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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says 'I'll get on my knees' and 'do whatever you want' pleading with workers to return to the office
Schultz conceded his attempts to get workers back in the office have been "unsuccessful," speaking at...
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Popular US warm-weather tourist destinations including Miami, Honolulu, and San Juan are becoming coronavirus hotspots
The findings come as the US continues to ease travel restrictions, including dropping testing mandates for...
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Bill Gates said it's 'tragic' if a conspiracy theory about him putting tracking microchips in COVID-19 vaccines is driving people to not get vaccinated
"I don't know why they think I'm interested in knowing people's locations — that one I...
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North Korea said it is suffering an explosive outbreak of 'fever' with 350,000 cases — just one day after announcing its first ever COVID case
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the massive outbreak showed a "grave sign of lapses...
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Food-delivery drivers in Shanghai forced to become homeless as the city's draconian lockdown means they can't enter their homes
They have to choose between staying at home and getting no income, or working and not...
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What to know about the ultra-infectious Omicron subvariants circulating the US as COVID rates rise, Broadway shows pause, and a mask mandate returns
It's possible that the new, ultra-infectious subvariants driving up cases now could be a sign the...
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2 leading disease modelers predict low COVID rates this summer — but we may need new vaccines by fall
Infectious disease modelers told the FDA we're "peaking" at around 80% immunity against Omicron now, but...
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A US lawyer who flew to China in January says he ended up in government-mandated quarantines and isolation for 3 straight months before he flew home
Los Angeles-based Xue Liangquan tried to visit his family in China. He ended up spending months...
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The more contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now dominant in the US and likely to cause an 'uptick' in cases
BA.2 accounts for nearly 55% of sequenced COVID-19 tests, US data shows. The subvariant has already...
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CDC green-lights 4th dose boosters for most Americans over 50
The CDC gave the final OK for 2nd boosters to be given to adults over 65,...
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Elon Musk, a longtime sceptic of vaccine mandates, says he appears to have COVID-19 'again'
"I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms," Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX,...
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The BA.2 Omicron subvariant is now dominant in northeastern US states, per CDC data. Some experts warn of an impending new wave.
A CDC map shows how the BA.2 subvariant has outcompeted other types of coronaviruses in the...
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3 reasons you probably don't need a 4th COVID shot any time soon, according to experts
The evidence we have on 4th doses suggests they're probably not necessary for everyone, especially right...
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Tens of millions of Chinese people are back in strict lockdown. Residents say they feel 'trapped.'
Surging numbers of virus cases prompted the new measures. Daily increases of more 1,000 cases are...
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Pelosi urged the White House to request $45 billion in new funding for COVID-19 pandemic aid after Republican opposition whittled down the price point to $15.6 billion
President Biden asked Congress last week for $22.5 billion in new pandemic aid, which the White...
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Biden: 'It's time for Americans to get back to work and fill our great downtowns again' instead of working from home
In line with other top Democratic politicians, President Biden said Americans working from home "can feel...
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Biden's call to keep schools open garners bipartisan standing ovation during State of the Union: 'Our kids need to be in school'
The president asked the country to stop looking at COVID-19 as a partisan dividing line, and...