Pfizer and BioNTech launch clinical study of vaccine targeting omicron

A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Pfizer...

Merrill Lynch fires James Iannazzo after arrest for TikTok filmed rant

James Iannazzo (DOB 05/15/1973) was arrested and charged with C.G.S 53a-181ka; Intimidation Based on Bigotry or Bias in the Second Degree, C.G.S 53a-181; Breach of Peace in the Second Degree and C.G.S...

The UK is being viewed through a lens of scandal

The U.K.’s ambitions to position itself as a global power are facing a setback as a string of domestic political dramas continue to distract the government from its international responsibilitie...

Unvaccinated Sarah Palin positive for Covid before NY Times defamation trial

Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks while campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore at the Historic Union Station Train Shed in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., September 21, 2...

What’s driving the spike in air rage incidents

There were more than 5,700 reports of air rage on U.S. airlines in 2021 compared with a typical year of about 100 to 150 cases. The surge in problem flyers is causing headaches for carriers, passenger...

National Restaurant Association asks Congress for aid amid omicron

People dine at an outdoor dining patio set up at a restaurant on March 18, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The National Restaurant Association is asking Congress to replenish ...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, Jan. 24

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street to open lower after Nasdaq’s worst week since March 2020 Traders on the floor...

Two years since Covid was first confirmed in U.S., the pandemic is worse than anyone imagined

People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images A 35-year-old man returned to the U.S. from Wuhan, China on Jan....

Judge blocks mandate for federal workers

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday b...

ECB’s Lagarde and IMF’s Georgieva discuss the global economic outlook

[The stream is slated to start at 7:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The Covid-19 pandemic sent the global economy into one of its worst recessions e...

Kids under 5 can’t get Covid vaccines. Doctors explain how to protect them during omicron

Students in the 5 day pre-K class at Immanuel Unite Church of Christ line up to go outside after helping to sort donated food items. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Covid hospitalizations a...

Kids’ Covid hospitalizations hit pandemic high, worrying doctors and parents

A respiratory therapist checks on Adrian James, 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and is on a ventilator, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Lo...

Judge blasts PG&E as ‘continuing menace’ over wildfires

People take part in an event to hand-deliver 100,000 public comments from Californians throughout the state calling on Governor Newsom to reject proposals that penalize consumers for putting solar pan...

Supreme Court denies bid to send case back to federal judge

Pro-choice demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on November 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from Texas abortion pro...

GOP and Democratic governors reinstate Covid emergency orders to fight omicron surge

Ambulances outside University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, on Jan. 7, 2022. Karl Merton | Tribune News Service | Getty Images As Covid-19 cases surge across the nation, R...

Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar, but doesn’t take a position yet on creating one

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaking at a re-nomination hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, on January 11, 2022, in Washington, DC. Pool / Getty The Fe...

FAA warns 5G-related landing restrictions could divert flights as snow hits airports

An American Airlines commercial aircraft flies past a cell phone tower as it approaches to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California U.S. January 18, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters After a fairl...

Fauci says FDA could authorize Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids under 5 in the next month

Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters White House chief medical advisor Dr...

Biden administration announces plan to confront worsening wildfires

US President Joe Biden (C) and First Lady Jill Biden (R) tour a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall Fire alongside Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle (L) in Louisville, Colorado, January 7, 2022. Sau...

England looks to ease Covid rules while Europe is engulfed by omicron

Senior doctor Thomas Marx puts on his personal protective gear before he enters the room of a patient with Covid-19 in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Freising, southern Germany. LENNART PREIS...

Biden will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free

Workers produce N95 respirators at Protective Health Gear (PHG) in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S., January 14, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Joe Biden will make 400 million highly protective ...

Brace for a volatile 2022, but cling to this tech stalwart when the storm comes, says investment adviser

The pain is piling up for equity investors after the long U.S. holiday weekend, with bond yields at levels not seen since early 2020, and oil prices tapping 2014 highs. The pace of Federal Reserve mon...

Omicron is milder, but scientists say it’s still too soon to relax

A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 appears on a bus on First Street outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 10, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. |...

Political setbacks diminish India PM Modi’s strongman image

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting at Jerenga Pathar in the Sivasagar district of India’s Assam state on Jan. 23, 2021. Biju Boro | AFP | Getty Images Indian Prime Mi...

Obamacare enrollment hits record high after Biden makes changes

What a difference a new president makes. Enrollment in Obamacare health insurance plans has hit a record high this season, a clear, if rare, policy victory for President Joe Biden in his first full ye...

We have a chance to end Covid emergency in 2022, WHO official says

Executive Director of the WHO Emergencies Program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Feb. 6, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Covid-19 will never be eradicated, but society...

Foreign airlines cancel some U.S. flights despite 5G deal

A Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane (R) taxis past another from All Nippon Airways (ANA) at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture on July 18, 2021. David Gannon | A...

Obamacare enrollment hits record high under

What a difference a new president makes. Enrollment in Obamacare health insurance plans has hit a record high this season, a clear, if rare, policy victory for President Joe Biden in his first full ye...

Some Americans blocked from ordering Biden’s free Covid tests in early website launch

Take home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, are seen in this illustration taken January 11, 2...

WHO says omicron won’t be last Covid variant as global cases surge by 20% in a week

Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switze...

AT&T delays 5G rollout near some airports after airlines warned of cancellations

A Southwest Airlines plane approaches to land at San Diego International Airport as U.S. telecom companies, airlines and the FAA continue to discuss the potential impact of 5G wireless services on air...

NYC Mayor says city is winning the war against omicron as cases dip

Mayor Eric Adams makes an announcement and holds media availability at Elmhurst hospital. Mayor announced three-point plan to support hospitals as Omicron variant cases of COVID-19 continue to surge. ...