New Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna, what to know

New Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna, what to know

Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine mRNA 2024-2025 formula. Courtesy: Moderna A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. It’s that time of the year again. A new round of Covid shots is on its way to Americans.  … Read more

Zuckerberg alleges White House ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content

Zuckerberg alleges White House ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Biden Administration “pressured” Facebook-parent Meta to “censor” content related to Covid-19, the social media giant’s … Read more

What is mpox and why has the WHO declared it a public health emergency

What is mpox and why has the WHO declared it a public health emergency

Sebastian Condrea | Moment | Getty Images The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following the spread of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighboring countries. New cases of the virus have since been been identified outside of the continent, … Read more

How a ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’ could get your passport revoked

How a ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’ could get your passport revoked

Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images Travelers, be warned: The federal government may revoke your passport if you ignore a big tax bill. Such punishments have become more frequent in recent years, experts said. Federal law requires the IRS and Treasury Department to notify the State Department if an American has a “seriously delinquent … Read more

U.S. will offer free at-home kits starting late September

U.S. will offer free at-home kits starting late September

Images By Tang Ming Tung | DigitalVision | Getty Images The Biden administration on Friday said it will resume offering free at-home Covid-19 tests to American households in late September as the virus has gained a stronger foothold in the U.S. this summer. Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free … Read more

Children may qualify for Social Security benefits. What to know

Children may qualify for Social Security benefits. What to know

Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz at the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. In his speech, Walz credited … Read more

These Asian nations have ramped up precautions

These Asian nations have ramped up precautions

3D generated image of DNA spiral being attacked by monkeypox Virus. Uma Shankar Sharma | Moment | Getty Images Countries in Asia have ramped up precautions after cases of the new and deadlier strain of mpox, known as Clade 1b, was recently found outside the African continent. At least four countries have recently reported mpox … Read more

Trump Arizona Harris border, Democrats tough on immigration

Trump Arizona Harris border, Democrats tough on immigration

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture on Thursday of what the U.S.-Mexico border … Read more

FDA approves Pfizer, Moderna updated KP.2 shots

FDA approves Pfizer, Moderna updated KP.2 shots

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the new shots on track to reach most Americans in the coming days amid a summer surge of the virus.  The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating … Read more

Trump clemency recipient Jonathan Braun arrested for assault

Trump clemency recipient Jonathan Braun arrested for assault

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from a bulletproof glass housing during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024.  Jonathan Drake | Reuters A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who walked free from a … Read more