech firm Moderna, illustrates the announcement of an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 from…
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U.S. administers first shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, launching a historic rollout
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester from Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., December 14,…
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American Airlines flies its first coronavirus vaccines to Miami as industry hopes for a recovery
American Airlines Boing 777-300 wide-body aircraft as seen on final approach over the houses of Myrtle Ave, for landing at London Heathrow LHR EGLL International airport in England, UK. The B777 airplane has the registration N718AN and is powered by…
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Pfizer negotiating with U.S. to provide an additional 100 million doses, CEO says
Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla said the company is negotiating with the federal government to provide an additional 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses next year as Americans will receive some of the first shots Monday. Pfizer and the U.S. are working…
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Buy now, pay later plans are booming in the Covid economy
New sneakers, a MacBook, a Peloton — you can pay for almost anything in installments these days. Like the layaway plans of old, but now called point-of-sale loans, “buy now, pay later” lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment…
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Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. begins administering shots
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Pfizer’s CEO hasn’t gotten his Covid vaccine yet, saying he doesn’t want to cut in line
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla hasn’t received his company’s Covid-19 vaccine shot yet, saying Monday he and other executives will not “cut the line” as U.S. officials kick off a massive effort to distribute the vaccine across the country. The vaccine,…
Read More NY Gov. Cuomo holds press briefing as Covid vaccine rollout begins
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Read More CDC panel clears Pfizer Covid vaccine for people over age of 16
CDC headquarters in Atlanta Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images A key U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted unanimously to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years and older on Saturday, clearing another pivotal hurdle…
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Pfizer’s Covid vaccine approved by FDA for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer and BioNTech‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, a monumental turning point in the once-in-a-century pandemic that has taken nearly 300,000 American lives in less than a year and wreaked havoc on the…
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FDA advisor who voted against recommending Pfizer’s Covid vaccine explains why she would ‘be first in line’ to get it
The Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel signed off on Pfizer’s Covid vaccine with a 17 to 4 vote, with one abstention on Thursday night. Dr. Archana Chatterjee, dean of the Chicago Medical School, was one of the four…
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CDC monitors for Bell’s palsy among Pfizer vaccine recipients, sees no causal relationship
A man receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London on December 8, 2020. Victoria Jones | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. federal government will continue to monitor occurrences of Bell’s palsy —…
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White House threatens to fire FDA chief unless Covid vaccine OKed Friday: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump and Stephen Hahn, Director of the Food and Drug Administration participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images White House…
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Walgreens may begin Covid vaccinations at nursing homes before Christmas
A pharmacist helps a customer at a Walgreens pharmacy in Wheeling, Illinois. Getty Images Walgreens said it expects to get its first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Dec. 21 and start giving shots to nursing home residents and staff…
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Black health leaders try to build trust in the Covid vaccine among African Americans
A researcher works in a lab run by Moderna Inc, who said November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, in an undated still image from…
Read More NY Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state prepares to distribute Covid vaccine
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WHO holds press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
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FDA chief says agency will quickly approve Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for emergency use
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland December 8, 2020. Liam McBurney | Pool | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is “rapidly” working…
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Why the Covid vaccine rollout will be ‘a Herculean operation’
President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid advisory board member Dr. Atul Gawande told CNBC that the Covid-19 vaccine rollout “is a Herculean operation” with potential hitches along the way as Pfizer’s Covid vaccine just took a big step toward FDA approval for emergency…
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FDA panel recommends approval for emergency use
A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in people over 16 years old, the last step before the FDA gives the final OK to broadly…
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GPS tracking, priority landing for coronavirus vaccines, FedEx, UPS say
Wesley Wheeler, President of Global Healthcare at United Parcel Service (UPS), holds up a sample of the vial that will be used to transport the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as he testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee hearing…
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Dr. Fauci says Covid vaccine trials on pregnant women and young kids could begin in January
Drugmakers and U.S. regulators plan to launch clinical trials in January testing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines on pregnant women and young children, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Those two groups…
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Walmart prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccines at stores across the U.S.
A worker collects shopping carts at a Walmart store on May 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Walmart reported a 74% increase in U.S. online sales for the quarter that ended April 30, and a 10% increase in same store sales…
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FDA advisory panel meets today to vote on whether to recommend approval of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] A Food and Drug Administration panel is meeting Thursday to vote on whether to recommend…
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Side effects are signs shot is building protection, says ex-FDA chief
Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines are indications that the shots are helping build protection against the disease, former FDA chief Dr. Margaret Hamburg told CNBC on Thursday. “The data does tell us that this vaccination causes some reaction at the time…
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Google search panels tackle misinformation about Covid vaccines
American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — Google on Thursday rolled out new information…
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6 things to know before FDA panel votes today
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Liam McBurney | Reuters A Food and Drug Administration panel is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to recommend the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The non-binding decision…
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Renters return to Manhattan in November, driving 30% gain in leases
A man enters a building with rental apartments available on August 19, 2020 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Renters started returning to Manhattan in November, lured by a record drop…
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White House Coronavirus Task Force backs restoration of inbound travel from Brazil, UK and Europe, sources say
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. Evan Vucci | AP The White House Coronavirus Task Force has recommended to President Donald Trump that the United States begin allowing…
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Sen. Joe Manchin says Covid bi-partisan relief plan is an emergency package, ‘not a do-all, end-all’
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are trying to broker a $908 billion stimulus plan. He told “The News with Shepard Smith” in an interview Wednesday that “this is truly an emergency package,” as…
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China may be using its vaccines to expand its soft power
Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the progress on scientific research on a coronavirus vaccine and antibody during his visit to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2020. Ju Peng | Xinhua News…
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FDA will likely scrutinize allergic reactions to Pfizer’s vaccine in UK before clearing use in U.S.
