Covid cases are on the rise in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as the delta variant rapidly spreads across the U.S. and the virus once again tightens its grip. The U.S. is reporting an average of about 43,700 new cases per day over the past week — far below pandemic highs but …
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Pfizer Covid vaccine 39% efficient in Israel, prevents extreme sickness
People receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine inside a Covid-19 mass vaccination center at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant is the dominant strain, but still …
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American Ballet Theatre government director on fall return after Covid halt
The American Ballet Theatre — the country’s national ballet company — has announced it will be returning to the stage in New York City this October, a year after halting indoor performances due to Covid. “We cannot wait to see ABT in the Lincoln Center theaters that are our home,” ABT Executive Director Kara Medoff …
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SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci mandates Covid vaccines at his workplace
Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge, told CNBC on Friday he has mandated Covid shots at his hedge fund’s office. He also called on all eligible Americans to go out and get vaccinated. “We’re a private company. If somebody wants to fight me over the vaccine mandate, that’s fine. Let’s take it to …
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‘I believe individuals are underestimating how dangerous that is going to get’: Dr. Ashish Jha
The dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health warned about the tough months ahead across the U.S. due to Covid, as new data shows people infected with the delta strain can carry up to 1,000 times more virus in their nasal passages than those infected with the original strain. “I think people are underestimating …
CDC group weighs third shot for immunocompromised folks
Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images A CDC advisory group is considering whether fully vaccinated Americans with weakened immune systems need a booster dose of a Covid vaccine after data shows they are less likely to have antibodies to fight the disease and more likely to suffer from a so-called breakthrough infection. Immunosuppressed …
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Europe’s journey business determined as Covid surges
Workers carry a scaffolding on “Paradise” beach in the Greek Cycladic island of Mykonos in 2020. The island is traditionally crowded with wealthy foreigners but turned into a ghost island last year. ARIS MESSINIS | AFP | Getty Images During the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps no other industry has been harder hit than the global travel …
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Novartis CEO says Covid-related physician go to delays possible impacting most cancers analysis charges
The health-care system is still seeing lower rates of diagnoses for certain conditions after the coronavirus pandemic kept non-Covid patients away from the hospital early on, Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan told CNBC on Wednesday. “I think the signals that were sent that ultimately asked patients to stay away from the emergency room, stay away from hospitals, sent …
Johnson & Johnson JNJ earnings Q2 2021
In this photo illustration a Johnson & Johnson logo is seen in front of a medical syringe and a vial with coronavirus vaccine. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it expects to sell $2.5 billion of its Covid-19 vaccine this year, even as concerns mount over …
WHO chief addresses IOC in Japan, warns of latest Covid wave
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquaters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images The world is in the early stages of another wave of Covid-19 infections and death, World …
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