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…

Alphabet CEO, Larry Page.  Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | GettyImages Larry Page, the billionaire Google co-founder, has been granted residency in New Zealand and spent time in the country during the coronavirus pandemic, the New Zealand government confirmed to CNBC Friday. Page, 48, applied for New Zealand residence in November 2020 via the nation’s “Investor…

A sign describes entry restrictions at a JLL office in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA on Thursday, June 24, 2020. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images When the reporting season started in earnest in mid-July, few companies asked questions or mentioned the Covid Delta variant. That changed as new Covid-19 cases increased…

Idaho Governor Brad Little on Friday urged state residents to get vaccinated against Covid, citing concerns about the Delta variant and its potential to stifle economic progress. “We’re just asking everyone to get vaccinated,” Little said on CNBC’s The Exchange. Little said his biggest concern and “one of the most damaging things” to the economy…

United Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by no later than Oct. 25 or risk termination, a first for major U.S. carriers that will likely ramp up pressure on rivals. Hours after United’s announcement on Friday, discount carrier Frontier Airlines said its employees must be vaccinated by Oct. 1…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to start their trading day: 1. Dow futures, bond yields rise after strong job data A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on August 5, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters 2. The number of people employed…