Pandemic

More women reported they experienced side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine, a CDC study showed. The survey conducted by the CDC analyzed more than 13 million vaccine recipients as of January 13. Women made up nearly 80% of the 7,000 recipients who reported side effects. Visit the Business section of…

Apple will discontinue the iMac Pro after supplies runs out, according to CNN Business. Apple released the $4,999 iMac Pro model in 2017.  The announcement comes as reports speculate Apple is working on new products, like a foldable phone. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Apple will…

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Lockdowns have you stressed? The American Dental Association (ADA) reports that more people are grinding their teeth as they try to cope with the pressures of the pandemic. An ADA Health Policy Institute survey of dentists found that…

SynopsisSabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, or SVLDR, was introduced to clear the backlog of erstwhile indirect tax disputes for companies to get over with service tax and other ongoing disputes. The scheme, introduced in 2019, was aimed at freeing “a large number of small taxpayers of their pending disputes…

In his first interview after the end of 4G spectrum auctions, Union telecommunications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, with the sale now over, operators must focus less on legal battles and more on providing quality services given that the sector has stabilised. Speaking to ET, Prasad underlined the…

House democrats recently passed a $1.9 trillion emergency COVID-19 relief bill, which includes a ton of funding in areas completely unrelated to the pandemic.  Simply put, the bill is pork-laden.  The 591-page bill, proposed on February 19, includes an additional $300 billion to state and local governments, $130 billion to…

It’s difficult to remember now, but one of the last major items on the table for Congress before the novel coronavirus swept the globe last year was a gun control bill. Early in 2019, House Democrats passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which would have established universal background checks by…

We spoke to the Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds and began by asking her how, if Labour opposed tax rises, she could go along with the planned freeze on tax thresholds which will end up pulling millions more people into paying more tax? Share on FacebookShare Share on TwitterTweet Share on…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Thursday congratulated the NASA team responsible for last months successful landing of an unmanned rover on Mars and for giving the country a dose of confidence at a moment when the nation’s reputation as a scientific leader has been tattered by the coronavirus pandemic. Biden…

Mar. 4, 2021 -- With distribution of COVID-19 vaccines ramping up, and President Joe Biden promising all U.S. adults will be able to get inoculated by the end of May, many Americans are finally anticipating the end of the pandemic. But Arthur Caplan, PhD, a bioethicist at NYU Langone Medical…