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Biotech firm Moderna expects to know by November whether its coronavirus vaccine is effective at warding off the deadly disease, CEO Stephane Bancel said Thursday. Massachusetts-based Moderna says it has enrolled 25,296 people in the late-stage clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine that kicked off in July, one of three such studies currently underway in …
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“The Batman” is ready to fly again. Two weeks after the film’s star, Robert Pattinson, tested positive for the coronavirus, production on the much-anticipated film has resumed outside of London, England. “Following a hiatus for COVID 19 quarantine precautions, filming has now resumed on ‘The Batman’ in the UK,” Warner Bros. Pictures said in a …
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Nearly 60 percent of businesses that closed nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic are never reopening again, according to a report. The vast majority of those businesses are restaurants and gift stores, according to Yelp’s Local Economic Impact Report, a monthly survey of business listings. As of Aug. 31, 163,735 businesses were listed as closed, with …
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Facebook’s dominance in the social networking space has reportedly put it in the Federal Trade Commission’s crosshairs. The tech giant could be hit by an antitrust lawsuit as soon as the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reports, as the regulator examines whether Facebook has used its market dominance to quash competition. The …
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Chris Rock blamed the Democrats for letting “the pandemic come in” by focusing too much on trying to impeach President Trump, according to a new report. The comedian, 55, opened up in a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times in which he touched on the current state of politics and discussed his new show …
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Massive federal spending meant to blunt the coronavirus’s economic impact could have long-term costs, experts say — meaning those stimulus checks might not be free money after all. Congress’s unprecedented stimulus measures coupled with the Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to shore up the economy could drive up inflation in the coming years, leaving Americans with …
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Taylor Swift made her a triumphant return to the stage — for the first time in seven years — at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2020. The superstar singer sang “Betty,” from her “Folklore” album, and of course the song is packed full of lots of hidden meanings. What is the meaning behind Taylor …
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The Academy of Country Music Awards left fans stunned when, for the first time in its history, the evening ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year. While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren’t terribly pleased to see it …
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Hot K-pop group Blackpink were “formed in a pop-star boot camp,” reports Elle, where they trained “for four to six years.” Group member Jennie told the mag, “We’d go home together and order food, talk about how scary the teachers were, how the work was too much. And just like how kids at school become …
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Some 860,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on the US labor market, the feds said Thursday. Last week’s initial jobless claims dropped from the prior week’s revised total of 893,000 but brought the total for the coronavirus pandemic to more than 61 million — a number …
Biotech firm Moderna expects to know by November whether its coronavirus vaccine is effective at warding off the deadly disease, CEO Stephane Bancel said Thursday. Massachusetts-based Moderna says it has enrolled 25,296 people in the late-stage clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine that kicked off in July, one of three such studies currently underway in …
