The shares extended the gains Monday morning after two pharmaceutical companies received the “fast-track” designation for the development of their Covid-19 vaccine candidates, fueling hopes for a short-term inoculation amid the pandemic. Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech SE (BNTX) announced that two of the companies’ four research vaccine candidates received the …

A group of millionaires begs governments to tax them “immediately. Substantially. Permanently” to finance the global recovery from the coronavirus. In an open letter with 83 signatures, the millionaires said government taxes rather than charity are needed to address the consequences of the virus. The signers include Ben & Jerry …

High temperatures over the weekend will persist to start the week as the threat of severe weather unfolds Monday in the central part of the country. Record heat and dangerous humidity as part of an intense heat wave will persist across a wide area of ​​the U.S., from Southern California …

RAPID CITY, Mich. (WLS) – Several people tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a large July 4 meeting on a northwest Michigan sandbar, health officials said Friday. Another Michigan health department notified the Northwest Michigan Health Department of several people who tested positive for COVID-19 last week after attending the …

Occasionally, all structures require improvements, especially those that ensure our communication with outer space. In March, NASA began such updates on the Deep Space Network, the agency’s interplanetary switchboard that enables communications with our robotic spacecraft. RELATED: NASA’s VOYAGER 2 PROBE ENTERS INTERSTELLAR SPACE 41 YEARS AFTER LAUNCH One of …