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 aid to fund their vaccine distribution plans, currently held up …
Read More »New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo updates the public as state rolls out Covid vaccines
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Wednesday on the Covid-19 vaccine distribution plans as the threat of another economic shutdown looms …
Read More »NY Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as state distributes vaccines
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Friday on the Covid vaccine distribution plans as the threat of another economic shutdown looms …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state starts distributing Covid vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus pandemic as the state begins vaccinating health-care workers against the disease, …
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[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as the state prepares to receive a Covid-19 vaccine that …
Read More »‘Shark Tank’s’ Kevin O’Leary blasts patchwork state Covid restrictions
Kevin O’Leary on Monday ripped the patchwork approach to coronavirus restrictions across the U.S., saying locale-by-locale variation puts a significant burden on business operators. Appearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the “Shark Tank” investor acknowledged there is a need for policies to curb spread of the Covid-19. “My question is very simple: Who …
Read More »Unexpected state tax could be around the corner for remote workers
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Remote workers — especially those who have been hopping to different states — could be on the hook for additional taxes when they file their returns next spring. It’s been nine months since the coronavirus pandemic first gripped the U.S. and led to many …
Read More »Oregon orders two-week ‘freeze’ across state amid ‘alarming spike’ in Covid cases and hospitalizations
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal | AP Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced a “two-week freeze” on most activities and non-essential business across the state to curb what she described as an “alarming spike” in coronavirus …
Read More »Wisconsin hospitals are short of staff as Covid slams the state
Hospitals across the University of Wisconsin health system are facing staffing crunches as the state gets slammed with a surge in coronavirus cases and front-line caregivers get infected. “We are short of staff all times, either because they have Covid or they have some other illness and we need to …
Read More »Average Covid cases and hospitalizations rise in nearly every state across U.S.
Newly diagnosed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in nearly every state across the country as the U.S. reports fresh record one-day spikes in cases. Average daily new cases are up by at least 5% over the last week in at least 47 states and D.C. as of Wednesday, …
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