The two allergic reactions reported by U.K. health-care workers vaccinated against Covid-19 will likely be scrutinized by the Food and Drug Administration as it decides whether to authorize Pfizer‘s vaccine in the U.S. — though the incident shouldn’t be surprising,…
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Dry ice sales skyrocket as hospitals prepare to deliver shots
The ultra-cold temperatures required for storing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany-based BioNTech has driven a buying frenzy for freezers and dry ice. However, large-scale freezers units are expensive — and with hospital budgets already…
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U.S. plans to ship 2.9 million Covid doses as early as the end of this week
General Gustave Perna, chief operating officer for the Defense Department’s Project Warp Speed, speaks during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty…
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New vaccine billionaires gain wealth as Moderna, Pfizer shares soar
The soaring shares of vaccine makers has created a new wave of billionaires, raising questions about pandemic profits amidst an increasingly unequal recovery. The surge in shares of BioNTech, the German biotech firm that’s partnering with Pfizer on its vaccine,…
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Covid vaccine offers exhausted nurses hope, but not immediate relief
A medical staff member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez closes his eyes while taking a. short brake in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images…
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Trump administration officials discuss Covid vaccine distribution
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Covid ‘long haulers’ may take more than a year to recover, says Mayo Clinic doctor
Coronavirus patients who develop “post-Covid syndrome” brain fog and fatigue — often referred to as “long haulers” — may feel the effects for more than a year, according to a Mayo Clinic doctor studying the phenomenon. Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, an…
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds press briefing on Covid response
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A Covid-19 infection is found on a Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’
Unlike airlines and hotels, cruise ships are having a hard time getting business restarted this year. Now even one so-called “cruise to nowhere” has found itself curtailed. Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas passenger cruise ship cut short its four-day…
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The potentially crushing toll of rationing health care
The chief medical officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Dr. Jason Mitchell, told CNBC that doctors are doing “everything we can do” to prevent rationing care as his state’s governor signed an executive order that moved New Mexico a step closer…
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What it’s like in Pfizer, Moderna trials
The Pfizer–BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is both safe and effective, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In a report released Tuesday morning, the FDA indicated that it could greenlight the country’s first Covid-19 inoculation within days. If Pfizer’s shot…
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Privacy challenges Trump administration’s effort to track Covid vaccinations
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks during a tour of the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are being developed, in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July…
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JetBlue puts raises, paid parental leave on hold to cut costs in 2021
A Jet Blue aircraft takes off from Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, CA. Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images JetBlue Airways on Tuesday laid out a host of cost reductions for next year as the worsening coronavirus pandemic…
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Grubhub offers restaurants new ways to receive orders without fees
The GrubHub app Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Grubhub is giving restaurants new tools for commission-free orders as more states and cities force eateries to turn once again to delivery and takeout for survival. In the wake of…
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U.S. hasn’t seen full Covid brunt from Thanksgiving, Fauci warns
Passengers depart Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Atlanta, Georgia, November 23, 2020. Chris Aluka Berry | Reuters As the Christmas season inches closer, the U.S. has yet to see…
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Fauci says virus could be under control in ‘back half of 2021’
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies during a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response at…
Read More FDA says Pfizer Covid vaccine provides some protection after first dose, meets success criteria
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday data from Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine trials was consistent with recommendations put forth by the agency for an emergency use authorization, adding the vaccine was highly effective and did not raise any specific safety…
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U.S. declined Pfizer offer for more doses, says Scott Gottlieb
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a member of Pfizer’s board, told CNBC on Tuesday the company’s offers to provide the U.S. additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine in 2021 was declined by the Trump administration. The government in July agreed to a deal with…
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U.S. should be a Covid disaster mindset for two months
Intensive-care unit and lung doctor Dr. Vin Gupta told CNBC that the next two months in the United States should have everyone in a “disaster mindset” as Covid-19 cases explode across the nation. “Doctors in the reserves, U.S. Air Force…
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Italy coronavirus outbreak: What’s happening there now
Healthcare workers transfer a COVID-19 patient in a biocontainment stretcher at the Covid emergency room of San Filippo Neri Hospital during the lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on October 29, 2020 in Rome, Italy….
