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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

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

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

In this article CVS CVS Health said Thursday that it sees sales growth accelerating as it expands the services it offers at its drugstores and people’s homes to make health care more affordable and easier for customers. Shares of the company are up about 2% in premarket trading. The drugstore chain and health insurer projected

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., leaves federal court in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, Calif. — In her final effort to try and sway the jury in her criminal fraud trial, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes blasted ex-boyfriend Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, her

In this article WBA CVS People walk by a CVS Pharmacy store in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Covid tests and vaccines have drawn customers to CVS Health’s stores during the pandemic. On Thursday, the company will pitch investors on how it plans to use other health-care services to

Nurse Mary Ezzat administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to Jessica M. at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Jeff Gritchen | MediaNews Group | Orange County Register via Getty Images South African scientists say the omicron Covid variant significantly reduces antibodies generated by Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine, although people

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

Travelers wearing protective masks receive nasal swabs from nurses at a COVID-19 test site inside Terminal B at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rules of international travel are changing — again. The emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19 in southern Africa

A COVID-19 testing facility is advertised at Newark Liberty International Airport on November 30, 2021 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty Images More than 20 people across 10 U.S. states have tested positive for the omicron variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. The patients range in age, vaccination status and travel history,

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

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

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

A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Minnesota public health authorities confirmed Thursday what appears to be the second U.S. case of the omicron Covid variant in a resident who recently returned from New York City, the state’s department of

Andrew Pawson, 30, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in recovery after spending over a month in isolation wards, holds the hand of his wife Isobel inside his room at Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, U.S., October 28, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Covid-19 hospitalizations are on the rise again across the nation, even as

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. — In her first day facing questions from the prosecution, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes admitted that she tried to get News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch

A traveller receives a test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, outside the international terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, November 29, 2021. Loren Elliott | Reuters The European Union could approve a Covid-19 shot against the new omicron variant within

[The stream is slated to start at 11:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks Monday about the new Covid variant omicron, the heavily mutated strain of the coronavirus that has drawn concern from markets and governments