Coronavirus

EXCLUSIVE: A group of Republican senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expressing their intention to block federal funding for a potential federal vaccine mandate.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has again urged Americans to avoid traveling to several countries due to "Very High" COVID-19 transmission risk.

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday are expected to lay out plans to begin slowing their aggressive bond-buying program as soon as this month, the first step that policymakers will take in dialing back pandemic-era support for the U.S. economy.

If hand sanitizer gets into the eyes, it can "result in serious injury, including severe irritation and damage to the surface of the eye," the FDA said in a notice Tuesday.

CVS Health delivered a better-than-expected third quarter and raised its 2021 forecast again as more people returned to its drugstores for prescriptions or COVID-19 vaccinations.

General Electric, Boeing and the Transportation Security Administration are among the companies and agencies that have announced vaccine mandates in an effort to comply with the order

Major U.S. pharmacy chains are ready to provide Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to eligible children once federal health officials give the green light.

Pfizer beat third-quarter expectations and raised its 2021 forecast again even as sales of its top product, the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty, slipped in the U.S.

New Orleans has some of the strictest COVID-19 guidelines in the south, but it also relies on its multi-billion-dollar tourism industry. The city's tourism group says the reactions to the mandate have been polarizing.

Shares in Moderna Inc. dropped at least 5% as trading opened Monday after a delay in the decision to approve the COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12-17.

When Covid-driven closures cut deeply into sit-down business in Cheesecake Factory’s cavernous, lavish dining rooms, the 208-restaurant chain emphasized to-go orders to help buttress sales. It worked: The chain is averaging more than $3 million in to-go orders per location this year, more than double its typical amount before the crisis.

The number of flights affected by the issues quickly climbed from 400 on Saturday to over 1,000 overnight into Sunday.

President Biden is convening world leaders at the Group of 20 summit on Sunday to talk about ways to relieve the supply chain bottlenecks hampering the global economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5 to 11 on Friday, a critical step toward beginning vaccinations for the age group.

Costco has raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour this week, according to reports.

Construction demand drove third quarter sales higher at Caterpillar as did rising demand from miners and other heavy industry as the global economy emerges from the pandemic.

The U.S. economy likely grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as COVID-19 infections flared up, further straining global supply chains and causing shortages of goods like automobiles that almost stifled consumer spending.

America's career coach and best-selling author Ken Coleman says data shows that the pandemic made the workforce reevaluate the values of the job they do.

In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn denied the request by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) to issue a temporary restraining order against the airline’s requirement and dismissed the case.

A federal judge has rejected a bid by pilots to block Southwest Airlines from imposing a vaccine mandate, saying the airline is within its power to require vaccination as a safety measure.