Repeat after me: trade deficits = exporting jobs. The latest results confirm how crappy US policies are.
Read more...Consumers have made big changed to their spending patterns in response to inflation.
Read more...Covid has triggered a hospital crisis in rural American that is killing Covid and non-Covid patients.
Read more...As deaths rise at Rikers, legislators and the press are having a hard look at the horrific conditions.
Read more...Why the vaccine-focused approach is not likely to develop necessarily to the advantage of the Biden Administration.
Read more...Instead of merely obtaining the surplus vaccines of rich countries, and relying on unpredictable donations, the existing Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative should acquire the most promising vaccine patents and offer free production licenses.
Read more...At the heart of the tension is finding a nominee who balances the agency’s dual responsibilities of protecting public health while also working with the drug, medical device and other industries to approve products and treatments for market.
Read more...A look at how Covid has damaged the economy and estimating the effect.
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The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination in low-income countries looks unlikely.
Hotel business travel revenues expected to be down by 80% at top 20 destinations in 2021.
Read more...In the midst of the pandemic, more than half of U.S. states have passed legislation taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases.
Read more...Health communication researchers have found that simple changes to message wording can make a big difference.
Read more...Top international vaccine experts contend current evidence does not support a need for boosters for the fully vaccinated general population at this time and recommending instead directing doses to previously unvaccinated populations.
Read more...A very close reading of Biden’s speech on vaccine mandates, and the plan on which he has staked his Presidency.
Read more...The US avoided mass starvation in 2020 mostly because the federal government stepped in to dramatically increase food and cash aid.
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