Category archives: COVID-19

The phase 3 trial preliminary results showed the drug cut the risk of developing severe COVID-19 or dying by 50 percent compared to a placebo in people who did not require hospitalization and had been showing symptoms for a week or less.

Some of the top utility providers in the United States cut off power to customers across the nation despite receiving tax bailouts.

The antiviral, molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half for adults who were deemed at risk but not hospitalized, according to a planned interim analysis of the trial.

Economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have lowered their forecast for growth in the U.S. economy this year for a second time.

Ferguson said that policymakers are now facing a new challenge in the form of rising inflation after responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in a manner similar to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

Heather Coleman, the operator of a McDonald’s, said that raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour at the restaurant didn’t attract many new applicants. When the hiring age was lowered to 15, about 25 applicants came in two weeks, she said.

Around 7.5 million Americans are set to fall off a “benefits cliff” as the September cutoff looms for the federal pandemic unemployment programs.

“If successful, we believe this therapy could help reduce severity of illness among a broad population of patients,” Rod MacKenzie, Pfizer’s chief development officer, said in a statement.

Here’s what you need to know if you’re considering mandating vaccines for your in-person employees.

In an earnings report released on Monday, the Mainz-based company said that it made a net profit of nearly $3.3 billion between April and June.