Vaccine news and trends

Trulioo’s Cohen: Vaccine Validations Can Take Page From Paper Passports
Digital Identity // May 19, 2021

By now, if you’re reading this in the United States, at least, you’ve likely got at least one jab of a coronavirus vaccine in you. Maybe the document is filled out, dog-eared, shoved away in a desk drawer, a piece of history best put behind...

NEW DATA: US Shoppers Have Spoken And There’s No Going Back From Digital
Pandenomics // May 19, 2021

Consumer safety concerns have been reduced due to the availability of vaccines, yet the trend of consumers doing more online and less in-store is here to stay. In the Consumers And The New Retail Landscape, PYMNTS surveyed 2,225 U.S. consumers to examine the rise of a retail landscape based on...

Reopening Shopping: Digital Reality Overshadows Economic Optimism
Retail // April 19, 2021

The cross-currents around the pandemic and the impending recovery continue to swirl. As of April 17, 85 million Americans had been vaccinated. Yet, new strains of the virus and anti-vaxx protests have put some states smack in the middle of the pandemic including North and...

The PYMNTS COVID Data Compendium: The Past, Present And Future Of The New Digital Consumer
Pandenomics // March 19, 2021

The first statewide stay-at-home measures were implemented in California one year ago today, on March 19, 2020. Other states followed, with many — including Ohio and Minnesota, among others — planning to go back to business as usual after two weeks. Consumers’ everyday lives have...

Interviews & Exclusives
Trulioo’s Cohen: Vaccine Validations Can Take Page From Paper Passports

May 19, 2021
By now, if you’re reading this in the United States, at least, you’ve likely got at least one jab of a coronavirus vaccine in you. Maybe the document is filled out, dog-eared, shoved away in a desk drawer, a piece of history best put behind you, perhaps. That paper — or at least the info […]

Rep. Patrick McHenry: SMBs Need More PPP Stimulus; Big Tech Bashing ‘Irksome’

October 21, 2020
The pandemic’s economic impacts have taken a toll on all businesses but in many ways, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have faced more harm than others. While the tenacity and...

Quick Reads
Pfizer Vaccine Data Delayed; Fed Halts Clinical Trial

October 27, 2020
Any remaining hope for an end to the coronavirus crisis within the next few months appears to be fading, with two more setbacks on the research front emerging on Tuesday (Oct. 27). Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told investors on Tuesday that the pharma giant won’t be releasing coronavirus vaccine data before the Nov. 3 election, […]

Many Restaurant Groups Waiting For Vaccine Before Reopening Dining Rooms

May 14, 2020
Union Square Hospitality Group founder and CEO Danny Meyer said he doesn’t see reopening the dining rooms of his 19 restaurants located across New York City until after there is...

Baidu Offers High-Tech Route To Fighting Virus, Restarting Economy

May 12, 2020
California-based Baidu Research is leveraging its technology to work on a COVID-19 vaccine, widely regarded as the linchpin to returning the world economy to a normal state. The LinearDesign algorithm,...

Gilead COVID-19 Drug Being Trialed, But Consumers Want A Vaccine

April 17, 2020
Wall Street is rallying on news that Gilead Sciences’ experimental drug remdesivir shows good results treating COVID-19 patients, but most consumers tell PYMNTS that they won’t get back to normal...