Tag: New York

Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages as Vaccine Deadlines Loom

Hospitals and nursing homes around the United States are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. With ultimatums taking effect this week in states like New York, California, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, the fear is that some employees will quit or let themselves be…


Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Disrupt ‘Aladdin’ Reopening, In-person Harvard Classes

Breakthrough COVID-19 infections canceled a Broadway performance of “Aladdin” a day after it reopened for the first time in more than a year due to the pandemic. Producers of the Disney-backed performance told the audience at 7 p.m. on Wednesday that its testing protocols detected CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases at The New Amsterdam…


Wall Street Rises, but Tracks Steep Monthly Losses

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday at the end of a bruising month as investors kept a close watch on funding negotiations in Washington to prevent a government shutdown. The benchmark S&P 500 was still on course to snap its seven-month winning streak, due to worries about inflation, fallout from China Evergrande’s potential default…


World Shares Mostly Higher After US Averts Shutdown

European shares and U.S. futures climbed Thursday after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1 percent higher to 15,378.85 while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5 percent to 6,593.48. In London, the FTSE 100 also gained 0.5 percent, to 7,146.51. The future for the Dow industrials was 0.7 percent…


NY Healthcare Workers, Teachers Likely Ineligible for Unemployment If Fired Over Vaccine Mandate

New York healthcare workers and teachers who don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine will not only lose their jobs but could also be unable to get unemployment benefits. Thousands of nurses and other hospital workers have been put on leave, slated to be fired, as the state’s vaccination mandate deadline for hospital staff passed on Sept….


Hospital in Syracuse, NY Suspends 122 Healthcare Workers After Vaccine Mandate

A hospital in Syracuse, New York, suspended 122 healthcare workers who had not received a COVID-19 shot by Monday, the deadline that was imposed by the state. St. Joseph’s Health told local media that workers who don’t receive the vaccine by Oct. 8 face termination. Suspended workers received their letters informing them that they will…


Syracuse, NY, Hospital Suspends 122 Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

A hospital in Syracuse, New York, has suspended 122 health care workers who hadn’t received a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 27, the deadline imposed by the state to do so. St. Joseph’s Health told local media that workers who don’t receive the vaccine by Oct. 8 face termination. Suspended workers received their letters informing them…


Nasdaq Futures up 1 Percent as Tech Stocks Rebound

Nasdaq futures jumped 1 percent on Wednesday as technology stocks led a rebound after concerns about inflation and rising Treasury yields drove one of Wall Street’s worst selloff of this year. Shares of heavyweights Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple, and Google-parent Alphabet Inc. rose between 1 percent and 1.3 percent in premarket trading….


World Shares Mixed After Broad Slide on Wall Street

Shares rose Wednesday in Europe after sharp declines in Asia that tracked a broad slide on Wall Street on jitters over rising prices and surging U.S. government bond yields. A swift rise in Treasury yields is forcing investors to reassess whether prices have run too high for stocks, particularly the most popular ones. On Tuesday,…


Wall Street Stumbles on Rising Treasury Yields, Inflation Worries

Wall Street stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday (Sept. 28) in a broad sell-off driven by rising U.S. Treasury yields, deepening concerns over persistent inflation, and contentious debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. All three major U.S. stock indexes slid nearly 2 percent or more, with interest rate sensitive tech and tech-adjacent stocks weighing heaviest as…