Articles about employment issues in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) often start by highlighting two widely accepted trends: Africa has a young labor force with high youth unemployment,...
Megan McArdle, Washington Post columnist and previous EconTalk guest, joined host Russ Roberts in this episode to discuss the “dazzling hindsight” with which we view recent...
“It’s not insurmountable to get permanent RON laws passed over the next few years by states that haven’t done so. But there’s got to be a...
Our research shows that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting Black and Asian people, and racism is part of the explanation why.
Graham Urges Fauci To Assess If Biden Border Policies Are Creating COVID "Super-Spreader" Event Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, Sen. Lindsey Graham...
China Credit Impulse Set To Collapse As Beijing Orders Banks To Curtail Loan Growth For Rest Of 2021 One month after global markets underwent a brief...
UBS Predicts 80,000 More Retail Stores Will Close In Five Years The retail apocalypse has been well documented for readers (see: here & here & here) over...
Credit: Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay During the early phase of the pandemic, approximately 40% of the COVID-19 literature was shared as preprints – freely available...
Canada’s GDP per capita would increase by 3.8 per cent simply by removing interprovincial trade barriers The theme of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery is on everyone’s...
Research shows that the gaps in physical exercise have widened substantially between men and women, whites and non-whites, rich and poor and educated and less educated:...
More than 1-in-8 homeowners say they are considering selling their home within the next three years. The post Zillow Group Population Science Homeowner Survey: Q1 2021...
New cases of Covid-19 in the United States rose 5 percent to more than 450,000 during the week ended April 4, the third week in a...
President Joe Biden will announce on April 6 that the U.S. delivered 150 million vaccines since he took office and move up by nearly two weeks...
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on April 6, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of Covid-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts...
Novavax Inc. said on April 5 participants in the company's Covid-19 vaccine trials in South Africa and the UK can receive additional shots, ensuring those who...
The World Health Organization expects there will be no reason to change its assessment that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 outweigh any risks,...
Cidara Therapeutics inked a deal worth up to $780 million with Johnson & Johnson to develop and commercialize Cidara’s candidate CD388 for the prevention and treatment...
Market breadth hasn’t been this good in over a decade. The S&P 500 has 95% of companies trending above their 200 day moving averages. With Treasury...
The benefits of the Mediterranean diet come from both the food we eat and how we eat it Credit: UOC Eating together as a family, maintaining...
Findings show leakage of airborne droplets escaping from masks even when just breathing Credit: Venugopal Arumuru/Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 — With...
The last year has put a spotlight on mental health, and startup Real is looking to shake up the space with a product that makes group...
Shares of The Greenbrier Companies fell sharply by 7% in morning trading on April 6 as the freight equipment and services supplier reported disappointing fiscal 2Q...
AeroVironment has received four fixed-price orders worth $11 million from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for Puma 3 AE tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...
By Tobias Adrian After enduring a tumultuous 2020, the global economy is finally emerging from the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit with prospects diverging...
Chronic Shortages Of Children's Cancer Drugs Force US Hospitals To Work Together The COVID pandemic has placed heavier strains on the American health-care system unlike any...
Americans' Fear Of Catching COVID-19 Drops To Record Low: Gallup By RJ Reinhart of Gallup.com, Highlights 35% of Americans are worried about catching COVID-19, down from...
Semi Chip Prices Expected To Rise Through All Of 2021 It shouldn't be any surprise that given the current shortage in semiconductors, prices could continue to...
Dr. Fauci Can't Explain Why Texas COVID Cases Keep Dropping Despite Reopening More than a month has passed since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shocked the Faucis...
Risk of severe COVID-19 in people over 50 offers chance to have discussions and complete documents to be used in case of difficult medical decisions Credit:...
Credit: ATS April 06, 2020– A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an exhaustive examination of published research that...