U.S. officials should weigh making vaccinations for COVID-19 a requirement for travelers taking domestic flights, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to President Biden and the country’s leading public health and infectious disease expert. In an interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on...
With surging COVID-19 cases in the U.S., airlines are feeling the burn, with hundreds of flight cancellations and a recommendation from infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to implement a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel. Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 27) that these travel issues...
The spidey senses of moviegoers tingled throughout the holidays, pushing “Spider-Man: No Way Home” to break box office records despite fears that COVID variants could find theaters empty. Released exclusively in theaters — a bold plan to stick with just over three weeks after discovery of...
As supplies of at-home COVID-19 tests are either limited or completely gone across CVS and Walgreens locations across the U.S., Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said the supply of at-home COVID-19 tests available for Americans will “improve greatly” in...
The post-Christmas optimism about the retail sector’s turnaround quickly went sour across the U.K., where there was a 44% drop in foot traffic from the same day in 2019 across London’s West End on Boxing Day, a retail expert told The Independent Monday (Dec. 27). ...
Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and Pinterest all announced separately that they will not be sending teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) due to concerns over the omicron variant of COVID-19, Reuters reported. None of the companies had planned large in-person gatherings, according to the...
In travel, and especially business-related travel, call it the rebound that wasn’t. Not if omicron has anything to say about it. Travel bans are mounting. Davos is being postponed, among the more high-profile international gatherings being put off that might give way to a worldwide...
For the second consecutive year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has postponed the forum’s meeting that was scheduled for Jan. 17-21 at Davos, the Swiss mountain resort. “Despite the meeting’s stringent health protocols, the transmissibility of Omicron and its impact on travel and mobility have...
European countries have been looking at ways to cut down the spread of the COVID Omicron variant, with various countries passing down new rules and restrictions. The Netherlands put in place a harsh lockdown across the entire country on Saturday (Dec. 18). The Dutch government...
