The World Health Organizations is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as cases in Europe begin to show signs of slowing after a handful of countries shuttered their economies for weeks.
The Pentagon also recorded more than 1,300 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the sister service branches, a new record for the military in a 24-hour period.
It's uncertain how Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28 will move the needle and help the millions of business owners on Main Street struggling to survive.
Britain has asked its medicine regulator to assess the vaccine for a temporary supply, which could mean it's rolled out in the country before the end of the year.
Positive results were announced by Singapore's Covid vaccine candidate ARCT-021, developed by Arcturus Therapeutics together with Duke-NUS Medical School.
Deutsche Bank upgraded its global growth outlook for 2021 but cautioned that two key risks could still spoil the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
In future, artificial intelligence will help to diagnose patients and develop the medicine required at "very low costs," says venture capitalist Tim Draper.
The majority of these layoffs will be from its parks, experiences and products division and include the 28,000 workers that the company previously announced.
"I'm not scared for the day itself, but for what's going to happen, two, three and four weeks later," Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician in Rhode Island, said.