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National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins told CNBC that “it was very likely” that the U.S. government is close to a deal with Pfizer for up to an additional 100 million Covid vaccine doses.  “It is good news it sounds like it’s very likely,” said Collins. “We’ll have 400 million doses between Pfizer

A notice informing people of ‘Tier 4’ coronavirus restrictions lights up a digital advertising screen on Oxford Street in London, England, on December 21, 2020. David Cliff | NurPhoto | Getty Images The U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that appears to spread more quickly, sparking new fears that the Covid-19 pandemic

Employees of the company Goldbecksolar are testing a module in a solar park under construction in a former gravel opencast mine. Jens Buttner | picture alliance | Getty Images During the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century, some people pointed to what appears to be a tiny silver lining for the

The U.S. is looking at why a handful of people have suffered from severe allergic reactions shortly after receiving Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine shots, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official told CNBC on Monday. The study – which is still in the early planning phases – is expected to include “several hundred” people

The need for procrastinating shoppers to get gifts under the tree in time for Christmas was more compelling this year than snagging Black Friday doorbusters. The number of shoppers who turned up at stores on the final Saturday before Christmas — known as “Super Saturday” in the retail industry — fell from a year ago.

Lorries queue on the A20 to enter the port of Dover in Kent. Gareth Fuller | PA Images via Getty Images LONDON — A highly contagious new variant of the coronavirus is causing countries in Europe and elsewhere to block travel from Britain. The U.K. last week warned of a new coronavirus variant that is

Workers move boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as they are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13, 2020. Morry Gash | AFP | Getty Images Officials with Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government program to distribute Covid-19 vaccines to Americans, had to slash

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted Sunday to put “frontline essential workers” and people 75 years of age and older next in line to be eligible to receive a vaccine against Covid-19. That so-called phase 1b group is estimated to include about 49 million people, or nearly 15% of Americans, according to

G2 Esports fans during Quarter Finals League of Legends World Championship match between G2 Esports and Damwon Gaming on October 27, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Borja B. Hojas | Getty Images For the uninitiated, think of esports like you would any other sport. Instead of baseball, hockey, chess or curling, it’s video games like CSGO,

England’s top medical officer on Saturday announced that the U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that “can spread more quickly” than prior strains of the virus, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose fresh restrictions on parts of the nation to control its spread. “We’re learning about it as we go, but

The Child, popularly known as “Baby Yoda,” is a character in the new Disney+ series, “The Mandalorian” Episodic Photos, Disney *This post contains spoilers for “The Mandalorian” season two.*  When the final credits rolled on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” fans who had eagerly awaited the final chapter in the Skywalker saga quickly split into two

Rick Gates, senior vice president of pharmacy and healthcare at Walgreens, told CNBC that getting vaccines to the general public “won’t be chaos” as the FDA authorized Moderna‘s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use and set plans in motion to get states nearly 6 million doses by early next week.    “What you’re going to see, is we’re going to be very thoughtful on

Jay Leno said he thinks the genius of Tesla‘s CEO Elon Musk is that “he was building the infrastructure as he was building the vehicle.” “Even today, a lot of the major manufacturers build an electric car, but, oh, where do you charge it?” Leno told the “The News with Shepard Smith” during a Friday

Ford started resuming vehicle production in the U.S. on May 18, 2020 with new coronavirus safety protocols such as health assessments, personal protective equipment and facility modifications to increase social distancing. Ford General Motors will not require employees to receive Covid-19 vaccinations to return to physical office locations or continue working in manufacturing plants, the

A healthcare worker at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center receives COVID-19 a vaccination on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. The first rounds of Pfizer’s vaccine were administered in Oregon on Wednesday. Nathan Howard | Getty Images For nursing homes across the country, the coronavirus pandemic has been especially marked by isolation, illness and

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he campaigns on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates from Georgia Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, ahead of their January 5 runoff elections, during a drive-in campaign rally at Pullman Yard in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 15, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters President-elect Joe Biden will pick Michael Regan,

Cans produced for Coca-Cola Co.’s Coke drink move along the production line. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola will cut about 2,200 jobs in its global workforce as part of a broader restructuring plan that was accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. In the United States, Coke will use layoffs and buyouts to eliminate

Russian President Vladimir Putin seen speaking on the screen during his annual press conference, on December 17, 2020, in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called on the public to get the coronavirus vaccine, but is yet to receive it himself, he said. Speaking

Former Health and Human Services official Dr. Mario Ramirez told CNBC that he was “concerned” about equitable access to Covid-19 resources around the globe, and criticized the Trump administration for not participating in the multilateral COVAX facility.   “One of the things that was unfortunate about the Trump administration’s approach to the pandemic, was that they

The at-home coronavirus test that recently received emergency clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be on the shelves of drugstores as soon as February, according to the developer’s CEO. “We’ll be shipping first product in the beginning of January. That will be ramping up through the months of January, February and March,”