interest rates Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate by 0.75% in Bid to Curb Inflation The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that they have raised the benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to curb high inflation.
covid-19 vaccine Doctor: COVID Vaccine Boosters Need an ‘Update' to Fight Omicron An update to the COVID vaccines is needed to fight Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants that are increasing case counts now, says Dr. Uché Blackstock, an MSNBC medical contributor and head of Advancing Health Equity.
coronavirus response Dr. Birx Recounts Dr. Atlas' ‘Dangerous' Herd Immunity Strategy Early in Pandemic During a House select committee meeting Thursday, former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx testified that radiologist and political commentator Dr. Scott Atlas pushed former President Trump to enact ‘dangerous’ pandemic policies.
coronavirus response Dr. Birx: Trump Administration's COVID Response ‘Created a False Sense of Security' Dr. Deborah Birx, former coronavirus response coordinator for the Trump Administration, testified Thursday before a congressional committee about early missteps in the pandemic. “Creating the sense among the American people that [COVID-19] would… have the fatalities equivalent to flu created a sense among the American people that this was not going to be a serious pandemic.”
vaccine for kids Vaccinations for Children Under 5 May Be Available by June 21: White House White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Thursday that coronavirus vaccinations could be approved and available for children under five by June 21.
johnson & johnson vaccine FDA Restricts Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots
coronavirus pandemic COVID BA.2 Wave Could Be Under Control ‘Very Quickly' COVID-19 cases are creeping up in New York City and Washington, which could mean a minor wave of COVID-19 cases is underway. But a wave fueled by the BA.2 variant would be more mild, says NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres.
coronavirus pandemic The COVID BA.2 Subvariant is Like Omicron ‘With New Shoes On' How different is the BA.2 subvariant of the coronavirus? Not much, says NBC News medical contributor Dr. John Torres. The subvariant has not been labeled as a variant of concern, and it’s not that different from Omicron, Torres says. Here’s a metaphor: if a fully new variant is like the virus putting on a full new outfit, a subvariant is...
coronavirus pandemic Should You Be Concerned About New COVID Variant BA.2? It’s been called “stealth omicron” or “deltacron.” A new subvariant of the COVID-19 virus is making headlines, so we talked to NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres to learn more. He explained how the variant “plagiarizes” from the Omicron and Delta variants that previously caused surges, and why this may not cause a new surge here in the...
coronavirus pandemic Is Now the Time to Roll Back Mask Mandates? “When we reduce these measures, we increase our vulnerability of having transmission continue to go high,” says Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist at the Pandemic Prevention Institute. She joined LX News to talk about mask restrictions and what loosening them could mean for the nation.
