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Mayor Eric Adams calls out NYC workers to return to offices

02/17/2022

[nypost.com – 2022.02.17] Mayor Eric Adams called Thursday for people to revive the state’s economy by getting “back to work” — and said he was

Microsoft tells workers to prepare to return to the office.

02/14/2022

Starting Feb. 28, “employees will have 30 days to make adjustments to their routines and adopt the working preferences they’ve agreed upon with their managers.”

U.S. reaches 1 million daily Covid cases in spread of omicron variant

01/04/2022

Washington, D.C., and Florida have had the largest jumps in new cases in the last two weeks. [nbcnews.com – 2022.01.04] The U.S. hit 1 million

How will Covid pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

01/04/2022

[AP – 2022.01.03] Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won’t be like flipping

Answers to Your Questions About Covid Booster Shots and Omicron

12/28/2021

Alarmed by the arrival of the new variant, health officials have called for everyone who is eligible to get a booster shot. [nytimes.com – 2021.12.15]

Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say

12/14/2021

[nbcnews.com – 2021.12.14] As a catastrophic tornado approached this city Friday, employees of a candle factory — which would later be destroyed — heard the

At least 50 likely dead in Kentucky alone, governor says, after tornadoes hit central and southern US

12/11/2021

[cnn.com – 2021.12.11] Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern US including Kentucky, where the governor

Pfizer says its antiviral pill slashes risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%

11/05/2021

[reuters.com – 2021.110.05] Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 cut by 89% the chance of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of

Britain approves Merck’s COVID-19 pill in world first

11/04/2021

[reuters.com – 2021.11.04] Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based

Merck Will Share Formula for its Covid Pill With Poor Countries

10/27/2021

[nytimes.com – 2021.10.27] Merck has granted a royalty-free license for its promising Covid-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow

Covid vaccine boosters are now available. Here’s who’s eligible for Pfizer, Moderna and J&J’s shots

10/23/2021

[cnbc.com – 2021.10.23] Nearly 100 million people nationwide are immediately eligible to receive Covid booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized

How the Supply Chain Broke, and Why It Won’t Be Fixed Anytime Soon