The White House will be hoppin’ on Monday, when President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host for the first Easter Egg Roll in two years. It’s been a longstanding Easter tradition since 1878 for the White House to …
A surge of COVID-19 cases in New York State that is making it once again an epicenter of the U.S. pandemic is due to two new versions of the omicron variant, that appear even more infectious than the BA.2 subvariant …
The risk of developing inflammatory heart conditions after COVID-19 vaccination is relatively low, two large studies found, especially when compared with the heart-related risks from COVID-19 disease itself and from vaccines against other diseases. One study, an analysis of 22 previous studies, …
I recently bought an ice cream cone at a nearby parlor. It’s a big-name joint and I won’t name it here, but suffice it to say you can pay up to $8 for a carryout cone or a cup. The …
Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the globe, the personal computer had become a staid, boring product with dwindling sales, as consumers spent their money on new smartphones every couple of years while letting their home laptops and old towers collect …
The omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 accounted for 99.8% of global new cases in the latest week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, and the BA.2 subvariant accounted for 93.6% of those, in the latest data point …
The official list of symptoms of COVID-19 has been expanded in the UK, where cases are currently running at the highest level since the start of the pandemic. The National Health Service added nine new symptoms to the list of …
Papa John’s International Inc. announced a deal on Thursday with Sun Holdings, one of the pizza chain’s largest franchising partners, in which Sun Holdings will take control of 90 locations in Texas. It was only a couple of weeks ago …
The COVID-19 pandemic instigated a boom in personal-computer sales, and supply-chain issues pushed prices up, but analysts see softening sales and a normalizing supply/demand environment in 2022, which slammed a few stocks Thursday. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD shares dropped …
As Uber Technologies Inc. continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, its CEO saw his total compensation rise 63% year over year in 2021 — though it was still down 53% from his total in 2019, before …
Oil prices slumped to start the week on Monday as investors turned their attention to a worsening COVID outbreak in China, and the potential hit to demand for the commodity. Price action West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery CL.1, …
Health officials are already talking about rolling out a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. although there are still questions about the efficacy, timing, availability, and formulation of the next round of shots. Some countries like France …