Health, Fitness & Food

Gavin Newsom, governor of California, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli | AP | Bloomberg via Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said some of the state’s retail businesses could begin reopening with modifications by the end of this week if certain criteria are

A member of the armed forces takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington, southwest of London, on May 2, 2020. ADRIAN DENNIS The U.K. government is coming under increasing pressure to set out how and

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily press briefing on May 1, 2020 in Albany, New York. Stefani Reynolds | Getty Images New York will require all hospitals to build a 90-day supply of personal protective equipment to prepare for another outbreak after states dealt with widespread equipment shortages while battling the

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 3.4 million Global deaths: More than 243,600 Most cases reported: United States (more than 1.1 million), Spain (over 216,500), Italy (over 209,300), United Kingdom (over 183,000), France

President Donald Trump speaks on protecting Americas seniors from the COVID-19 pandemic in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 30, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The White House has moved to oust an inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services weeks after the

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 3.3 million Global deaths: At least 238,380 Most cases reported: United States (1,103,115), Spain (213,435), Italy (207,428), United Kingdom (178,685), and France (167,305).  The data above was

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that 150 hotels have agreed to give deep discounts to health care workers logging long hours in hospitals while dealing with coronavirus outbreak, during his daily news briefing at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Thursday, April 9, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California

A man riding a bicycle for food delivery service Deliveroo pauses at an intersection on March 9, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Restaurant owners across the U.K. want Deliveroo to lower the amount of commission they take on each delivery as they struggle to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Deliveroo

[The stream is slated to start at 4 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks Thursday on how his administration is protecting senior citizens, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives in the United States. Seniors

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB governing board at ECB headquarters on March 12, 2020 in Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas Lohnes The European Central Bank‘s (ECB) Governing Council will convene in a virtual meeting Thursday to discuss whether the measures taken, for now, are

In this Friday, April 24, 2020 photo provide by the Alfred Wegener Insitute shows the German Arctic research vessel Polarstern in the ice next to a research camp in the Arctic region. Manuel Ernst | Alfred-Wegner-Institut | AP From delaying Arctic expeditions to canceling climate summits, the coronavirus pandemic is hindering global climate change progress and

In this photo illustration the American biotechnology company Gilead Sciences logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has been in “sustained and ongoing” discussions with Gilead Sciences to make antiviral drug remdesivir

Elias Kordelakos photography | Flickr | Getty Images Italy’s credit rating has been downgraded to one notch above junk level by Fitch ratings agency as the coronavirus hurts Italy’s already fragile economy further. Fitch downgraded Italy’s credit rating from ‘BBB’ to ‘BBB-‘, just one level above its junk rating, reflecting increasing doubts around Italy’s credit-worthiness

Singapore’s new contact tracing app, TraceTogether, which is being used as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in the city-state. Catherine Lai | AFP via Getty Images One of the most ambitious projects in Apple history launched in less than a month, and was driven by just a handful of employees.  In mid-March, with

The U.S. is not even “remotely prepared” to re-open, an expert said on Tuesday as some states are set to lift lockdowns that had been imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak. “We’re not remotely prepared neither in terms of the epidemiology of the outbreak in the United States, nor in terms of our preparedness capacities

People who need medical care for urgent, non-coronavirus-related health issues may be hesitant to seek it due to fear of contracting the disease, Medtronic Executive Chairman Omar Ishrak said Monday. “We’re actually seeing an increase in mortality rate which are non-Covid related because of a lack of heart failure and stroke procedure, amongst other procedures,” Ishrak said on CNBC’s “Squawk

European markets are expected to open higher Monday as investors around the world await central bank meetings this week that could decide further stimulus measures to reboot economies deeply damaged by the coronavirus pandemic. London’s FTSE is seen 77 points higher at 5,827, Germany’s DAX is seen 210 points higher at 10,555, France’s CAC 40 is seen

Father-daughter team Steve and Leah Kim model the masks their New York City alterations business, Master Tailor, started making when the coronavirus hit. When New York City largely shut down last month due to the spread of Covid-19, it was a devastating blow for some businesses. That included the Master Tailor, an alteration shop on

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 2.8 million Global deaths: At least 202,668 Most cases reported: United States (936,616), Spain (223,759), Italy (195,351), France (161,644), and Germany (156,418).  The data above was compiled

Stuck inside during the coronavirus lockdown, 5-year-old Kian Assad was entertaining himself by dancing around his McAllen, Texas, house a few weeks ago when he fell, hitting his head on a door hinge. In normal circumstances, it was the type of injury that would likely merit a trip to the emergency room. Blood was gushing out