Health, Fitness & Food

A healthcare worker holds a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Phill Magakoe | AFP | Getty Images An advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended Pfizer and Moderna‘s vaccines over Johnson & Johnson‘s shot for adults 18 and over, after finding dozens of people developed a rare

People wait in line to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Denmark expects the omicron Covid-19 variant to overtake delta within a week as the number of cases of the new strain doubles every two days, according to the Statens

Dr. Ulrika Wigert, a family practice physician, checks on Brittany Kolkhorst, a patient who has just been admitted into the hospital with Covid-19, at CentraCare Sauk Centre Hospital in Sauk Centre, Minn., on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Jenn Ackerman | The Washington Post | Getty Images When the first wave of Covid infections hit the

People receive the COVID-19 test at a COVID-19 testing site in street at Manhattan on December 8, 2021 in New York. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The omicron Covid-19 variant first detected in southern Africa about a month ago now makes up about 3% of cases sequenced in the U.S., according

A United Airlines 737 Max 8 Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines said Tuesday it expects to fly more passengers each day during the year-end holidays than Thanksgiving, a sign demand is holding up despite increased cases of the omicron variant. The Chicago-based carrier forecast it will fly an average of 420,000 passengers a day

A sign is posted about required face coverings in Grand Central Market on July 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California will impose a statewide mask mandate for indoor public places regardless of vaccination status for the next month, the state’s top health official announced Monday. The mask mandate goes

As January nears, more workers will be going back to offices, not all at once and maybe not five days a week, but return to work will begin in earnest for more of the U.S. labor force in 2022. Are employers rushing, especially as the omicron variant of Covid presents new risks during winter peak

In this article AAPL GOOGL Customers try Apple Watch devices in the Apple Marunouchi store on September 07, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Fitness trackers from companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google are making a significant shift from being low-tech devices that counted steps to now becoming what’s fashionable in personal

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid booster shots are “optimal care” as the

Pro-choice demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a federal lawsuit by abortion providers challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ new ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy can proceed against

Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, arrives to speak at a news conference in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept 30, 2021. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced a statewide mask mandate for all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues already have a vaccine

A woman is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site at the Times Square in New York City, United States on Dec 6, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said the first-known case of omicron in the U.S. was found

A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 swab test at a testing site at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several southern U.S. states, including Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida, have confirmed cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant as the highly mutated strain takes

Residents wait in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York state has confirmed 20 cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19, with 13 found in the New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul

In this article BBY CVS CVS Health Chief Executive Karen Lynch said Thursday that the drugstore chain is working with attorneys general and pushing Congress to help end a spree of smash-and-grab robberies. On CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” she said the company has noticed the uptick in organized crime, though it has had a minimal effect

The non-alcoholic beverage industry skyrocketed this past year as consumers shift from booze-filled nights to prioritizing their health and wellness. While some people are cutting back entirely, others are switching to beverages that taste like their favorite tipples, but without the alcohol. Once thought to be a passing — even mockable — trend, non-alcoholic wine,

A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Wednesday that people might need a fourth Covid-19 shot sooner than

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes (R) and her partner Billy Evans (L) arrive for Elizabeth Holmes’s trial at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on December 07, 2021 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes admitted on Tuesday that she gave a journalist

A man wears an anti-vaccine button as people and teachers protest against New York City mandated vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of the United States Court in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 12, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters A U.S. district court in Georgia halted the Biden administration’s

Blood collection specialist Kathryn Severson holds a bag of convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global outbreak, in Seattle, Washington, September 2, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The World Health Organization on Monday issued a strong recommendation against administering convalescent