Omicron is this year’s uninvited holiday party guest

Missouri AG wages war on masks as state blazes with delta cases

Enlarge / Eric Schmitt, Missouri Attorney General. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Missouri has been one of the hardest-hit states so far in these early days of a delta-fueled COVID-19 surge. Cases increased nearly 500 percent since the start of July, while vaccinations stalled. Right now, with just 41 percent of the state fully vaccinated, 112 of […]

Roblox soars ahead of its public market debut

While the pandemic upset Airbnb’s plans to go public via direct listing, Roblox is taking up the mantle in 2021. On Wednesday, the gaming company popular among teens said it would not go public via a traditional IPO, but through a direct listing—a method that companies have generally used to sell existing shares rather than […]

Willfully unvaccinated should pay 100% of COVID hospital bills, lawmaker says

Enlarge / People associated with the far-right group America First attend an anti-vaccine protest in front of Pfizer world headquarters on November 13, 2021, in New York City. (credit: Getty | Stephanie Keith ) People who choose to remain unvaccinated and subsequently become severely ill with COVID-19 should be responsible for paying the entirety of […]