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Young investors ‘changed the entire character of the market’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday suggested that seasoned investors could take a cue and learn something from the stock market’s newcomers this year. “I think it’s time to stop disrespecting the younger investors who’ve nailed 2020 every step of the…
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FDA may authorize Pfizer’s this week
Dr. Joseph Varon, left, and other medical staff member talk to a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images The Food…
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Cuomo says New York could cut indoor dining if trends continue
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the state could close indoor dining in New York…
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Can you be fired if you refuse the Covid vaccine?
Vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and medical syringe with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech German biotechnology company logos. Vincent Kalut | Photonews | Getty Images The country’s first Covid vaccine could be authorized for emergency use as…
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Average daily new Covid cases, deaths approach U.S. records
A medical staff member Susan Paradela pauses for a moment as she places her hands on a a deceased patient’s hands before put the patient into a body bag in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial…
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WHO holds press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
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Trump says Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus
Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan on December 2, 2020. – The president’s attorneys, led by Rudy Giuliani, have made numerous allegations of…
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Russia, China, Iran, North Korea trying to steal coronavirus vaccine: Krebs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs speaks to reporters at the DHS Election Operations Center and National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The…
Read More U.S. Covid-19 Vaccine Chief to meet Biden transition team this week
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, vaccine expert, delivers an update on “Operation Warp Speed” in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on November 13, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s coronavirus vaccine czar…
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Southern California, San Joaquin Valley trigger stay-at-home order
A waitress serves guests as people dine outdoors in Pasadena, California, the only city in Los Angeles County still allowing that service on December 2, 2020. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Two regions in California, San Joaquin…
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Covid-19 deaths could nearly double by April despite vaccines
El Paso County detention inmates, also known as ?trustees? (low level inmates) and Sheriff officers and morgue staff help move bodies to refrigerated trailers deployed during a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths, outside the Medical Examiner’s Office in El…
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Tom Brady’s company TB12 received more than $960,000 PPP loan
Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throws a pass during the first half against the New Orleans Saints at Raymond James Stadium on November 08, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Mike Ehrmann | Getty Images Tom Brady’s sports performance…
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Only 25 Republican lawmakers have acknowledged Biden’s win over Trump: Report
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 1, 2020. Tom Williams | Reuters Only 25 Republican lawmakers in Congress…
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Covid is killing more than 2,000 people a day in the U.S. as infections surge
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. is reporting a weekly average of more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths every day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as infections rip through the country and…
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Stay-at-home order issued for San Francisco Bay Area
California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images San Francisco Bay Area health officials announced on Friday that they would implement…
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CDC’s new guidance for shorter Covid quarantines catches criticism
Nurses display a ‘Stay Home’ sign on their vehicle during a car caravan of nurses calling for people to remain home amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in El Paso on November 16, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. Mario Tama…
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CDC advisor says kids could get shots in the second half of 2021
A nurse administers a flu vaccination shot to a woman at a free clinic held at a local library on October 14, 2020 in Lakewood, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Children and young teens could get a Covid-19 vaccine…
Read More Revised CDC data shows higher relative Black, Hispanic Covid death rate
Family and friends place Humberto Rosales casket, who passed away from Covid-19 complications, at his gravesite at Memorial Pines Cemetery in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on December 3, 2020. Paul Ratje | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease…
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Restaurant industry loses jobs for the first time since April amid Covid restrictions
A waiter wearing a mask stands outside the Da Gennaro restaurant in Little Italy on November 15, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images The restaurant industry lost jobs for the first time since April as new…
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WHO warns Covid reinfections may occur as data suggests antibodies wane
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus R speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland. Chen Junxia | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images World Health Organization officials on Friday warned that, though rare, recent data suggests people who…
Read More WHO holds a press briefing on Covid as countries prepare to distribute vaccine
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Petco S-1 IPO filing drops
Pedestrians cross a street in front of a Petco Animal Supplies Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Petco Health and Wellness has filed an S-1 for an initial…
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Brent to drop to $45 in 2021 despite good news on Covid vaccine
SINGAPORE — Fitch Ratings expects Brent prices to drop to $45 per barrel in 2021 — even though there’s good news on the vaccine front, the credit rating agency said this week. That’s close to 9% lower than what a…
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‘Hopeful’ there will be adequate vaccine supply in 2021
Former FDA Chief and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that he is “hopeful” there will be adequate vaccine supply in 2021, on the heels of a Wall Street Journal report that Pfizer had to cut its original…
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Pfizer shares fall on report company cut its Covid vaccine rollout target
Pfizer shares fell Thursday after a report said the U.S. drugmaker expects to ship half of the Covid-19 vaccines it originally planned for this year due to supply-chain problems. The Wall Street Journal, citing a person directly involved in the…
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California to impose regional stay-at-home order to ease Covid hospitalizations, governor says
California governor Gavin Newsom Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on certain regions of the state where Covid-19 cases are placing a strain on intensive care units, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The…
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Fauci walks back critical remarks of UK’s authorization
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attends a briefing by the White House coronavirus task force in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2020. Leah…
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Christmas tree sales are telling a holly, jolly economic story
John Williams, left, and his dad Terry, right, both of Salem, carry a large Christmas Tree out of the field together at Tucker Tree Farm in Salem, Oregon, November 29, 2020. Alisha Jucevic | Reuters Tree retailers are having a…
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