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Pro-choice demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a federal lawsuit by abortion providers challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ new ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy can proceed against

Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, arrives to speak at a news conference in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept 30, 2021. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced a statewide mask mandate for all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues already have a vaccine

A woman is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site at the Times Square in New York City, United States on Dec 6, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said the first-known case of omicron in the U.S. was found

A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 swab test at a testing site at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several southern U.S. states, including Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida, have confirmed cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant as the highly mutated strain takes

Residents wait in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York state has confirmed 20 cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19, with 13 found in the New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul

In this article BBY CVS CVS Health Chief Executive Karen Lynch said Thursday that the drugstore chain is working with attorneys general and pushing Congress to help end a spree of smash-and-grab robberies. On CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” she said the company has noticed the uptick in organized crime, though it has had a minimal effect

A fan wearing a face mask looks on during the Sky Bet Championship match between Nottingham Forest and Fulham at City Ground on October 24, 2021 in Nottingham, England. Naomi Baker | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images LONDON — The increase in omicron Covid cases in the U.K. is on such steep trajectory that

An employee at a testing station in the city centre takes a swab from a woman. In Lower Saxony, stricter Corona rules apply in many areas. Hauke-Christian Dittrich | picture alliance | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the highly mutated omicron variant of Covid-19 could change the course of the pandemic. 

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes (R) and her partner Billy Evans (L) arrive for Elizabeth Holmes’s trial at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on December 07, 2021 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes admitted on Tuesday that she gave a journalist

A man wears an anti-vaccine button as people and teachers protest against New York City mandated vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of the United States Court in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 12, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters A U.S. district court in Georgia halted the Biden administration’s

Blood collection specialist Kathryn Severson holds a bag of convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global outbreak, in Seattle, Washington, September 2, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The World Health Organization on Monday issued a strong recommendation against administering convalescent

An American Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, April 7, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Boeing, airlines and other travel stocks surged on Monday after health experts shared early signs that the omicron variant of Covid may be causing milder symptoms

STR | NurPhoto | Getty Images The new omicron Covid variant poses a greater risk for the unvaccinated and there’s reason to believe that current vaccines are going to be “quite effective,” a former White House advisor said Monday. “What we know for sure is that it is a dangerous variant for people who have

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response, in Dirksen Building on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images At least 15 states have

Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty Images Some states are making it easier for Americans to collect unemployment benefits if they’re fired for being unvaccinated against Covid-19. The governors of Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee signed laws in recent weeks that change eligibility rules for jobless benefits. Workers in these states who lose a job

In this article MSFT FB Surgeon Shafi Ahmed poses for a photograph wearing a Microsoft HoloLens headset inside his operating theater at the Royal London Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The metaverse, the digital world’s Next Big Thing, is touted as the internet domain where animated avatars of

A medical worker administers a nasal swab Covid-19 test to a traveler at the Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care testing site in the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images At least six U.S. states now have

Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said lab studies strongly suggest that booster shots will give you cross protection against a “wide range” of

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday that trying to get into the mindset of the stock market “can be hard to fathom,” especially with Wall Street’s recent volatility on the developments surrounding the new omicron Covid variant. “Sentiment’s a fickle beast,” he added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 617 points or 1.8% despite two more

A Covid-19 pop-up testing sits stands on a Manhattan street on October 26, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The new, highly mutated omicron Covid-19 variant is expected to hit New York state in the “coming days,” the state health commissioner said Thursday. “We now have an exposure. We fully expect