A Delta Air Lines plane lands at Los Angeles International Airport Mario Tama | Getty Images Delta Air Lines cut its cash burn in half in the fourth quarter and expects to be profitable this summer. This is a positive forecast after the coronavirus pandemic led the airline into its worst year ever. Delta posted…

Bangalore Airport employees transfer cardboard boxes of vials of Covishield vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India on January 12, 2021 in Bangalore, India. Stringer | Xinhua | Getty Images SINGAPORE – India is preparing for one of the largest mass vaccination exercises in the world starting Saturday. The South Asian country plans to…

A woman can be seen in Kuala Lumpur with a Malaysia flag as a background. SOPA pictures | Getty SINGAPORE – Several economists have cut their growth forecasts for Malaysia for 2021 after the country announced stricter measures to contain a recent surge in Covid-19 cases. The Malaysian government imposed a nationwide interstate travel ban…

According to William Rudin, who runs his family’s multi-billion dollar real estate empire, New York City could turn empty retail space into coronavirus test locations. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday, the CEO of Rudin Management Company said that increased transparency could help people feel more comfortable going out and speed up…

A man is given a dose of the vaccine for Moderna Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination site on the South Bronx Educational Campus in Bronx New York on January 10, 2021. I have Betancur | AFP | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China – According to cybersecurity firm Check Point, sellers on the so-called dark web…

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, sits before a Senate Working and Retirement Committee hearing on Health Education in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Graeme Jennings | Bloomberg | Getty Images A mutant and more infectious strain of coronavirus, first identified in South Africa, is “disruptive”…

View of Oxford University / AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine boxes at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK, January 2, 2021. Gareth Fuller | Reuters LONDON – AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine could be available across the European Union in mid-February, an EU official said Tuesday after the pharmaceutical company in the 27-person block sought approval for…

A nurse prepares a syringe of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine for a New York Fire Department Emergency Services (FDNY EMS) employee suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York on December 23, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Moderna does not expect clinical trial data on its coronavirus vaccine in young children until 2022,…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Monday he believes states in the US may upgrade coronavirus vaccine eligibility earlier than expected due to the overwhelming willingness to receive the shots. “We live by the belief that the demand here is endless and not,” the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”.…

Illustration of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine Given Ruvic | Reuters LONDON – Health systems around the world are struggling to cope with the rising number of Covid-19 infections as they race against the clock to vaccinate the vulnerable. The three vaccines currently approved for use in large Western economies all require two separate…