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President Joe Biden on Friday blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a surprisingly weak job report and called on Americans who have still not been vaccinated despite the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.The number of non-farm…

Michael Lee | Moment | Getty ImagesIn August, fewer small businesses were open and fewer hourly employees were open from July, suggesting the Covid-19 Delta variant could dampen the US economic recovery, according to data from Homebase,…

People infected with the highly contagious Delta variant are twice as likely to be hospitalized as people infected with the Alpha variant, according to a large new UK study.The study, published on Friday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases,…

An unvaccinated elementary school teacher infected with the highly contagious Delta variant spread the virus to half of the students in a classroom, triggering an outbreak that eventually infected 26 people, according to a new report from…

SAN FRANCISCO - Before the pandemic, Roya Joseph's days in the office were one of interaction. She looked forward to informal conversations with colleagues, mentoring sessions with managers and regular, informal chats - known as "tea time"…

In this photo illustration, a woman has a syringe in her armNurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesLONDON - Achieving herd immunity with Covid-19 vaccines when the highly infectious Delta variant spreads is "not an option," said a leading…

Many patients who are hospitalized have underlying health conditions like diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure, which are risk factors for serious illness, he said. However, some younger patients do not have any of these risk…

What is clear is that a confluence of factors - including Delta's contagiousness and the fact that people under the age of 12 are not yet eligible for vaccination - will result in more children being hospitalized, especially in areas of the…

The pandemic is not going to end anytime soon - with only a small portion of the world's population vaccinated against Covid-19, a well-known epidemiologist told CNBC.Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who was part of the World Health…

A sign describes entry restrictions at a JLL office in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA on Thursday, June 24, 2020.Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhen the reporting season started in earnest in mid-July, few companies…