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The CDC director warns that US hospitals are 'filled with unvaccinated people,' and some are running out of both ventilators and beds
- Healthcare systems in some parts of the US are in "dire straits," CDC director Rochelle Walensky said.
- "Our hospitals are filled with unvaccinated people," she told CBS.
- Staff are having to make tough decisions over who gets ventilators and ICU beds, Walensky said.
The WHO is restarting its investigation into whether COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, report says
The WHO is building a new team of 20 specialists in lab safety, biosecurity, and animal diseases, The Wall Street Journal reported.
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said Tucker Carlson is correct about white nationalist 'replacement' conspiracy theory and called ADL racist
Carlson said the theory, promoted by violent extremists, is "the replacement of legacy Americans with more obedient people from faraway countries."
Instagram says it's putting a hold on its 'Instagram Kids' project for under-13s, citing backlash
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said news of the project leaked too early, provoking a backlash to which the company had "few answers."
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A co-founder of media company Ozy impersonated a YouTube exec on an investor call with Goldman Sachs
Samir Rao allegedly pretended to be YouTube executive Alex Piper in an investor call for $40 million with Goldman Sachs, per NYT.
21 powerful female CEOs and executives of color on what they've learned from climbing Europe's corporate ladder
Some of Europe's top female CEOs and executives of color reveal how they made it — and give heartfelt career advice to others looking to succeed.
The pandemic torpedoed Gen Z's social capital at work. Here's what 20-somethings should be doing in the hybrid workplace.
Gen Z's workplace relationships suffered the most during the pandemic. Now that hybrid working is becoming the norm, here's how to build them up.
The Island of Death: Visiting the gulag where my grandfather was tortured, but didn't officially exist
My grandfather was held at Bulgaria's most notorious gulag. This summer, I saw it for the first time.
A pack of usually-placid river otters started attacking people in Alaska, and nobody understands why
Three attacks have been reported in east Anchorage. Local officials don't understand what could have triggered the unusual behavior.
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20 colleges that will help you land a job at a Fortune 500 company like Microsoft or Amazon
Schools like the University of Texas at Austin had the most graduates working for the top 20 Fortune 500 companies.
German election: Greens poised to join government of Europe's biggest economy after voters reject Merkel's party
The Greens, alongside the Free Democrats, are set to negotiate with the parties leading the election results to form a government for Germany.
The CIA pitched Trump officials plans to assassinate Julian Assange while he was hiding in a London embassy in 2017, report says
According to a Yahoo News investigation, the CIA was enraged by WikiLeaks' publication of thousands of secret documents.
Michigan State University said it closed its dining halls to the public and cut the opening hours of 2 cafeterias because of a severe staff shortage
MSU said it was "competing for the same available talent" as local businesses during the labor shortage, leaving dining facilities short-staffed.
Tech companies keep asking employees to take pay cuts to work remotely, but workers are rejecting the idea they should be paid differently based on where they live
Tech workers don't buy location-based compensation, and most say they won't take a pay cut. The industry is redefining how they should be paid.
The best phones in 2021
We have tested the latest phones. These are the best phones in 2021 for photography, gaming, battery life, and even kids – now updated with new picks.
The SEC wants to kick 2,000 fraud-prone penny stocks from online brokerages, including retail favorites Sears and Blockbuster
Affected stocks include the shell companies liquidating bankrupt Sears and Blockbuster as well as Luckin Coffee, which fell to accounting fraud.
Polestar, the Swedish EV maker backed by Volvo and Leonardo DiCaprio, is going public via $20 billion SPAC deal
The company's Polestar 1 and Polestar 2 electric cars are already on roads in Europe, North America, and Asia, with SUV Polestar 3 due in 2022.
It's open season for coronavirus vaccine boosters
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for September 27.
See all the quirks that set the electric F-150 Lightning apart from Ford's gas pickups
We got up close and personal with an early F-150 Lightning pickup. See how it's similar — yet different — to other Ford trucks.
Krew offers equipment-free classes for a post-gym world. Check out the 18-slide deck it used to sell seed investors on being 'Peloton without the $3k bike.'
The startup, founded 2020, uses AI motion tracking to help users correct their posture during classes.
We're having Aldi superfans share their grocery lists with us. Here are their favorite things to buy there.
Insider rounded up shopping lists from Aldi fans around the globe to find out the best foods and drinks to buy at the international budget grocer.
Supply-chain nightmares are basically guaranteed this holiday season. Here's how small businesses can still prepare.
If business owners have any chance of meeting the holiday rush, entrepreneurs and retail experts say they'll need to focus on several key strategies.
Nike warns of 'supply chain headwinds' and inventory shortages ahead of the holiday shopping season
Nike is struggling with strict pandemic lockdowns in Vietnam, where a lot of manufacturing is done, and is experiencing slowed production due to a shortage of workers.
How Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy and serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal have joined forces to become a one-two punch for funding startups
Matt Murphy and Jyoti Bansal have teamed up to back Relyance AI and Vivun, and Bansal has helped connect Menlo with at least two other companies.
ViacomCBS shakes up Paramount to drive streaming, elevating digital-first exec Brain Robbins. Insiders say Hollywood critics underestimate the longtime kids content pro.
New Paramount film chief Brian Robbins brings digital savvy to the studio, and despite film credits like "Norbit," colleagues defended his creative leadership.
YouTube's CEO says free speech is a 'core value' even after removing videos by Putin critic Alexey Navalny
Wojcicki said free speech was a 'core value,' but that there were 'multiple considerations' when dealing with a country like Russia.
Warren Buffett used the 'Mona Lisa' to explain why art is a terrible investment — but then compared Berkshire Hathaway to an art museum
"We like to think we're the Metropolitan Museum of businesses," Buffett said in 2000, comparing the companies he buys to works of art.
'The Big Short' investor Michael Burry warns the stock-market boom reminds him of the dot-com bubble — and rings the alarm on options mania
Burry said stocks soaring, indexes outperforming, and people making leveraged bets on meme stocks reminded him of past bubbles.
14 million people fall for fake job postings every year. Here's how to spot a fraud and protect your personal information, according to an expert from LinkedIn.
Job scams result in $2 billion in yearly losses, the BBB found. Red flags include grammatical errors and jobs that seem too good to be true.
A Danish man found buried treasure from the Iron Age using a metal detector, just hours after turning it on for the first time
A metal detectorist has uncovered one of the largest gold hoards ever found in Denmark. An Iron Age chieftain buried the treasure 1,500 years ago.
The 3 most powerful psychedelics VCs dish on what they look for — and avoid — when investing in new companies
Insider asked Noetic Fund, Palo Santo, and Neo Kuma about their strategies when deciding whether to invest in a company.
The $9 billion cybersecurity firm Tanium is facing a huge exodus over uncertainty about its IPO plans and business model
Tanium is backed by firms like Salesforce Ventures, but employees are leaving because they're not sure the company will ever have an IPO.
A third of El Salvador's population is actively using its bitcoin wallet Chivo, President Nayib Bukele says
President Nayib Bukele said there were more active users of the Chivo bitcoin wallet than of any single bank.
Blue White Robotics converts tractors into autonomous vehicles to help farmers save cash. See the pitch deck it used to raise $37 million.
The Series B, led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital, brings the company's total raised to $50 million.
Ad giant IPG slams social networks for failing to contain disinformation and encourages advertisers to shift spending to news sites
Snap, Pinterest, and Twitter have taken steps to address the disinformation problem, but no platform has contained it, the report says.
There are now 6 iPhones that support 5G, but you won't notice the speed difference
With so little 5G coverage and no killer app to speak of, iPhones with 5G don't feel much different than previous iPhones.
The most common side effects to expect after your Pfizer booster: headache, fatigue, and pain at the injection site
After a third shot of Pfizer's vaccine, injection-site pain is most common side effect, followed by fatigue and headache.
Newly discovered fossil footprints show humans were in North America thousands of years earlier than we thought
Researchers once thought humans couldn't have migrated down from Siberia into North America during the last ice age. New findings suggest otherwise.
Prior to 2021, only 93 Black women raised $1 million or more in VC. Here are 15 business owners trying to break that record in 2021.
Black female founders in the US face many challenges, but one of the most detrimental is the lack of funding granted to them.
How to make your child stand out in a virtual preschool interview or tour, according to a consultant
"Be sure to follow the school's specific directions. If they ask for one minute, then do one minute," Manhattan-based consultant Wendy Levey said.
Crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi scramble to cut ties with Chinese users after the government's ban. Here's how the crypto trading world is responding to Beijing's crackdown.
Huobi said it would stop new-user registrations by mainland customers, and retire existing ones by the end of 2021.
3 things you should know about every person you manage at work
Managers should learn their workers' personality styles, areas to improve, and what motivates them to do their best work.
Everything to know about the public relations industry, from pay and hiring to growth areas
Here's the latest on salaries, M&A, and growth areas in the public relations industry.
Top Stories this AM: The man at the helm of Evergrande; epidemic numbers of SF police apply for vaccine exemptions; $100,000 Oreos, really
Evergrande's founder, Hui Ka Yan, is still worth around $11.1 billion, despite the company's epic struggles.
Anthony Scaramucci says people claiming big institutions are keen on crypto aren't being totally honest
The Skybridge Capital boss said he thinks only 10% of financial institutions are getting involved in crypto, but are driving a "feeding frenzy."
10 things before the opening bell
Stocks on the move, China's latest crackdown, and a former quant charged by SEC for insider trading.