by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:38 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:39 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is about to make it way easier to find where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The company will soon show COVID-19 vaccination sites in Google Search and Google Maps, starting in the U.S. and then expanding to other countries, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Here is where you can… Source link

News of Moderna’s vaccine’s weakened response to the South African strain (B.1.351) of the coronavirus is raising more alarm bells amid the ongoing pandemic. Experts have been watching the strain closely as it may be resilient to the vaccine. Though it has not yet been detected in the U.S., the country should prepare for its potential spread, experts warn. Dr. Anthony Fauci said as much on CBS Sunday, and Moderna (MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance Monday that Fauci agreed with… Source link

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST ANAHEIM, CA – JANUARY 12: COVID-19 vaccination tents are set up in the north of the Toy Story parking lot at the Disneyland Resort on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Anaheim, CA. The parking lot is located of Katella Avenue and sits southeast Disneyland. “n(Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via… Source link

Google’s John Mueller says sites can display pop-ups without being affected by the mobile interstitials penalty, as long as the pop-ups are temporary. Since the intrusive interstitials penalty was introduced in 2016, the word from Google has been to avoid showing pop-ups to mobile visitors or risk having your pages devalued in search. Now we’ve learned it’s safe to display pop-ups on mobile, at least for a limited timeframe. Penalizing intrusive interstitials isn’t high on the list of… Source link

Just about every president promises a new-and-improved Buy America plan, and just about every president leaves with disappointing results. Joe Biden is likely to be the next. Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 25 meant to boost federal purchases of American-made products, to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector. Federal law already requires this, but waivers are available if U.S.-made products cost too much. The Biden order will make it harder to get a waiver, while also requiring… Source link

The Canadian Press McConnell backs off Senate filibuster fight with Schumer WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster, easing a standoff with new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as the two negotiated a power-sharing agreement in the closely divided chamber. McConnell said late Monday he had essentially accomplished his goal after two Democratic senators said they would not agree to… Source link

“If you want to gamble, go to the casinos. This is not what the markets are for,” Loop Capital analyst Anthony Chukumba warned retail investors playing GameStop (GME). “This is not investing,” he told Yahoo Finance Live during Monday’s trading session. The video game retailer’s shares soared than 130% before coming back down and briefly going negative during a wild trading session on Monday. Shares were temporarily halted for trading throughout the morning following a crush on… Source link

TipRanks Is Bionano Stock Still Worth Buying After Its 2,300%-Plus Rally? Analyst Weighs In To say it is all coming together nicely for Bionano Genomics (BNGO) would be a bit of an understatement. The life sciences company’s rise has been particularly eye-catching; Over the past 2 months, BNGO has surged by a breathtaking 2,344%. Investors have evidently gotten wise to the opportunity Bionano represents in the world of cytogenetics and genomics, due to the potential of its genome imaging… Source link

Grammy award winning artist Ciara joins a long list of celebrities welcoming the Biden administration into the White House after four tumultuous years under former President Donald Trump. “There’s a new hope and I have faith we are going to get better. There has been so much conversation around what has been happening, and I think it’s very necessary during these times. I believe it’s also going to be a part of contributing to us getting better as a whole, as people and as a world,”… Source link

Google is converting some company facilities in California, New York and Washington state into COVID-19 vaccination clinics, with plans to expand to more regions. Google is working with local public health authorities and primary-care practice One Medical to adapt some of the company’s buildings and parking lots in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and Kirkland, Wash., to serve as vaccination sites, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, wrote in a Source link