Live news updates: Goldman Sachs second-quarter profits almost halve as investment banking fees fall
July has become a month for unexpected plebiscites. First there is the mind-boggling: the UK’s ruling Conservative party allowing a...
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Early Retirement Trend Due to Covid—How You Can Do It Too
Do you spend your days at work dreaming of an early retirement? Lately, you’re not alone. More than 3 million...
Anthony Fauci wants to put Covid’s politicization behind him
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus...
Oil jumps as soft dollar and tight supply supports
A pumpjack pumps oil in the Inglewood Oil Field as seen from the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area on July...
Studying the effects of long COVID
Since contracting COVID-19 back in January 2021, Ken Todd has never made a full recovery, making him one of the...
UC Irvine and other schools reinstate indoor mask mandates amid rising COVID-19 wave
The University of California Irvine on Monday will require all students and staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings,...
What to know about the new COVID vaccine for kids under 5
Canada's drug regulator, for the first time, has approved a COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers.Health Canada announced on Thursday...
Covid Rises Across U.S. Amid Muted Warnings and Murky Data
BA.5, a highly transmissible variant, is dominating a surge of new infections. Many health officials say the wave is cause...
Despite rising COVID infections, BART to lift mask mandate Monday
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- The BA.5 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is now the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in...
Covid vaccine protection ‘short lived,’ booster doses essential, study confirms
Protection offered by Covid-19 vaccines against infection with the novel coronavirus is “short-lived,” according to a new study that says...