Empty vials containing a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus lie on a table as South Africa resumes its vaccination campaign at Klerksdorp Hospital on February 18, 2021. Phill Magakoe | AFP | Getty Images Two study participants suffered severe allergic reactions shortly after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson…

United States President Joe Biden speaks about the 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine administered in the United States during a landmark event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on February 25, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images White House officials will unveil a new partnership between the administration…

A general overview of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta. Tami Chappell | Reuters A new CDC study found that some elderly people who appeared to have recovered from the coronavirus later had a second, even worse case – suggesting that asymptomatic or mild cases may not offer much protection…

A detail of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Allen J. Cockroaches | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Moderna said Monday it had “positive feedback” from the Food and Drug Administration on its proposal to increase the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses in each of its vials. One vial of Moderna’s two-shot vaccine contains ten doses,…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Stocks are shuffled after another big comeback Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE 2. Unemployment, GDP, and durable goods data on the bell The government is expected to post weekly jobless…

Dr. Peter Hotez told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that people in the US shouldn’t get complacent about dropping Covid cases, especially in the face of new reports of a new variant, B.1.526, hitting New York spread. “We’re all running high because the numbers are falling, and I say we are in the eye…

A shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the global COVAX vaccination program will arrive at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana on February 24, 2021. Nipah Dennis | AFP | Getty Images The first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines, delivered under the World Health Organization’s COVAX program, arrived in Ghana on Wednesday. This is a hopeful turning…

People wait for passengers in one of the international arrivals lounges at London Heathrow Airport in west London on February 14, 2021 JUSTIN TALLIS | AFP | Getty Images A new app to be released within a few weeks could represent the first step towards resuming quarantine-free international travel. With the travel app of the…

Lillie McCray (R) receives Pfizer BioNTech’s Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Doctor Ghassan Ayyad (L) at the Victor Walchirk Apartments in Evanston, Illinois on February 22, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters The supply of Covid-19 vaccines in the US is expected to increase significantly next month as manufacturers double the production pace, company executives…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Nasdaq will fall again while Big Tech will slide again Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE US stock futures were mostly lower on Tuesday, pointing to a 1.8% decline in the…