California Gov. Gavin Newsom makes a gesture as he speaks during a news conference at San Bernardino Unified School District Office after visiting Juanita B. Jones Elementary School in San Bernardino on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | Getty Images California will require all school staff in the state to submit…

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (center) and her lawyer are leaving the court on June 15, 2021. Holmes is due to stand trial later this year on wire fraud and other charges. CNBC The federal judge in the fraud case of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is considering unsealing details of her psychological assessment as…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that Covid-19 could, yet again, force schools to go fully remote, amid concerns about potential outbreaks in classrooms this fall.  “Unfortunately, it’s possible, especially if you go into this school year without the kind of mitigation that we had in place last year,” Gottlieb, the former FDA chief in the Trump…

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, listens during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Trudeau said that 65% of eligible Canadians have received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. David Kawai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna said Tuesday it has reached a deal with the Canadian government to…

Medical staff are working on the sixth round of the Covid-19 test since the end of July in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty Images China has tightened Covid-19 measures to combat a surge in daily cases – a move that could curb the…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday the current surge in Covid infections caused by the more contagious delta variant may be the “final wave” of the virus in the United States. “I don’t think Covid is going to be epidemic all through the fall and the winter. I think that this is the final wave, the final act, assuming we…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to start their trading day: 1. Dow and S&P 500 will open lower earlier in the week Traders works on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 4th, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures indicated a…

The Biden government on Thursday announced efforts to ramp up Covid vaccinations for children 12 and older, as well as young adults returning to school this fall. The plan sees more than 50 million students returning to K-12 school and 20 million returning to college within the next six weeks. It also comes amid a…

Novavax announced that it will postpone filing its Covid-19 vaccine with the Food and Drug Administration for approval for emergency use until the fourth quarter. The biotech company’s shares slipped 10% after the bell. The company has applied for approval in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Plans to submit the vaccine to the World Health…

Federal health officials are working “ASAP” to get a third Covid-19 vaccine approved for Americans with weakened immune systems, said Dr. White House chief physician Anthony Fauci on Thursday. It is now clear that such people – including cancer and HIV patients or those who have received an organ transplant – generally fail to produce…