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Royal Caribbean Adding Elon Musk's Starlink Internet to Cruise Ships
Royal Caribbean has announced that it will equip all of its cruise ships with Starlink Internet connectivity services. The telecommunications company, operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, provides Internet access via a large satellite network...
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The Points Guy Ranks Delta as Nation’s No. 1 Airline
The Points Guy released its annual ranking of the Top 10 best airlines in the United States, and Delta ranks No. 1 for the fourth year in a row. Nick Ewen, director of content at The Points Guy, joined Cheddar News to explain why. “They...
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Need2know: Tesla Takes Hit, Russia Pauses Gas Distro & SpaceX Crew-4
Catching you up on what you need to know on April 27, 2022, with Tesla stocks absorbing an initial hit following Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, Russia pausing its natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, NASA's SpaceX Crew-4...
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Sub-variant of Omicron not yet a concern, says epidemiologist
A new sub-variant of Omicron has not yet led to enough of an increase in COVID-19 cases to be troubling, but Dr. Prabhat Jha, an epidemiologist at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital, explains that how a variant behaves cannot be predicted.
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Omicron: A turning point in the pandemic?
“The virus may do us a great favour if it continues to evolve in this way.” While the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to surge around the world, virologist Dr Julian Tang looks at how it could be changing the course of the...
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U.S. airline CEOs say 5G rollout could cause 'catastrophic' disruptions
The American airline industry is warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if new 5G wireless service is launched this week as planned.
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How the CDC Decided to Shorten COVID Quarantines
The CDC's latest update to its COVID-19 quarantine guidelines reduces the isolation period from ten days to just five for people who test positive but are asymptomatic. Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, regional clinical director at Carbon...
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Major international airlines ground holiday flights as crews call in sick with COVID-19
Lufthansa, Delta and United are among the major international airlines cancelling Christmas Eve and Christmas Day flights because of crew members calling in sick with COVID-19. In Canada, WestJet and Air Canada say they haven't been...
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U.S. CDC cuts isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has slashed the recommended COVID-19 isolation time in half — to five days from 10 — saying the decision follows evidence about when people with the virus are most infectious.
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Omicron does not appear to be less severe than Delta, says U.K. epidemiologist
While some health officials have said Omicron seems milder than previous variants of the coronavirus, British epidemiologist, Dr. John Edmunds says there is no evidence of that, but vaccinations appear to blunt its effect.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
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How the world is responding to Omicron’s spread
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the world and the Omicron variant is posed to overtake Delta, countries are sounding the alarm and taking various precautionary measures.
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Delta Airlines CFO Sees Robust 2022 Financial Outlook on Capital Markets Day
Delta Airlines CFO Dan Janki joined Cheddar's Kristen Scholer to talk about the airline's 2022 outlook on its Capital Markets Day as the travel industry recovers from pandemic disruptions. The airline projects a return to profitability...
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Delta Air Lines CFO Sees Robust 2022 Financial Outlook on Capital Markets Day
Delta Air Lines CFO Dan Janki joined Cheddar's Kristen Scholer to talk about the airline's 2022 outlook on its Capital Markets Day as the travel industry recovers from pandemic disruptions. The airline projects a return to profitability...
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Calls for Ontario circuit breaker as experts warn about Omicron’s threat
Ontario’s top COVID-19 scientists are calling for a circuit breaker to slow down the case surge, as researchers learn more about the threat Omicron could pose to hospital capacity.
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Omicron transmitting faster than data can be collected: virologist
Researchers are learning more about Omicron on an hourly basis, says virologist Jason Kindrachuk. One of the many unknowns is whether or not it is more severe than the Delta variant.
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Delta CFO on Airline Mask Mandates, International Travel & Bringing Back Services
While other CEOs of Southwest and American Airlines questioned current mask mandates in front of Congress, Delta CFO Dan Janki in his exclusive interview with Cheddar, was more cautious about doing away with the safety measure. "We're...
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Kingston, Ont., sees highest rate of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The Kingston, Ont., region has the highest rate of COVID-19 cases in Canada. Mayor Bryan Paterson says it's an 'unprecedented situation' for the city as it deals with a major Omicron outbreak.
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Omicron spreading in nations with high immunity, WHO says
The World Health Organization says the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has been reported in 89 countries — with COVID-19 cases doubling approximately every one to three days.
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COVID: London declares ‘major incident’ over Omicron spread
The United Kingdom has confirmed more than 90,000 new COVID-19 infections. London's Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared the surge a “major incident”
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The Latest on the Omicron Variant, COVID Vaccine Efficacy
Dr. Robert Lahita, the director of Saint Joseph's Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases, joined Cheddar to discuss the latest on omicron as the new variant has popped up in more than a dozen states so far. He emphasized that...
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Omicron more transmissible but milder than delta variant, initial research suggests
Initial evidence about the omicron variant seems to suggest that the strain is more transmissible but less severe than the delta variant. But scientists studying omicron caution that understanding the full threat of omicron will take...
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U.S. on track for over 800,000 COVID-19 deaths before 2022
COVID-19 cases in the United States are on the rise, with the country on track to record more than 800,000 deaths by the end of the year. The White House is pushing vaccinations over lockdowns, but some Canadian health units are...
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Omicron: Norway on guard over new variant as dozens test positive after Christmas party
Many of those present at a company Christmas meal were infected despite being vaccinated.
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WHO warns 'bit of a roller coaster' coming on information about omicron
The World Health Organization’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, says the transparency around rapidly emerging data on the coronavirus variant omicron is empowering but recognizes how unsettling it is to be hearing bits of information in...