Apple just unveiled a series of exciting products during the Peek Performance event last week. The green iPhone 13 models, iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, Mac Studio, and Studio Display are all available for preorder, with Apple deliveries set to begin on March 18th. That’s the theoretical release date for all the products that …
Spotify is at the center of a massive controversy right now related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It came to a head when Neil Young sent an open letter to Spotify a few days ago. The artist told the music streamer to remove all of his music from the platform, citing the vaccine misinformation that …
In an effort to combat the latest wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping the country, the government is buying 1 billion at-home test kits to send out to Americans free of charge. Late last year, the Biden administration announced plans to purchase 500 million test kits to send out to households around the country. Assistant Press …
Drug recalls aren’t unusual, and we’ve recently seen quite a few of those. When manufacturers discover issues with certain products, like incorrect dosage, they recall the medicine to prevent it from harming patients. But this is the first time we have seen a top COVID-19 drug recall. Gilead’s Veklury, better known as remdesivir, was the …
One of the key messages the Biden administration is trying to convey to Americans at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic is that not enough people have been vaccinated, nor have enough people gotten their COVID booster shots yet. However, a much stricter and controversial set of new COVID rules related to international travel — …
The US is open again, sort of. After barring nonessential foreign travel from much of the world for almost two years, that policy has now been reversed for visitors from 33 countries. Provided, of course, they can show proof, among other things, of vaccination with an approved COVID vaccine. “Approved,” being the million-dollar word here. …
The ongoing rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is unquestionably helping the world slowly get past the coronavirus pandemic. According to the latest data, a little more than 50% of the global population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. To be sure, the pace of those vaccinations has been uneven. Some countries, for …
It’s crazy, if not downright sad and disappointing, that we’re still grappling with the coronavirus this far into 2021. Like many people, I assumed that an ambitious vaccination effort — which saw the development of three effective vaccines — would have been enough to put the COVID-19 saga behind us. Alas, unfounded vaccine fears, along …
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our daily lives in so many overt ways, from masking and social distancing requirements in public to even things far afield from the virus itself. Like WarnerMedia, for example, deciding to simultaneously release its entire 2021 movie slate on HBO Max the same day the individual movies arrive in theaters, …
In an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci published around this time last year by National Geographic, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases strongly pushed back against the notion that the virus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic — which as of the time of this writing has killed …
