Pfizer and Moderna could make billions of dollars from COVID-19 booster shots, earnings comparable to the $6 billion generated each year in flu vaccine sales. That’s according to a Friday (Aug. 13) report from Reuters, which says the companies expect vaccinated people will need boosters...
There was a bit of quiet before the Delta variant stormed, a few months when people ditched masks, filled stadiums and mingled with friends for indoor dining and shopping. Offices nationwide started planning September back-to-the-office dates to align with back-to-school. Life was heading back toward...
All manner of businesses across the United States are again requiring that customers wear masks, the Associated Press reports. The businesses span industries and sizes, including eateries, pubs and gymnasiums, according to the wire service. “We’ve already been through the worst of the challenges when...
The rise of the COVID-19 Delta variant has shuttered factories in Vietnam, which Financial Times (FT) writes has had adverse effects for global brands. The country had been doing fairly well with handling COVID in 2020. Vietnam had managed to tame the spread of the...
In the face of consistently climbing COVID-19 infections due to the highly contagious Delta variant, United Airlines has announced it will require its 68,000 workers to be vaccinated this fall, marking the first such move by a major airline. “The facts are crystal clear: everyone...
Amazon corporate employees will wait a few more months to return to their offices, after the company announced it will push it back until at least Jan. 3, 2022, after previously targeting September. The move comes amid rising numbers of COVID-19 cases as the Delta...
It’s a month later than President Joe Biden had hoped, but 70 percent of U.S. adults have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Monday, August 2. Read More: U.S. reaches 70% Covid vaccine milestone...
The COVID-19 Delta variant has thrown a wrench into plans for workers to return to offices this fall, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Add to that the confusion from health officials’ guidance over whether to wear masks and uncertainty about how the vaccinations and...
Equinox Group is joining the growing list of companies and organizations that will require employees and customers to show proof they’ve been fully vaccinated from the coronavirus before they enter an Equinox club, SoulCycle studio or corporate office, starting in September in New York City,...
