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Is it safe to travel if I’m vaccinated and recovered from Covid
Millions of people are now vaccinated, boosted and newly recovered from Covid-19 infections caused by the omicron variant. They have what some outside the medical community have labeled “super i...
Hong Kong expert on healthcare system amid surging Covid cases
Patients lie in hospital beds waiting for medical treatment at a temporary shelter outside the Caritas Medical Center in Hong Kong, China, on February 16, 2022. Leung Man Hei | NurPhoto | Getty Images...
California Unveils New Plan To ‘Live With Covid’ And Fight Outbreaks Locally
Topline After lifting California’s mask mandate earlier this week, state officials said Thursday they will shift to a new strategy of monitoring for future coronavirus upticks and rapidly distributing...
California lays out plan to live with Covid for the long-term, fight future surges and new variants
A COVID-19 testing location is shown set up on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles, California, November, 16, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters California on Thursday laid out a plan that manage Covid as a ...
Marine Reservist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot sold fake Covid cards, feds say
A stack of COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards from the CDC. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images A U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to part...
The War On Small Business
Transportation is just one area of our supply chains where there aren’t enough workers. getty Everybody has a pet theory about why it’s so hard for manufacturers and supply chain companies to ge...
Many Voters Think It’s ‘Too Early’ To Lift Covid Mandates, Poll Finds—As Democratic Leaders Do It Anyway
Topline As states and cities across the country lift mask mandates and proof of vaccination requirements amid a decline in new Covid-19 cases, aPolitico/Morning Consult poll suggests many voters aren’...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Covid impact on long-term bookings
More people are booking longer-term rental stays because of flexible working arrangements as a result of the pandemic, says Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. “The pandemic has untethered millions of peop...
Walmart May Soon Become The Largest Primary Care Provider In The Country
Over the years, Walmart has proven time and again its deep-rooted resilience, ability to adapt, and commitment to innovation. For decades now, the company has been known as a retail powerhouse, consis...
Mental Illness Risk Soars After Covid Infection, Study Finds — Even With Milder Cases
Topline People with Covid-19 are much more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder or be prescribed a mental health-related drug up to one year after infection, according to a new peer re...
Hollywood Keeps On-Set Covid Protocols As Restrictions Ease Elsewhere—Including In Los Angeles
Topline Covid-19 protocols on film and TV sets throughout the country will remain in place through April 30, the major Hollywood unions announced Wednesday, as California and other states relax their ...
Coachella And Stagecoach Music Festivals Won’t Require Masks Or Covid Vaccines
Topline California-based music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach will not require attendees to wear masks, get vaccinated against the coronavirus or provide negative Covid-19 tests this spring, the l...
Babies are protected from hospitalization for Covid if their moms get vaccinated, study suggests
Michelle Melton, who is 35 weeks pregnant, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, February 11, 2021. Hanna...
Main Street restaurant owners growing despite Covid
When Matt Horn opened up his first restaurant in Oakland, Horn BBQ, the pandemic was in full swing. It was fall of 2020 and he’d overcome a long list of challenges from location to regulations a...
“Space Anemia”— Just One Of The Many Impacts of Space Travel On The The Human Body
Space travel is booming. With companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic attempting to revolutionize space tourism, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes widely available to the ge...
Moderna, Pfizer stocks fall as Covid omicron wave subsides in U.S.
Moderna vaccines are prepared for application at a United States military vaccination centre at Camp Foster on April 28, 2021 in Ginowan, Japan. Carl Court | Getty Images Shares of the major Covid vac...
Why Endemic Covid Could Lead To Another Deadly Outbreak
Topline As more and more countries ease Covid restrictions and prepare to “live with the virus,” experts warn Covid-19 will remain a permanent fixture in our lives and could still cause widespread and...
Trump Covid Advisor Dr. Deborah Birx Says Book Will ‘Expose’ Early Pandemic Missteps
Topline Dr. Deborah Birx, the one-time face of the Trump administration’s pandemic response, has written a memoir she says documents “the full extent” of what she experienced during the onset of the c...
Shots for kids under 5 delayed due to low Covid cases in trial
The Food and Drug Administration’s plan to fast-track Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children under 5 years old was delayed because of a “low number of cases overall in the clinical tria...
Attacks On Charter Schools Places Their Muni Bonds In Jeopardy
University Heights Charter School in Newark NJ appears to have become the victim of New Jersey’s teachers union fight to end charter schools in that state. In this case, it is at the cost of bon...
Walmart Reportedly Scraps Mask Mandate For Vaccinated Staff
Topline Walmart announced Friday that vaccinated employees will no longer be required to wear masks at work, multiple news outlets reported, after Amazon and multiple states loosened their own masking...
European countries scrap Covid rules despite warnings it’s too soon
A pedestrian zone in Oslo on Feb. 2, 2022, after Norway scrapped most of its Covid restrictions. Terje Pedersen | NTB | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Several European countries are scrapping Covid regul...
Struggling small businesses hope more Covid relief is on the way
andresr | E+ | Getty Images Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, many small businesses are still struggling. While financial assistance for those impacted by the crisis has ended, some of the ...
Covid mask mandate lifted because hospitals OK
A recent sharp drop in Connecticut’s Covid hospitalizations allowed the Democratic governor there to feel comfortable dropping the state’s mask mandate, effective later this month. “...
‘Freedom Convoy’ Covid Protests Force Car Factory Shutdowns And Spread Around The World
Topline Some of the world’s biggest carmakers have been forced to close factories as anti-pandemic restriction protests continue to snarl supply chains and block the busiest route linking Canada to th...
GSK, Vir Say Their Covid Antibody Treatment Can Neutralize Fast-Spreading Omicron Relative
Topline A Covid-19 antibody treatment developed by Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline is still capable of neutralizing the infectious omicron subvariant, BA.2, Vir announced Thursday, offering earl...
Growing sales as Covid vaccine demand fades
CVS Health will face a new challenge in the coming year: proving to investors it can drive growth and retain customers, even as demand for Covid vaccines and testing fades. Shares were down more than ...
CDC tells health officials to expect first shipments of young kids’ Covid shots by Feb. 21
A healthcare worker prepares to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at an elementary school vaccination site for children ages 5 to 11-year-old in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 20...
Covid Hurts Business At Yum China; Shares Plunge 4.3% In Hong Kong
A customer collects a take-out order in a KFC restaurant in Shanghai last September. Photographer: … [+] Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Multiple waves of Delta variant outbreak...