TravelPerk ranked the countries that spend the most on domestic and international business travel, as well as their future outlook as they recover from pandemic-induced loss of business.
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Idaho officials reported 738 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Friday.
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As the coronavirus evolves, the number of treatment options that remain effective against new variants has dwindled. Pfizer’s antiviral pill Paxlovid is one of the few that remain.
Continue Reading Moderna on Friday filed patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech “for infringing patents central to (its) mRNA technology platform,” the company said in a news release Friday.
Continue Reading The pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the workforce.
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Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday.
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The FDA is now authorizing the two dose Novavax Vaccine for ages 12 – 17.
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Idaho officials reported 742 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Wednesday.
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Foothold Technology identified five important insights about the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and mental health care in 2020.
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for a rebound case of Covid-19, her deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue confirmed to CNN. Biden, who is currently in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, tested positive again for Covid-19 with an antigen test on Wednesday. She tested negative during a routine test on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide has fallen by 15% in the last week while new infections dropped by 9%.
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Moderna submitted its application to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its updated COVID-19 vaccine booster for use in people age 18 and older the company said in a news release on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not add any new destinations to its list of nations and territories with a “high” risk of Covid-19 on Monday. However, locations at “high” risk — designated as Level 3 — still account for almost 130 of the roughly
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 487 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted their application to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for use in people age 12 and older, the companies said in a statement on Monday.
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum and Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden on Sunday will leave isolation in South Carolina for Delaware after testing negative for Covid-19, according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. “After isolating for five days and receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, the First Lady will depart South Carolina later
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Every morning at 7am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of stacks of requests he has received from his followers around the world. Flanked usually by his wife Eno, and an associate, Eze’s passionate prayers are delivered in an urgent staccato,
Continue Reading By Reuters North Korea imported more than 1 million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory over Covid-19, Chinese trade figures show. Pyongyang last week declared victory over the coronavirus, ending a little-detailed fight against “fever” cases that had risen to 4.77 million in the country
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine on Friday for emergency use in adolescents. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States and, unlike the others, it uses a protein-based technology. The vaccine was authorized for adults in July. With the latest emergency use authorization,
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam The Chinese coastal city of Xiamen is testing freshly caught fish, crabs and even shrimp for Covid-19 as it goes all out to contain a spiraling outbreak — a policy drawing ridicule online and criticism from experts who say it’s a “waste of resources.” This week, videos of hazmat-suited health workers sticking
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A new study has found more than half of people infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were unaware they had it.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 887 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN The Biden administration has been planning for how to get past the crisis phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and will stop buying vaccines, treatments and tests as early as this fall, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Tuesday. “One of the things we’ve spent a lot of
Continue Reading First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, her spokesperson said Tuesday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 593 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Disney Cruise Line said on Monday it’s dropping its vaccination requirement for children younger than 12. Starting on September 2, a requirement to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer apply to guests ages 5 to 11 for sailings leaving US and Canadian ports. The cruise line’s previous rule, which
Continue Reading By Naomi Thomas, CNN Albert Bourla, CEO of drugmaker Pfizer, has tested positive for Covid-19 and has “very mild symptoms,” he said in a tweet on Monday. “I would like to let you know that I have tested positive for #COVID19,” Bourla wrote. “I am thankful to have received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health authorities ordered the store to lock down after a close contact of a Covid-19 case was traced to the location. Multiple videos on social media showed customers yelling and pushing each
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 753 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Friday.
Continue Reading Nearly 30% of children who were hospitalized for COVID-19 or MIS-C, a rare but serious COVID-related condition, had symptoms more than a couple of months after their diagnosis, a new study found.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from COVID-19.
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New U.S. recommendations call for three home tests for people exposed to COVID-19 to improve accuracy.
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Congressional panel leaders say an additional 135 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems.
Continue Reading Forget taking two to three COVID shots a year. Moderna hopes to roll out a single-dose annual booster to cover the coronavirus, the flu and another common respiratory virus within the next five years.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,010 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading The United States seems to have hit a COVID-19 plateau, with more than 40,000 people hospitalized and more than 400 deaths a day consistently over the past month or so.
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Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) is adding the two dose Novavax vaccine to their clinic beginning Tuesday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 683 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading Data obtained by CNN from New York’s largest health-care provider indicates you’re very unlikely to become severely ill with COVID-19 if you’re under age 60, up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines and don’t have underlying health problems, backing up a government plan expected to be announced this week that will ease up on coronavirus restrictions.
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN After being diagnosed with Covid-19 last month, President Joe Biden recently tested negative for the coronavirus, only to test positive again a few days later. Biden had taken the antiviral medication Paxlovid, which has been associated with some patients testing positive again for the virus after completing treatment. This phenomenon is
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden was officially cleared to emerge from isolation Sunday after a second negative Covid-19 test, his physician announced. “This morning, the president’s SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was negative for a second consecutive day,” presidential physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter Sunday. “He will safely return to public engagement and
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 956 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading This fall, Americans could get boosted with a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine unlike any that’s come before.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,231 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance for COVID-19 control in the community, including in schools, in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the plan.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday added three destinations to its “high” risk category for travel, including an Eastern European country known for its mountains, thick forests and folklore culture. Romania is the most notable travel destination to receive a Level 3, “Covid-19 high”
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 713 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 again Saturday morning, per a letter from presidential physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, in what is likely a “rebound” Covid-19 positivity that the doctor noted is “observed in a small percentage of patients treated with Paxlovid.”
