Topline The disparity in Covid-19 vaccination rates between urban and rural Americans has more than doubled since April, with 75% of residents of urban counties having received at least one dose as of...
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Risk Of Covid Hospitalization 5 Times Higher With Johnson & Johnson Shot Than Pfizer
Topline Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was far less effective at keeping people out of hospital than the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, according to a peer reviewed study published in JAMA Network Op...
WHO says war in Ukraine will increase Covid transmission
People carry their suitcases as they arrive in Poland after crossing a border check point on February 27, 2022 in Kroscienko, Poland. Omar Marques | Getty Images The WHO on Wednesday said the mass dis...
Biden says U.S. will deploy new Covid vaccines within 100 days if another variant emerges
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Imag...
NVAX Stock Shrugs Off Slow Covid Vaccine Sales, Guidance
Novavax‘s (NVAX) highly anticipated Covid vaccine lagged sales expectations in its first quarter on the market, but NVAX stock turned around early losses Tuesday. X The vaccine won its first aut...
Zoom Q4 results: ‘they’re hitting a bump in terms of COVID rolling off
Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) expects growth to slow down this year. The stock first slid 10% after-hours but then recovered almost completely as shareholders focused on better-than-expec...
Daily Covid Cases Lowest Since July
Topline The seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases reported in the U.S. last week dropped to a level not seen since the end of July 2021, before the delta wave surged, according to data from the Cent...
Pfizer Covid vaccine was just 12% effective against omicron in kids 5 to 11, study finds
Nora Gossett, 7, reacts as she receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Sophia Jan, MD, while her father Jeff Gossett, MD, holds her hand at Cohen Children’s Medical Center as vaccines...
Europe’s travel rules are dropping as fast as its Covid cases
Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe, with new announcements coming by the week — and, more recently, by the day. Changes to eliminate Covid-related travel rules gained momentum in J...
CDC Significantly Loosens Mask Guidelines
Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend masking indoors, schools included—except in areas with high levels of severe Covid cases—in order to “give people a brea...
CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain ...
More Than 5 Million Children Worldwide Have Lost A Parent Or Caregiver To Covid, Study Suggests
Topline Roughly 5.2 million children around the world have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid-19, according to a study published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health medical journal, a figure ...
Moderna says Covid is entering an endemic phase, but annual vaccines will be needed
Maryland National Guard Specialist James Truong (L) administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine at CASA de Maryland’s Wheaton Welcome Center on May 21, 2021 in Wheaton, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla ...
Healthcare Is Slowly Moving Out Of Hospitals & Into Homes
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has reshaped society’s understanding of ideal healthcare delivery. During the height of the pandemic and amidst sweeping social isolation measures, billions of people...
Moderna Stock Crash Worsens Even After Morgan Stanley Says Flu Vaccine Results Could Boost Shares
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates would likely...
Moderna Stock Crash Steepens—But Expert Declares Incoming Flu Vaccine Results Could Show ‘Superiority’
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates ...
U.S. air travel surges as Covid cases continue to drop
Lines of people wait to get through TSA airport screening. Getty Images U.S. airports were the busiest since Thanksgiving over Presidents Day weekend, a sign that leisure travel continues to recover a...
Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates
A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health official...
Singapore hopes to ease Covid measures after omicron peaks: Lawrence Wong
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said the country is “quietly confident” about handling the highly transmissible omicron variant, despite the recent surge in Co...
Amazon’s Growth In Healthcare Is Unparalleled
Earlier this month, famed tech and e-commerce company Amazon announced that it will be expanding its in-person healthcare model nationwide, as demand for the retail giant’s healthcare services is surg...
Tech investors are suffering the second stocks rout of the COVID pandemic—and Wall Street thinks it could get far worse
Towards the end of 2020, once we learned a COVID-19 vaccine was ready for the masses, Wall Street began to warn investors of a new markets dynamic. High-growth tech stocks would fall out of favor with...
UK PM Boris Johnson to lift all remaining Covid restrictions in England
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Tobias Hase | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday will laud the lifting of all remaining Covid restrictions in Engla...
New Covid wave in Indonesia puts China’s Sinovac to the test
Indonesian Red Cross officers spray disinfectant at the Pondok Bambu residential area in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 10, 2022. This action as an effort to suppress the omicron variant of the corona...
Uber In Portugal Is Now Offering Home Healthcare Visits
Internationally renowned transportation app Uber is now expanding far beyond its original premise based on ride-sharing. Its latest venture entails providing comprehensive healthcare services, a bold ...
Queen Elizabeth And Justin Bieber Both Tested Positive For Covid. Her Risk Is Roughly 340 Times Greater.
Topline Queen Elizabeth II of England, 95, tested positive for Covid-19 Sunday, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, and while her prognosis remains much better because of the development of vaccines (...
Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid, her symptoms are mild and she is vaccinated
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth reacts during a meeting with members of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, October 6, 2021. Steve Parsons | Pool | Reuters ...
Here’s what the end of Covid tax breaks means for business owners
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images Rules around small business taxes have changed significantly in the last two years. This year is no exception as many of the various pandemic-era deductions and...
Covid risks have reduced but another pandemic will come
Bill Gates said Friday that the risks of severe disease from Covid-19 have “dramatically reduced” but another pandemic is all but certain. Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at Germany...
My kids won’t wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday his children “won’t be wearing a mask” when their local school district’s Covid face-covering mandate lifts later this month. “If i...