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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier told CNBC on Thursday that people will still have to practice mask wearing and social distancing "for the foreseeable future."

"Distributed workforces are a thing of not only the present but also the future," ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said.

Yum Brands reported that quarterly revenue rose 8%, fueled by Taco Bell's return to positive same-store sales growth.

Treasury yields rose slightly on Thursday after economic data pointed to a continuing recovery.

Moderna is prepping for the global launch of its potential coronavirus vaccine, already taking in $1.1 billion in deposits from governments.

Potential homebuyers may be hitting the limit of what they can afford. Pending home sales fell 2.2% in September compared with August.

The former FDA chief said his family won't be gathering this Thanksgiving because of Covid-19.

President Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

United will begin a trial of free passenger Covid tests on U.S.-London flights, an effort to spur international travel without quarantines.

The number of first-time unemployment claims declined for a second straight week — to the lowest level since Covid shutdowns began in March.

The Supreme Court will not grant a request from Republicans in Pennsylvania to hear a challenge to an extended deadline for counting absentee ballots on an expedited schedule.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Comcast, Spotify, Pinterest, Tapestry, and more.

Your whole life has moved online due to coronavirus, and that goes for hackers, too, according to a warning from Akamai Technologies CEO Tom Leighton.

Doctors fear the impact on LGBTQ people could be substantial when considering the social, economic and health risk factors the community already faces.

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNBC in an interview Wednesday that the United States is "going in the wrong direction" as coronavirus cases rise in 47 states and infected patients overwhelm hospitals across the country.

Bishop's special election in 2019 was considered an early bellwether of the 2020 presidential election.

Adm. Brett Giroir acknowledged that increased testing alone cannot explain the surge in cases, even as President Donald Trump attributes the surge to testing alone and continues to downplay the outbreak.

The international campaign dubbed "Operation Fox Hunt" is part of the Chinese government's global campaign aimed at reducing the country's diaspora.

"We should have been way down in baseline and daily cases, and we're not," he added.

Remdesivir generated $873 million in sales during the third quarter, mostly in the U.S., the company said.