Dr. Virginia Banks, an infectious disease specialist, is part of a group of Black physicians and scientists who are focused on ways to solve health-care disparities. Dr. Virginia Banks Dr. Virginia Banks says if the U.S. really wants to bring the pandemic to an end, it’s going to take mobile vans of vaccines in neighborhoods
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Fourth generation cattle rancher Loren Poncia has made Stemple Creek Ranch carbon positive. He’s implemented rotational cattle grazing systems that allow soil and grass to recover, applied compost on pastures and planted worm farms and chicory that aerate the soil. Courtesy of Paige Green President Joe Biden has called on U.S. farmers to lead the
World Health Organization workers decontaminate the house of a pastor who has just tested positive for Ebola in Beni, June 13, 2019. Sally Hayden | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday confirmed a third case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as health officials race
Gina Carano attends the Premiere of Disney’s “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Rodin Eckenroth | WireImage | Getty Images Gina Carano may have been fired from her Star Wars gig by Disney on Wednesday, but she’s already got a new project lined up. This time with Ben Shapiro’s
A lab technician uses a single channel pipette dropper to test material during Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test processing at a laboratory in the Dunkeld suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images Preliminary reports from South Africa show people who have recovered from Covid-19
McDonald’s Chicken Sandwich Source: McDonald’s McDonald’s is looking to win the chicken sandwich wars with lower prices, while Restaurant Brands International’s Burger King is still figuring out its strategy, according to a Credit Suisse report. In August of 2019, Burger King’s sister chain Popeyes kicked off the chicken sandwich wars with the launch of its
President Joe Biden makes brief remarks before signing several executive orders directing immigration actions for his administration in the Oval Office at the White House on February 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills | Getty Images President Joe Biden is expected to announce Thursday that his administration has secured deals for another 200 million
This photo shows Ford 2018 and 2019 F-150 trucks on the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company’s Rouge Complex on September 27, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Automakers across the globe are expected to lose billions of dollars in earnings this year due to a shortage of semiconductor
Walmart‘s hopes of owning a stake of TikTok may be dashed, but don’t expect the company’s interest in the viral video app to fade away. The company’s plan to buy the social media app’s U.S. operations with Oracle has been indefinitely shelved as the Biden administration reviews security concerns with Chinese tech companies, according to
GM CEO and chairman Mary Barra speaks during an “EV Day” on March 4, 2020 at the company’s tech and design campus in Warren, Mich., a suburb of Detroit GM General Motors is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on average analysts’ estimates
Alex Gorsky, Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, celebrates the 75th anniversary of his company’s listing on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, September 17, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters People may need to get vaccinated against Covid-19 annually, just like seasonal flu shots, over the next several years, Johnson & Johnson
Los Angeles, February 9, 2021 – Pacific Event Services announces they have volunteered to donate their venue, staff, and expertise (labor, material, tenting, truss structures, audio, video, lighting and staging) to the COVID-19 vaccination effort. Pacific Event Services isn’t the only live and virtual event company doing so to help combat COVID. A recent news
Peter Ben Embarek and Marion Koopmans (R) arrive at a press conference to wrap up a visit by an international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hefei province on February 9, 2021. HECTOR RETAMAL | AFP | Getty Images An international team of scientists led
Jeff Bezos would owe about $2 billion a year in state income taxes under Washington’s proposed wealth tax, according to legislators. As part of an effort to reduce inequality and offset the state’s lack of an income tax, Washington state legislators are proposing a 1% levy on wealth over $1 billion. Lawmakers say the tax
Dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is displayed from its box at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January 2, 2021. Gareth Fuller | Reuters Drugmaker AstraZeneca is racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of new variants of the virus, with the process becoming more urgent after
Prince, Beyonce and Lady Gaga performing in past Super Bowl Halftime shows. Getty Images This year’s Super Bowl may kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, but for some the true entertainment starts at halftime. Since the very first Super Bowl in 1967, the championship football game has always included a halftime show. However, for
A woman receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center established at the Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, on February 3, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Dozens of states and cities are clawing back thousands of extra doses of Covid-19 vaccine that were meant to be used by CVS and
With more than 100 million viewers tuning in, some of the largest U.S. brands shell out millions of dollars every year for airtime during the Super Bowl. In years past, the likes of Doritos and T-Mobile have paid for multiple ads to run during the NFL championship game in the hopes of creating a splash
Director Woody Allen starts filming a new movie in San Sebastián on July 09, 2019. Europa Press News | Getty Images The story of Woody Allen’s notorious relationship with Mia Farrow and their family is set to be explored in a four-part documentary on HBO. Directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, Oscar-nominated documentarians, the
Florida, Fort Myers, Publix, supermarket Entrance. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images In Florida, hundreds of neighborhood grocery stores have become a cornerstone of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination program. Publix was tapped by the governor’s office in early January to administer shots to