A Now Hiring sign hangs near the entrance to a Winn-Dixie Supermarket on September 21, 2021 in Hallandale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The January jobs report showed some signs of optimism for ...
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Harvard medical professor says it’s time to move on from pandemic
It’s time to let the young, healthy and “anyone who wants to move on” from the pandemic do so, said Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor at Harvard Medical School. In a paper posted on Li...
Going abroad? Your destination may require travel insurance
Chile requires visitors furnish proof of insurance coverage for Covid-19 and related conditions. Pictured, capital city Santiago. Oleh_Slobodeniuk | E+ | Getty Images Are you planning a trip abroad? Y...
Black Americans’ lack of participation in the stock market likely to widen post-pandemic wealth gap
Commuters arrive at Grand Central Station with Metro-North during morning rush hour in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Thanks to the historic stock market rebound from pandemic lows, ...
Victims of unemployment fraud may find out this tax season
Photo by Rafa Elias | Moment | Getty Images Many victims of identity theft linked to unemployment fraud will learn of the crime this tax season. Such fraud — whereby organized crime rings and other th...
These countries have the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the world
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021. Sumaya Hisham | Reuters Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti are the leas...
U.S. Covid fatalities reach highest level in a year as omicron cases subside
The ChristianaCare health system in Wilmington, Delaware, implemented “crisis standards of care” for the first time in its 130-year history last month as a fresh wave of Covid-19 infection...
Opinion: The party’s over: The Fed and Congress have pulled their support from workers and investors
Even as the government reports the fastest economic growth in nearly 40 years, the historic gains in income and wealth that inflated the economy in 2020 and 2021 are fading fast. The air is coming out...
Prince Andrew ends St. Andrews golf membership
Prince Andrew tees off at the 18th hole at St. Andrews in Scotland, October, 1994. Stephen Munday | Getty Images CNBC Politics Read more of CNBC’s politics coverage: The prince was a friend of t...
How the U.S. is trying to fix its at-home Covid testing problem
The latest Covid-19 wave during the busy holiday travel season caught the U.S. flat-footed when it came to one key tool in its pandemic-fighting arsenal: at-home rapid tests. “In the United Stat...
How to get free at-home Covid tests with your health insurance
luza studios | E+ | Getty Images Private health insurers are rolling their procedures for people to get their at-home Covid tests at little to no charge. The Biden administration announced the policy ...
Can Microsoft acquisition cure Activision Blizzard’s toxic workplace?
Besides concerns about antitrust scrutiny and a record $68.7 billion price tag, Microsoft Corp.’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. also raises a key question: How will it deal with the ...
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...
Singapore will extend Covid booster program to teens aged 12 to 17
Students in protective masks engage in extracurricular activity in school on Jan. 6, 2022 in Singapore. Suhaimi Abdullah | NurPhoto | Getty Images Separately, Singapore shortened the isolation period ...
Covid has strained couples, families
A couple wearing face masks cry for a Covid-19 victim in Argentina. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has taken an immense emotional toll on humankind, with people around ...
Antibiotic-resistant infections are killing millions, scientists say in Lancet study
MRSA bacteria DTKUTOO | Getty Images Drug-resistant bacteria killed almost 1.3 million people in 2019, scientists have estimated — more than either HIV or malaria. Researchers also estimated that anti...
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. |...
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...
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...
Biden vows Covid vaccine push after Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandate
A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...
Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for the global south
Workers transport a shipment of the Cuban Soberana Plus vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be donated by the Cuban government to Syria, at Jose Marti International Airport in ...
UK could be first country to emerge from pandemic, expert says
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures while visiting St Thomas Hospital to receive his coronavirus booster vaccination, in London, Britain December 2, 2021. Paul Edwards | Reuters LOND...
Everything you need to know about the new, free at-home Covid tests
SolStock | E+ | Getty Images During these hard times, at least one thing should should soon get easier: Getting tested for Covid-19. Starting Saturday, many people will be able to get free at-home tes...
WEF report warns of Covid inequalities fueling social tensions
Demonstrators holds a banner with ‘Covid slave ticket’ written while they protest against the compulsory vaccination campaign against SARSCoV2, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News...
Petition for $2,000 stimulus checks reaches 3 million signatures
A worker installs U.S. flags as part of a Covid-19 memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan.18, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters When the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020, Steph...
No emergency savings? New workplace benefits aim to help
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans admit they saved no money at all in 2021, according to a survey by MagnifyMoney. Saving can be especially difficult for low- and middle-income consumers. Of those making $35,00...
New Covid variants are a danger until the whole world is vaccinated
People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2021. Niharika Kulkarni | Reuters LONDON — New...
Omicron wave seems to have peaked in South Africa, London next?
Health workers at Steve Biko Academic Hospital on Jan. 19, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. Gallo Images | Gallo Images | Getty Images In a matter of weeks, the omicron Covid-19 variant — first detecte...
French President wants to annoy the unvaccinated
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, removes his face mask during a news conference. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has sparked new criticism from his poli...
New Zealand Covid experts take legal action over public harassment
University of Auckland physics professor Shaun Hendy, whose work on Covid-19 scenario modelling has helped inform the New Zealand government’s response to the pandemic. Phil Walter | Getty Image...
Opinion: The Fed is determined to stop wages from rising
AUSTIN, Texas (Project Syndicate)—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has now committed to putting monetary policy on a course of rising interest rates, which could boost the short-term rate (on feder...