President Joe Biden said Friday that after fighting the coronavirus pandemic, his government will fight another deadly disease: cancer. “I want you to know that once we defeat Covid, we will do everything we can to end cancer as we know it,” Biden said in a speech after opening the massive Pfon coronavirus vaccine manufacturing…

The biggest source of growth for Coca-Cola over the next few years is likely to be the company’s sugar-free version of the company’s soda of the same name. “In fact, Coke Zero Sugar will be the best growth driver in ’21 and likely for the few years to come,” said James Quincey, CEO of Coke,…

Linda Rendle, CEO of Clorox, told CNBC on Friday that the company had further increased the production of its disinfectant wipes to meet the increased demand from the global Covid crisis as early as the second year. “We made about 1 million canisters of wipes in the last quarter and brought them to stores every…

New York Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker on Friday defended the state’s decision in March to force nursing homes to admit hospital residents with the coronavirus, blaming staff for spreading the virus. The guideline, enacted on March 25, banned nursing homes from refusing admission or readmission to residents infected with Covid-19. The policy also banned…

Carolyn Fowler of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will receive her Covid-19 vaccination at a location opened today by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for LAUSD employees on February 17, 2021 in Los Angeles. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new…

A worker leaves the Tyson Foods facility in Waterloo, Iowa this Friday, May 1, 2020. Charlie Neibergall | AP When looking for access to Covid vaccines, large employers like Tyson Foods are no better off than many individual Americans. Tight supplies usually keep them waiting. The meat processing company received its largest vaccine allocation this…

Team Piancastelli’s Haylie McCleney # 28 celebrates with her teammates after beating Team Ocasio on the final weekend of the Athletes Unlimited softball league at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex on September 28, 2020 in Rosemont, Illinois. Quinn Harris | Getty Images Jon Patricof, co-founder of Athletes Unlimited (AU), told CNBC this week that Hyperice…

A group of islands in the northernmost region of the Philippines is so far away that it is actually closer to Taiwan than most parts of the Philippines. The islands are 100 miles north of Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the country and home to the capital, Manila. However, you couldn’t be…

The residents line up in their vehicles to enter a thermal center and shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures. As reported by local media, most Galveston, Texas residents will be without power on February 17, 2021. Adrees Latif | Reuters The Texas blackout, which left millions struggling with no power in freezing conditions, sparked a feud…

[This livestream has ended. A replay is available above] TO UPDATE: NASA successful landed his Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Read more about it here. NASA is hours away from its most ambitious Mars mission to date. The US space agency will attempt to land the Perseverance rover after a journey of more…