Germany is seeing a third wave of coronavirus infections as Italy begins planning lockdowns over Easter weekend, CNBC reported on Friday (March. 12). The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s public health agency, said it had recorded a 20 percent increase in new COVID-19 cases compared to...
Would you skip your college spring break for $75? If you’re a student at the University of California, Davis, your school’s officials are hoping the answer is “Yes.” According to the Associated Press, UC Davis is offering $75 gift cards for students who agree to...
Anniversaries are usually happy events — celebrated with gifts, balloons and parties to celebrate. But the anniversary we as a nation collectively pass this week had none of the above, firstly because no one particularly wanted to celebrate it and secondly, because the event precludes...
How can a country tell which travelers have been vaccinated or tested negative for COVID-19? In many cases, they need to rely on paper documents, which are easy to forge and tough to validate. A digital solution may be the answer, but where will it...
The U.S. House of Representatives gave the final OK on Wednesday (March 10) to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill championed by President Joe Biden, who plans to sign the bill on Friday, according to CNBC. The bill, which will be among the biggest in...
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Restaurant Rescue Plan, which sets aside $25 billion for restaurants impacted by the pandemic as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan stimulus package, the bill headed to the Senate. On Saturday (March 6), the Senate...
As the European Union gets ready to finalize vaccine certificates, health ministers have been told to step up the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 1). The EU is finalizing plans for certificates — vaccine passports — that would let those immunized slowly...
The U.S. House passed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic relief bill, which will allot $1.9 trillion to various pandemic-related remedies like stimulus checks, unemployment and vaccine aid, a report from ABC News said. This comes as the party has been assuring progressives that the $15...
PayPal Holdings, Inc. has become a part of Uber Technologies, Inc.‘s initiative to offer free or discounted trips to inoculation sites in the United States to help ensure that transportation isn’t a barrier to vaccine access, according to a Friday (Feb. 26) announcement. “Over the past...
