Coronavirus

More than a thousand flights were canceled again on Friday as airlines continued to contend with the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

South Africa has lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on people's movement with immediate effect, believing the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the omicron variant, a government statement said on Thursday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co has offered its staff the option of working from home for the first two weeks of 2022, with a caveat that all employees are expected to return to office no later than Feb. 1, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

The CDC sounded the alarm on cruises Thursday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide, raising its travel warning to the highest level and telling Americans to “avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.”

Flight cancellations will continue into the new year as JetBlue Airways announced it is cutting more than 1,000 flights amid a surge in the number of sick calls from its staff due to the coronavirus' omicron variant.

Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden aide and White House counselor Steve Ricchetti, has been hired by Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics to lobby on issues related to "COVID-19 vaccines accepted for foreign travelers to the United States."

Carnival Corp’s Queen Mary 2 cruise ship won’t be returning to New York as scheduled.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee slams Biden over failed COVID-19 handling on 'Mornings with Maria.'

China's industrial and tech hub of Xian reported on Thursday more than 100 new cases of COVID-19, taking its tally of locally transmitted infections to the highest in any Chinese city this year.

President Biden has inked a deal with pharmaceutical company Millipore Sigma to build a factory making materials for COVID-19 test strips over the next three years.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating or monitoring 86 cruise ships with reported COVID-19 cases on board, according to a list posted on its website Tuesday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads around the world.

The spread of the coronavirus' omicron variant continues to hammer the airline industry with a slew of new flight delays and cancellations on Wednesday.

Investors are shaking off omicron fears with the S&P on track for a banner year despite a recent bout of volatility.

Oil prices are climbing and giving traders a big clue about the omicron threat.

New York City restaurant owner Thomas Makkos said that business has dropped by about 70% over the past two weeks due to worries related to the omicron strain.

Goldman Sachs will require all employees and visitors entering its offices to receive a COVID-19 booster shot beginning in February.

Intrivo releases new at-home COVID test designed for gatherings as omicron cases surge across the U.S.

U.S. airlines canceled hundreds of flights yet again on Monday, this time led by SkyWest, a regional carrier for Delta, United and American Airlines

Novavax CEO Stanley Erck said that his company is at the “tipping point” as it pertains to its COVID vaccine and noted that the two-dose series will be “very effective” against the highly-contagious omicron strain.

Airbnb notified its users about its latest New Year's Eve protocol in November 2021. Since then, the new COVID-19 omicron variant has emerged and has overtaken the COVID-19 delta variant in the U.S., according to data published by the CDC.