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President Joe Biden's Covid-19 Response Team plans to hold a press conference on Friday at which officials will announce a new partnership with top corporate groups to help with the national pandemic response, a senior administrative…

New unemployment claims fell last week, the government reported Thursday, the latest sign that the labor market recovery, slow and unstable as it may be, is continuing."The numbers look encouraging at first glance," said Gregory Daco, chief…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, selected as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during an event at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, December 8, 2020.Susan Walsh | APThe decline in Covid-19 cases…

"We're getting more of these MIS-C kids now, but this time it just seems like a higher percentage of them are really seriously ill," said Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, Infectious Disease Director at Children's National Hospital in Washington. DC…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesNew, highly contagious variants of the coronavirus pose a "threat" to the United States and could reverse the recent decline…

Women who have worked for Mr. Rivera have also dealt with gross remarks, frequent sexual innuendo and, in one case, assault, according to records and interviews with dozens of former employees.For a while, a nonprofit employee named…

Hershey sees strong demand for chocolates and seasonal sweets as people are locked in their homes looking for every small occasion to celebrate."Throughout the year, the season was a major driver as consumers really wanted the comfort and…

SINGAPORE - JPMorgan sees the outlook for Indonesia as positive, although the country is still grappling with rising Covid infections and the number of cases has topped a million lately.The country's young population is part of the reason…

Worldwide Covid-19 cases are declining, but the uneven distribution of life-saving vaccines could prolong the global economic recovery and leave developing countries even further behind, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.In…

Dr. Michael Osterholm, Regent Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair of Public Health and Director of the Center for Research and Policy on Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota, announced advances on COVID-19 testing…