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Passengers wishing to board a United Airlines flight will have to wear face masks at ticket counters and in its airport lounges, or risk a flight ban, the carrier said Wednesday. United and all other major US carriers require passengers to wear masks during flights. United said that it is broadening mask requirements for passengers …
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Your body may not survive, but rock ‘n’ roll never dies. Contact tracers in Germany are asking 4,000 brave music fans to attend an upcoming concert for the sake of science. The cohort of concertgoers will be there to watch Euro-pop singer Tim Bendzko, but their presence in the crowded indoor arena will serve the …
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The U.S. on Wednesday announced an agreement to pay pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and biotech firm BioNTech nearly $2 billion for 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department will acquire 100 million doses of the experimental vaccine under the $1.95 billion deal with Germany-based BioNTech and New York City-based Pfizer. …
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Nike said Wednesday it’s cutting jobs and shuffling its executive ranks as the sports-apparel giant shifts more of its focus to digital sales versus brick-and-mortar retail outlets, which have taken a beating amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nike didn’t specify how many of its 76,700 employees worldwide will get the ax, but disclosed on its website …
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Sick Americans are facing long waits for coronavirus test results with labs overwhelmed by the massive surge in infections across the country, medical testing executives say. Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, two of the nation’s biggest clinical lab operators, say they can’t add testing capacity fast enough to keep up with the breakneck pace at which …
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“The Great British Bake Off” is now two weeks back into production and will likely return to television later this year, according to producer Love Productions’ parent company Sky Studios. The baking competition series, which is shown by Channel 4 in the UK and Netflix in the U.S. (where it is known as “The Great …
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Reality TV star Phaedra Parks says her business as a mortician is “booming” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Parks — the former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star who’s now on “Marriage Bootcamp” — is also a licensed funeral director and mortician, plus a top Atlanta lawyer, author and activist. She exclusively revealed on …
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EXCLUSIVE: Imelda Staunton will not make her bow as Queen Elizabeth II until 2022 as “The Crown” takes a filming break this year amid its final cast changeover, Deadline can reveal. Left Bank Pictures won’t get cameras rolling on Season 5 of the Netflix franchise until June next year, meaning the streamer will be without …
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Shares of Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. were down as much as 7 percent Wednesday morning after the company said that its coronavirus-related user boost fizzled out sooner than it had anticipated. The disappearing-photo app said daily active users rose 17 percent year-over-year to 238 million in the second quarter, in line with Wall Street’s …
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The feds placed a $2 billion order for 100 million doses of Pfizer’s potential coronavirus vaccine under the Trump administration’s push to have a shot ready by next year. Americans would receive Pfizer’s shots for free under the deal announced Wednesday — assuming the vaccine it’s developing with the German biotech firm BioNTech wins federal …
Passengers wishing to board a United Airlines flight will have to wear face masks at ticket counters and in its airport lounges, or risk a flight ban, the carrier said Wednesday. United and all other major US carriers require passengers to wear masks during flights. United said that it is broadening mask requirements for passengers …