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Cheap Insurance tracked 10 ways online shopping changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 978 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Virginia Langmaid, CNN New survey results published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation indicate that 43% of parents of children under 5 in the US say they will not get their child vaccinated against Covid-19, the highest percentage in the year that KFF’s Vaccine Monitor survey has been asking the question. The US Food
Continue Reading In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a lab leak.
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Facebook-parent Meta is weighing whether to relax its policies against Covid-19 misinformation, proposing a shift from removing false claims to simply labeling or demoting them. The social media giant on Tuesday asked its independent Oversight Board for an opinion on whether its tougher pandemic policies are still warranted, citing higher vaccination
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six destinations to its “high” risk category for travel on Monday. Two Central American countries — El Salvador and Honduras — received a Level 3, “high” risk designation. Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Fiji were also added to
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The more trust Americans place in their public health institutions, the more likely they are to heed their advice on ways to avoid COVID-19 infection, according to a new study led by University of Idaho researchers.
Continue Reading It really is a cruel summer.
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Kacey Cherry, CNN Los Angeles County is maintaining a high Covid-19 community level, which means a universal indoor masking mandate could be enacted as soon as next week, health officials say. In Los Angeles, the average test positivity rate remains high, at 16%, Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,194 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases are increasing across the United States once again, driven by the most contagious strain of the coronavirus yet, BA.5.
Continue Reading It’s not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching COVID-19 for the second or third time.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,529 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its “high” risk category for travel on Monday with five places and discontinued its Covid-19 program for cruise ships. The agency said on its website that it would continue to publish guidance for cruise ships, but its voluntary program
Continue Reading Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 12-0 Tuesday to recommend Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use as a two-dose primary series in adults.
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Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after a months-long bout with COVID-19.
Continue Reading By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN The Staten Island ferry, known for getting residents and commuters to and from Lower Manhattan to Staten Island in 25 minutes, is slowing the frequency of rides, due to an uptick in Covid-19 cases among its staff members, the New York City Department of Transportation announced. New York City’s positivity rate
Continue Reading Once again, COVID-19 seems to be everywhere. If you feel caught off-guard, you aren’t alone.
Continue Reading Injected vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have been hugely successful, saving nearly 20 million lives globally in their first year of use and slashing the pandemic’s death toll by an estimated 63%, according to a recent study.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 998 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan and Christina Maxouris, CNN US health officials have been in active discussions with the Food and Drug Administration on whether the agency will authorize a second booster vaccine for Americans under 50 years old, the nation’s top infectious disease expert shared Saturday. “Hopefully we’ll get an answer reasonably soon,” Dr. Anthony Fauci
Continue Reading More than 2,000 tourists have become stranded in a resort town in southern China after authorities imposed a snap lockdown to curb a coronavirus flare-up, as the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy continues to upend businesses and daily life.
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Do you shop online more when COVID cases spike? An analysis of Google Trends data by Giving Assistant suggests you’re far from alone.
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Idaho officials reported 1,166 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading The Biden administration on Friday extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for another three months.
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Beginning Saturday, the two COVID-19 testing sites in Teton County, Wyo. operated by Curative will no longer provide tests at no cost to everyone.
Continue Reading he US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adults. It is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the United States, and it uses a different type of vaccine technology than the shots already available.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organization reported Thursday.
Continue Reading The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 represents at least 65% of new COVID-19 infections in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading Once again, COVID-19 seems to be everywhere. If you feel caught off-guard, you aren’t alone.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — COVID-19 case counts in Canada are on the rise yet again, prompting some experts to claim the country is now in a summer wave. As infections climb, several provinces are beginning to expand their eligibility requirements for
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. It’s a more traditional type of vaccine than the Pfizer and Moderna shots already used to protect most Americans. Still, millions of adults haven’t yet gotten vaccinated even this
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,484 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Wednesday.
Continue Reading Years of progress the United States had made in fighting drug-resistant infections were largely erased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with hospital-acquired infections and resulting deaths growing 15% in 2020.
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Years of progress the United States had made in fighting drug-resistant infections were largely erased during the Covid-19 pandemic, with hospital-acquired infections and resulting deaths growing 15% in 2020. A special report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 29,400 people died from
Continue Reading US health officials are urgently working on a plan to allow second COVID-19 boosters for all adults, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN on Monday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,203 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading Official COVID-19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet takes hold.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese stocks fell on Monday as the threat of new Covid restrictions and a renewed regulatory offensive against big tech companies sapped investor confidence. Casinos in the gambling hub of Macao were ordered to close for the first time since February 2020 because of a Covid outbreak, sending shares of
Continue Reading The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,763 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as COVID-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States.
Continue Reading Philippine officials say the country’s new president has tested positive for the coronavirus after taking an antigen test.
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN Approximately 300,000 children under the age of 5 in the US — about 2% of that age group — have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine since it was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, a senior White House official told CNN
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Nearly 300,000 children under 5 have received COVID-19 shots in the two weeks since they’ve become available.
Continue Reading Hong Kong is shelving a COVID-19 measure that has resulted in dozens of canceled flights in recent months and thwarted travel plans for thousands.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 1,913 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading COVID-19 vaccine boosters might look a little different by the end of this year.
Continue Reading By Paula Hancocks and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Choi Jung-hun smiled as I read out the latest official Covid-19 figures from North Korean state media: fewer than 5 million cases of “fever” and just 73 fatalities — a fraction of the death toll of every other country in the world. “North Koreans call them rubber band
Continue Reading Repeatedly catching COVID-19 appears to increase the chances that a person will face new and sometimes lasting health problems after their infection, according to the first study on the health risks of reinfection.
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