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The Boston Red Sox dugout erupts onto the field after taking the 6-2 Wild card win over the New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card Playoff Game at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 5, 2021. Barry Chin | Boston Globe | Getty Images

In this article BNTX PFE MRK Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday he expects the coronavirus’ “pandemic phase” to be over in the U.S. once vaccines become available for children and Merck‘s antiviral pill is cleared by regulators. The other crucial development is for the highly transmissible Covid delta variant to have “moved through the country,” which

The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship arriving in the French Mediterranean port of Marseille, July 27, 2021. Gerard Bottino | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Norwegian Cruise Lines CEO Frank Del Rio said Tuesday that his full fleet of 28 ships will resume service by April 1 for the first time since the pandemic

As a former start-up investor and the co-founder and CEO of $1 billion autos marketplace Carro, Aaron Tan knows a thing or two about running a business. But if he had one piece of advice for other would-be entrepreneurs, it would be this: don’t go it alone. “I don’t know whether I am qualified enough

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Merck’s announcement that its experimental antiviral pill is effective against the most severe outcomes

Police officers wearing protective masks talk to motorists at a checkpoint in the Bombay area of Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — New Zealand has become the latest country to abandon a zero Covid strategy, with the virus proving much harder to stop now the

Aaron Tan is going places. As the co-founder of a newly crowned unicorn and one of Asia Pacific’s fastest growing start-ups, the Carro CEO is now on the road to a public listing.  And with investors including Softbank getting onboard, he has no plans to slow down.  “The question is, now that we have reached $1 billion, how do we reach $10 billion? How do we reach $100 billion?” Tan told CNBC Make

In this article JNJ MRNA BNTX PFE Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday that unlike in 2020 he fully expects families and friends to gather around the holidays this year. He also suggested there are ways to do so that can minimize Covid risk. “Nothing is going to stop us from getting together, and

In this article 6758.T-JP Tom Hardy stars in Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” Sony There’s a new king of the pandemic box office. Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” tallied an estimated $90.1 million in ticket sales domestically over the weekend, the best box office haul since the Covid-19 outbreak began. Marvel’s “Black Widow”

In this article T Still from “The Many Saints of Newark.” Warner Bros. “The Many Saints of Newark” is just the latest Warner Bros. film to highlight the pitfalls of releasing content in theaters and on streaming platforms at the same time. The feature film prequel to the award-winning and beloved HBO series “The Sopranos”

In this article CMCSA AMZN Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” MGM The latest James Bond film won’t arrive in the U.S. until Friday, but it’s already making waves internationally. “No Time to Die” scored an estimated $119.1 million in international ticket sales over the weekend, making it the first

Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. Jim

Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” Source: MGM In 1962, when the first James Bond film “Dr. No” was released in cinemas, a ticket cost just 70 cents. Nearly 60 years later, the average ticket price is around $9 and the dashing 007 is making his 25th appearance on the

In this article TSLA The logo of Tesla seen at one of its showroom. Tesla announced its Q1 2021 earnings today. Toby Scott | LightRocket | Getty Images Tesla delivered 241,300 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2021, the company reported Saturday. The quarter’s deliveries topped expectations. Analysts predicted that Tesla would deliver around 220,900

Amazon’s new delivery van Amazon Rivian Automotive, a company developing electric vehicles, including commercial delivery vans for Amazon, filed for an initial public offering on Friday. The company aims to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “RIVN.” Its paperwork shows a $994 million net loss on zero revenue in the first six months

Gary Vaynerchuk holds a “VeeFriends” token, which is part of his part of his first NFT collection. Source: VeeFriends | Gary Vaynerchuk Christie’s on Friday auctioned five art works that were created by entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk for his VeeFriends NFT collection. The price tag? Just over $1.2 million. “It feels like an out-of-body-experience,” Vaynerchuk told

Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman (2) makes a move between several defenders during the NWSL game between Kansas City and Washington Spirit September 26, 2021 at Segra Field in Leesburg, VA. Randy Litzinger | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The National Women’s Soccer League has called off its weekend games after former North Carolina Courage

SINGAPORE — Rising Covid-19 infections and deaths are testing Singapore’s long-term strategy of treating the coronavirus as endemic. Around 82% of the city-state’s population has been fully vaccinated, health ministry data showed. But a surge in Covid cases — the vast majority of which have no or mild symptoms — prompted the government to tighten

On the heels of the deadliest month of the pandemic for pregnant people yet, Dr. Manisha Gandhi told CNBC that she’s not optimistic about Covid-19 this winter. “To be dealing with this surge and taking care of really sick women, has just really taken a toll,” said Gandhi, who is chief of maternal-fetal medicine at

A Pregnant woman getting an ultrasound Kemal Yildirim | E+ | Getty Images Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday that Covid-19 deaths among pregnant women reached a record high of 21 in August, urging expectant mothers to get vaccinated against the virus. Just 31% of pregnant women nationwide are