A health care worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination station operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York on January 29, 2021 . Facebook Facebook Logo Log in to Facebook to connect with Mike Segar Reuters Moderna has asked the U.S. Food…

The New Toys “R” Us Store opens at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. Source: Tru Kids Brand Toys R Us has reportedly closed the only two stores it still had. The legendary toy retailer made the decision based on the troubles caused by the Covid pandemic and plans to shift resources to open…

The American healthcare system may buckle under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, but one number is inexplicably falling. Disciplinary measures against doctors fell sharply in the first nine months of 2020. The National Practitioner Data Bank, a federal registry of health professionals and institutions, has recorded 4,393 reports of adverse behavior against doctors. Compared…

Nurse Laura Bailey draws the Moderna vaccine from the first batch of Moderna’s vaccine at Hartford hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on December 21, 2020. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images When Covid-19 patients started filling up intensive care units at East Coast hospitals last spring, shortages of protective masks, gloves and gowns for front-line…

Funeral directors wearing personal protective equipment carry a coffin during the funeral of a COVID-19 victim amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide lockdown at Olifantsvlei Cemetery, southwest of Joburg, South Africa, on Jan. 6, 2021. Siphiwe Sibeko | Reuters According to the World Health Organization, new and more contagious variants of Covid-19 are spreading across…

SINGAPORE – Thailand will receive its first batch of vaccines next month and plans to produce its own vaccines, according to finance minister. Initially, about 100,000 cans will arrive, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday. “The first vaccines will be coming to Thailand next month, the first lot,” he said, adding that…

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman told CNBC why he had joined 44 other Republicans to deny the constitutionality of the charges against former President Donald Trump. “I think the constitutional question needs to be addressed and not tabled and not put aside, and as a juror I will listen to both sides, but we have…

Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, says the US is “facing a tough journey” as new variants of Covid spread across the country. “Because they are more transmissible, it means more Americans will be infected. Although the number of new cases has decreased slightly … the expectation…

Marlboro cigarettes, a product of Philip Morris International Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images After years of accelerating smoking decline, tobacco giant Altria announced a trend reversal as U.S. cigarette volumes remained unchanged year over year across the industry. However, the company declined to predict how things would play out in 2021, as it…

Trading with GameStop has reached feverish levels and is showing little sign of a break. Despite falling in price during Thursday’s session after multiple brokers restricted buying and selling, the stock is up 500% in a week. This may just be the beginning of a new wave for Wall Street. “People say ‘Screw Wall Street,’”…