Topline Covid-19 cases are rising in more than half of all states due to the new coronavirus subvariant, but White House Covid-19 advisor Dr. Ashish Jha said Sunday the vaccines are still “holding up”...
Tag: COVID-19
Broadway Extends Mask Mandates Through May As More Shows Cancel Due To Covid
Topline Broadway theaters are extending mask mandates for theatergoers through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday, which comes as more shows have had to cancel performances after members...
Omicron More Likely To Cause Upper Airway Infections Among Children Than Previous Covid Varieties, Study Says
Topline The omicron variant is more likely than other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway infection (UAI) among children, which puts them at risk of heart attack and other severe complications,...
California Nixes Bill To Require Covid Vaccines In Schools
Topline A California lawmaker on Thursday withdrew from consideration a bill that would’ve required children in grades K-12 to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to attend California schools—the ...
Pfizer May Have Omicron-Optimized Covid Vaccine Ready By Fall, CEO Says
Topline Pfizer and BioNTech could finish work by the fall on a new version of its Covid-19 vaccine that can better protect against the omicron variant while still being effective against other known s...
Delta Will No Longer Make Unvaccinated Employees Pay Insurance Surcharge
Topline Delta Air Lines will no longer require unvaccinated employees to pay an additional $200 for health insurance every month, CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday, as companies have dropped vaccination r...
How Long Will It Persist?
Burning US five and one dollar bills, London, 8th August 2011. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images) Getty Images The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly inflation report this week showing ...
Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Brings Family Court Battles Over Vaccinating Kids Against COVID-19 Into Spotlight
Contributing author: Dylan Mitchell One of the stipulations of Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock’s March 2022 divorce was for both … [+] of their children to be vaccinated against COVI...
It’s Time To Take Aim At Scope-Of-Practice Laws
“Many state lawmakers understood the benefits of temporarily relaxing these restrictions as COVID-19 … [+] strained the healthcare system,” writes Sally Pipes. “Freeing up phys...
Carnage is epic in bonds due to Fed’s inflation error: Jim Bianco
There may be no escape from the bond market turmoil — even for stock investors. Market researcher Jim Bianco warns critical Federal Reserve policies to control wild inflation will inflict widespread l...
UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE
According to the Office for National Statistics, 4.9 million people in Britain, or 1 in 13, were infected with Covid-19 as of March 26 — a record high since its survey began in April 2020. Bloomberg |...
China Covid-19 Outbreak Disrupting Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Investment, Staffing — AmCham Survey
Near deserted streets in the Puxi area of Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Shanghai’s 25 … [+] million residents are almost all under some form of lockdown as the financial hub scram...
Hurtigruten Grows Expedition Cruises, Doubles 2023 Galapagos Sailings With New Partner
Through a new partnership with Metropolitan Touring, Hurtigruten is now offering Galapagos sailings … [+] on the MS Santa Cruz II. Hurtigruten Hurtigruten Group has long been recognized as a lea...
High Demand, Low Supply, High Prices Make It A Bull Market For Car Dealerships
A Chevrolet dealership in Colorado Photo: Chevrolet Car dealerships are buying each other up at a record pace. That’s a sure sign, dealers are confident in the long-term health of the auto retail indu...
Inflation hasn’t dented summer travel demand yet
A sharp uptick in inflation has so far not caused a slowdown in demand for travel in the spring and summer months, Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel told CNBC on Thursday. “Not yet. Not yet,̶...
Delta’s health chief thinks the plane mask mandate will soon be lifted
Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouve...
How The Shanghai Covid Shutdown Will Be Used Against The West
A Chinese flag is seen in front of containers at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port, an automated cargo … [+] wharf, in Shanghai. The port is closed all week do to Covid. (Photo from JOHANNES EISELE/A...
what to expect in Melbourne, Sydney
Australia’s rigid pandemic border policies led some to wonder if international travelers would still want to visit. It appears they do. Four weeks after the country opened to vaccinated visitors...
Fact Checking The Fact Checkers
RUSSIA-MANIPULATED PICTURE-YEZHOV From left to right: Kliment Vorochilov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Josef … [+] Stalin and Nikolai Iejov aka Nikolai Yezhov, pose at the shore of the the Moscow -Volga ...
U.S. Covid Cases Plateau After Months Of Declines—And Rise In Some States
Topline Daily coronavirus infections plateaued across the United States last week—and are on the rise in several states—following weeks of steadily declining case counts, even as Covid-19 hospitalizat...
Alliance Of Uber And New York City Taxis Joins Two Pandemic-Hit Services [Infographic]
An unlikely alliance is forming in New York City. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Uber has reached a deal to list the city’s taxis on its app if drivers opt in—a first in the United States. In ret...
Ark’s Cathie Wood Doesn’t Think Zoom is a ‘Pandemic’ Stock
Ark Investing CEO Cathie Wood seemingly went from never being wrong to never being right during the span of the pandemic. Her company invested in a lot of stocks that flew high during the early days o...
NYC Will Reportedly Let Unvaccinated NBA Star Kyrie Irving Play In Home Games
Topline Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving—who is unvaccinated against Covid-19—could play in his first home game of the season on Sunday following a shift to New York City’s vaccination policy, unnamed...
Singapore to ease Covid measures; drops outdoor mask mandate
Office workers walk out for lunch break at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on January 4, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore will ease most of its Cov...
Xiaomi, World’s No. 3 Smartphone Maker, Says Global Sales Jumped As Profit Dropped In 4th Quarter
Xiaomi is one of the world’s biggest smartphone brands yet has limited presence in the U.S. market. … [+] Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Xiaomi isn’t in the...
Skills Shortage Looming Over Production Studio Expansions
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: Film crews work on the set of My Name is Earl, with actors … [+] Jason Lee (Earl), Ethan Suplee (Randy) and actress Alyssa Milano (Billie) as they sh...
Here’s How Much Companies Can Save With Work From Home
The pandemic started two years ago this month, and as we slowly (and hopefully) begin to transition from the pandemic to an endemic, it’s clear that there’s no going back to the way things were a mill...
UK Covid cases are back on the rise as travel restrictions dropped
Shoppers walking along Oxford Street in London on Dec. 21, 2021. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Cases of Covid-19 are rising once again in the U.K., according to the latest figures from the...