An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination campaign during a third national COVID lockdown at a Maccabi Healthcare Services office in Ashdod, Israel, on December 29, 2020. Amir Cohen | Reuters Israel has already vaccinated around 647,000 people against Covid-19, a whopping 7% of its…

President Donald Trump speaks in a video posted on Twitter on December 31, 2020. The White House | Twitter WASHINGTON – In the final days of 2020 there has been a surge in coronavirus deaths in the US, cases surge to staggering levels, hospitals strained, and much-needed vaccine rollouts lagging behind expectations. December was America’s…

Still from Ford’s “Finish Strong” spot. ford In a new ad campaign starring actor Bryan Cranston, Ford Motor urges Americans to adhere to Covid-19 protocols to save lives in the next phase of the pandemic. The campaign, part of an initiative the company named #FinishStrong, features a new commercial from filmmaker Peter Berg voiced by…

Sir John Bell, a professor at Oxford University in the UK, told CNBC on Wednesday that he was confident that Covid-19 vaccines could be upgraded to provide effective protection against future coronavirus mutations. Bell’s comments on “Closing Bell” come as global attention is focused on a strain of the virus that is widespread in the…

[The stream is slated to start at 12:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Department of Health and Human Services and Pentagon officials will hold a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Operation Trump Warp Speed ​​Covid-19 vaccination program. The briefing comes as…

Clinicians work in the former lobby of Providence St. Mary Medical Center, which was converted into a care area to treat suspicious COVID patients on December 23, 2020 in Apple Valley, California, Southern California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California will extend its home stay order for two regions of the state – Southern California…

A Union Jack face mask is seen for sale in the window of a shop during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Manchester, United Kingdom, on December 26, 2020. Phil Noble | Reuters The first case of a new and potentially more infectious strain of Covid-19 has been confirmed in the United States, Colorado health…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1st House passes a bill for 2,000 stimulus checks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Chairwoman Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak after a press conference on Capitol Hill on December 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis |…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Dow is set to rise nearly 200 points to begin the last week of 2020 Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE US stock futures indicated a higher Monday morning open as…

President-elect Joe Biden plans to enact Defense Production Act to boost coronavirus vaccine production after taking office next month, a member of his Covid-19 advisory team said Monday. “You will see how he invokes the Defense Production Act,” said Dr. Celine Gounder, member of Biden’s Covid-19 Advisory Board, during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”.…