DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates are on the way to vaccinate half of its population against the coronavirus before a deadline it set itself in late March, according to the country’s health authorities. The little desert sheikh of 10 million began delivering its vaccination campaign to the public late last year…

Medical workers collect swab samples from residents of a Covid-19 testing site in Qiaoxi Township, Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, on Jan. 7, 2021. Yang Shiyao | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images BEIJING – Beijing remains on the lookout for a recurrence of Covid-19 infection as neighboring Hebei Province continues to report…

[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will hold a press conference on coronavirus Friday, where the state will provide coronavirus vaccines to people beyond healthcare and nursing home residents. On Tuesday,…

On January 13, 2021, employees are storing coffins in the mourning hall of the crematorium in Meißen (East Germany), some of which are marked with “risk of infection” while others are scrawled in chalk, amid the new pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19. Cremation. Jens Schlueter | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization said…

The director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, holds up a CDC document that reads “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook for Jurisdiction Operations” while speaking during a Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations hearing on Capitol Hill Washington, United States, Sept. 16, 2020 . Andrew Harnik | Reuters A more contagious strain…

This arranged photo shows a UnitedHealth Group health insurance card in a wallet in this image illustration dated October 14, 2019. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters UnitedHealthcare is expanding its telemedicine offering for employers to include a new virtual basic care service that gives doctors access to routine visits on their phones or computers who pay…

A patient arrives at 28 de Agosto Hospital in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil on January 14, 2021 amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Manaus faces a lack of oxygen and sleeping places as the city has been overrun by a second surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. MICHAEL DANTAS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON –…

President-elect Joe Biden plans to work with FEMA and the National Guard to establish coronavirus vaccination clinics in the United States. This emerges from new details of his vaccination schedule for Covid-19 released on Friday by his transition team. The Biden administration will also “quickly get underway” efforts to make vaccines available at local pharmacies…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Dow will slide as investors examine bank earnings, Biden stimulus plan Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: New York Stock Exchange Dow futures indicated a loss of over 100 points when it opened…

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a comprehensive plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the United States on Thursday. He has massively expanded the tests to help reopen schools, create more healthcare jobs, and invest billions in a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The plan, which Biden discussed Thursday evening from his interim headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware,…