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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 in-person production of television shows and independent films be temporarily …

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 were investigating a small cluster of pneumonia-like cases with an …

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 Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec, …

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 A surge in coronavirus cases in California has led to …

Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted told CNBC that the German sportswear company will continue to invest in brick-and-mortar stores, despite the boom in e-commerce sales during the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s no doubt that online has accelerated two to three years into the future … but I actually think if you asked …

A woman stands next to signage incorporating the logo of JD.com, and the company’s mascot ‘Joy,’ at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Shares of JD Health, the health-care arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, surged on their debut in …

Dr. Deborah Birx warned on Sunday that the escalating coronavirus surge is likely to be the most trying event in U.S. history, as hospital systems around the country strain to combat its mounting daily death toll. “This is not just the worst public health event. This is the worst event …

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 record hospitalizations tax the nation’s health-care system. More than 2,600 …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has warned for months of the associated surge-upon-surge stemming from the holiday season, says he expects the latest infection increase to continue through January at least. What happens next? Aside from shoring up hospital capacity as the state faces its steepest viral increases in months, Cuomo …

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images The United States is likely to see a “surge upon a surge” of …

Dr. Scott Ellner, the chief executive of a Montana health system that is already “at or beyond capacity,” told CNBC on Monday plans were in place to handle an increase of Covid-19 patients stemming from Thanksgiving gatherings. “In Montana, our community, our people believe in their personal freedoms, and we …

A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York on November 13, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images The New York State Department of Health is implementing emergency hospital measures to help hospitals cope with the surge in Covid cases and hospitalizations as the outbreak grows …

Boston Market has seen food orders for small groups grow exponentially, offsetting losses to the fast-casual restaurant’s catering business and signaling that families are taking the government’s advice to limit gathering sizes for Thanksgiving dinner, President Randy Miller told CNBC Wednesday. “I am optimistic that we’re actually going to exceed last …

So-Low Environmental Equipment, a maker of ultra-cold freezers, is seeing a surge in demand for its products in anticipation of coronavirus vaccine distribution, leading to an inventory backlog despite its efforts to prepare. “Right now, we are out of everything,” Dan Hensler, vice president of the Cincinnati-based company, said Wednesday …

The 2020 election. Unrest in the streets. A crippling pandemic. This trifecta of events made people worry about the future of America. And when people are worried in America, they buy guns. Gun sales in 2020 have surged, and the market for gun parts and ammunition has gone up with …

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands in front of a map of the United States indicating the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) portrayed as new cases per 100,000 population as Pence leads a briefing by the White House coronavirus task force in the Brady press briefing room at the White …

A customer wearing a face mask exits a Walgreens pharmacy in South Beach on April 14, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. Cliff Hawkins | Getty Images The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is seeing “tremendous uptake” of a program that will allow CVS Health and Walgreens to administer coronavirus …

[The stream is slated to start at 7 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health experts are holding a discussion Thursday on coronavirus cases surging across the United States …

Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Thursday urged Americans to take precautions in their daily life to cut down on coronavirus transmission, as the nation continues to experience a worrisome growth in new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. “We have to get through the next two or three months, and so this is going to …