U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington on September 3, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration tabled a $ 65 billion plan on Friday that U.S. officials say will help the nation tackle the next biological threats after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides.…

People line up at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at a mobile testing van in New York City, August 27, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S. is heading into Labor Day weekend with just over four times as many Covid-19 cases and more than twice as many hospitalizations as at this time last year…

Fabiola Gianotti, the director general of CERN’s scientific research center, told CNBC she was concerned that science could be largely forgotten in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “Of course there is a risk, the risk of one day the crisis [is] about science being put back in its little box or in a drawer…

American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, December 29, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters American Airlines and Alaska Airlines will no longer cover Covid-19 quarantine time for employees who aren’t vaccinated against the virus, the latest push…

United States President Joe Biden will deliver an end-of-war speech in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a surprisingly weak job report and called on Americans who have still…

Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on September 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. AaronP / Bauer-Griffin | GC images | Getty Images Alaska Airlines will require unvaccinated employees to be tested for Covid-19 on a regular basis, but the Seattle-based airline has failed to mandate vaccines, a policy it was…

Elon Musk on Thursday declined to weigh in directly on Texas’ abortion law after Gov. Greg Abbott said the Tesla and SpaceX CEO supported his state’s “social policies” following the implementation of the harshly restrictive measure. “In general, I believe government should rarely impose its will upon the people, and, when doing so, should aspire…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures slightly positive as Wall Street waits for job dates Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were slightly higher on Thursday as Wall Street looks at key employment reports…

A woman sorts medication in the pharmacy of Yueyang Hospital at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai. JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images China’s health sector is likely to be the next to be scrutinized, analysts warn, as the country’s regulators crack down on everything from technology to education to data security.…

The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks during a bilateral meeting with the Swiss Minister of the Interior and Health, Alain Berset, on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th Laurent Gillieron | Reuters The World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant of coronavirus called “mu” that…