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The U.S. continues to struggle to increase vaccinations, despite recent gains from employer mandates. The struggle of public health and government agencies to cut through anti-vaccine messaging is partially to blame, experts say.  Two experts who have been monitoring and sharing trusted information, as well as calling out misinformation, are Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, and Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research… Source link

Although businesses may be struggling with unexpected cargo delays, supply chain bottlenecks may not be resolved in the near term. “I don’t see a line of sight where this ends anytime soon,” Weston LaBar, head of strategy at Cargomatic, a freight load-matching company, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). Some experts even expect the supply chain problems to hit the holiday shopping season. Container ships have been delayed for days at major ports on the West Coast, and trucking routes have… Source link

Supply chain bottlenecks are squeezing businesses big and small. One expert explains why it’s so hard to iron out the major kinks affecting global trade. “There really is a perfect storm going on,” Adam Compain, senior vice president at project44, a supply chain technology provider, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). Compain laid out three major reasons why ports are so backed up and there’s red-hot demand for truckers.  “First and foremost is customer expectations have risen only in one… Source link

Pfizer (PFE) and its partner BioNTech (BNTX) recently got FDA full approval for the most widely-approved and sought after COVID-19 vaccine in the world, to date. It signals an important change in how vaccines of the future could look, according to Arnaud Bernaert, formerly head of Global Health and Healthcare at the World Economic Forum. Bernaert, now head of Health Security Solutions at Swiss-based SICPA, told Yahoo Finance, “I think it’s game over. I think it’s mRNA or nothing. [Other… Source link

Amid widespread vaccine rollout and the recent full FDA authorization of the Pfizer (PFE) COVID-19 vaccine, many employers are now debating whether to mandate vaccinations among their employees and whether to financially deter unvaccinated individuals. Delta Air Lines (DAL), for example, recently announced that it will begin implementing a $200 monthly surcharge for all unvaccinated employees beginning Nov. 1. “The average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $50,000 per person,” CEO Ed… Source link

Top U.S. health officials laid out a plan to roll out booster shots for the general population, in a somewhat phased manner based on initial vaccinations, starting September 20. But before then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must look through data and evaluate for safety and effectiveness. The announcement from the White House Wednesday sparked debate over whether or not it was the right move.  On one hand, the U.S has… Source link

Independence Day celebrations may not be as spectacular this year as some may have hoped due to logistical and supply constraints causing a fireworks shortage worldwide. People looking to purchase fireworks for the Fourth or for future pyrotechnic celebrations should stock up, Stephen Pelkey, CEO of Atlas PyroVision Entertainment Group, told Yahoo Finance Live. “The only way to get around [the shortages] is if you’re going to need fireworks for the Fourth of July, buy it early, if you’re… Source link

The cost of health care in the U.S. has grown worse in recent years as Americans continue taking on unprecedented levels of medical debt. The issue has gotten so bad that one New York-based 501 charity, RIP Medical Health, uses donations to buy up people’s medical debt. The organization recently announced a purchase of $278 million in medical debt owed by roughly 82,000 patients in the Tennessee and Virginia regions. “Medical debt is the no. 1 cause of bankruptcy in the United States,… Source link

Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the airline industry’s busy summer travel season and airfare expert Bob Harrell said fares are going up.  “Well, they’ve been going up fairly dramatically in the last six months at least,” he told Yahoo Finance. Harrell is president of Harrell Associates, a firm that tracks and benchmarks ticket prices across the industry. In normal times, business fares are four to five times more expensive than leisure fares, according to Harrell, but right now,… Source link

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Podcasts No, it’s not 2012. Yes, we’re unfortunately still living in this timeline. And yes, Tim Tebow is back in the NFL. Andy Behrens & Dalton Del Don kick off this Tuesday afternoon fantasy football podcast discussing some of the latest mid-May NFL news: baseball’s very own Tim Tebow has returned to the gridiron, signing a one-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars; Seattle’s DK Metcalf… Source link