U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden has passed an early flurry of executive action on climate change during his first weeks in office, reversing environmental
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Johnson & Johnson board member Dr. Mark McClellan told CNBC Friday that there could be enough vaccinations for the entire U.S. adult population by the summer. “Assuming all of the close review of the J&J data all pans out, we’re going to have the capacity between Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, to have enough vaccines available by
A house’s real estate for sale sign shows the home as being “Under Contract” in Washington, DC, November 19, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Homebuyers signed fewer contracts to buy existing homes in December, as record high prices and record low supply stood in the way of strong demand. The pending home
Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, says that the U.S. is “in for a tough ride” as new Covid variants spread across the country. “Because they’re more transmissible, it means more Americans will become infected, so even though we’ve had a slight decrease in the number of
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden is set to sign executive actions Thursday aimed at expanding access to Obamacare during the coronavirus pandemic and rolling
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and Moderna‘s current Covid-19 vaccines can be easily adapted to target
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 15: Students wear protective face masks, graduation caps and graduation gowns outside The New School during the coronavirus pandemic on May 15, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai “You guys are part of a generation that knows how to create more than any generation before. You know how
Dr. Ashish Jha told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” Tuesday that U.S. states could start making decisions about opening up businesses and economies earlier than predicted if enough people get vaccinated. “My relatively optimistic view is that we don’t have to wait until the end of the summer or even the beginning of the
President Joe Biden signs an exectutive order for transgender people to serve in military as he meets with new U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters President Joe Biden on Tuesday will outline his racial equity agenda and sign
CEO and President of the NAACP Derrick Johnson told CNBC that his organization supports legislation reintroduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to create a formal commission to explore reparation options for Black Americans. “This is the initiating process that members of Congress, particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus, have been pushing for since
The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in Los Angeles, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Exclusive looks into the Golden Globes, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and other live NBC events are headed to Twitter. Comcast‘s NBCUniversal and Twitter on Monday announced a multi-year global content partnership, in an effort to
WASHINGTON – The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Sunday that the federal government does not know how much coronavirus vaccine the nation has, a complication that adds to the already herculean task before the Biden administration. “I can’t tell you how much vaccine we have, and if I can’t tell it
Doctor Richard Dang (R), Assistant professor USC School of Pharmacy, administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Ashley Van Dyke as mass-vaccination of healthcare workers takes place at Dodger Stadium on January 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Irfan Khan | AFP | Getty Images People who get vaccinated against Covid-19 at Dodger Stadium leave with inoculation
Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images A Dallas-area man who joined a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol earlier this month has been charged with making death threats in social media posts against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Garret
The Biden administration has pushed to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, with Russia for five years, which is set to expire on Feb. 5. The nuclear agreement regulates and limits how many nuclear weapons each country can have. Russian officials on Friday said they welcome the news. Michael McFaul told
Low-angle view of the facade of Tesla Motors dealership with logo and sign in Pleasanton, California, July 23, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Smith Collection/Gado An influential engineering director at Tesla, Joe Mardall, has resigned his position at the automaker to become head of engineering at Zipline, according to his own LinkedIn profile. Zipline
What persuades a seemingly rational adult to get involved in a pyramid scheme? Massachusetts attorney Douglas Brooks, who represents victims of multilevel marketing scams, believes it is all in the selling. “They use a number of techniques to sort of get people to lower their guard and to stop thinking critically, not treating it as
Intel CEO Robert “Bob” Swan announces the chip group’s new microprocessors called “Tiger Lake” at the technology fair CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020. Christoph Dernbach | picture alliance | Getty Images On Thursday, financial wires published details of Intel’s fourth-quarter earnings results minutes ahead of the markets closing at 4 p.m., when