Coronavirus

Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) allege that the prominent union is punishing unvaccinated staffers and are publicly touting their rights on the issue, according to a new report.

Drugmaker Merck asked federal health officials Monday to greenlight its experimental pill against COVID-19, which could make history as the first oral antiviral medicine to treat the harrowing virus.

People who both had COVID-19 and are vaccinated don’t need to rush to get the boosters now rolling out across the U.S., health experts say.

Starting Sunday, the Minneapolis-based retailer is launching its "Holiday Price Match Guarantee" program as it works to gain an edge over competitors.

The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that approximately 72% of the two largest insurers in each state and Washington D.C., or 102 health plans, are no longer waiving out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 treatment, while another 10% of plans will phase out waivers by the end of October and another 12% will phase out waivers by the end of 2021.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recently reminded employees that they could face disciplinary action if they do not comply with a companywide vaccine mandate ahead of an upcoming deadline.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., attacked e-commerce giant Amazon after the company refused to remove vaccine "misinformation" books from its website.

America’s employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, the second straight month of disappointing payroll growth as the spread of COVID-19 continued to dampen the labor market's recovery from the pandemic.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh blamed the COVID-19 pandemic on September’s disappointing jobs report, which was released on Friday, arguing the delta variant affected economic activity and, therefore, job growth.

When COVID-19 vaccines were first rolling out in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended waiting 14 days between the shots and other immunizations as a precaution. But the agency has since revised its guidelines and says the wait is unnecessary.

American Airlines has warned its employees that they will be fired if they are not fully vaccinated from COVID-19 by Nov. 24, and IBM has told its workers they will face being suspended without pay if they are not fully vaccinated by Dec. 8.

The September jobs report is projected to show that hiring gained steam last month as COVID-19 cases subsided nationwide and federal unemployment benefits ended for millions of Americans.

Rams Head Inn owner Aandrea Carter explains how hiring out-of-state workers helped the business stay successful post-COVID.

United Airlines announced Thursday that it would fly its biggest domestic schedule since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AstraZeneca, the drugmaker that developed one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of a first-of-a-kind antibody treatment to prevent the disease.

Confusion is a common theme across America at a time when the federal government has ended renter protections while doling out billions of dollars in rental assistance. Instead of the expected surge in evictions, many landlords are holding off, waiting for the federal money to come through.

Amazon.com Inc has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work.

One Wisconsin school district built a new football field. In Iowa, a high school weight room is getting a renovation. Another in Kentucky is replacing two outdoor tracks — all of this funded by the billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief Congress sent to schools this year.

Hundreds of thousands of at-home COVID-19 tests from Australia-based digital diagnostics company Ellume were recalled Tuesday after discovering that some tests delivered higher-than-expected false positive results.

Sweden and Denmark said on Wednesday they will pause the use of Moderna's (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine for younger age groups after reports of possible rare side effects, such as myocarditis.