Pandemic

Sales of condiments surged during the first year of the CODID-19 pandemic, growing 21.3% in 2020 vs. 2019. The category managed to maintain most of that growth, falling 1% in 2021 compared to its 2020 sales high. And while early sales data for 2022 shows that consumers are still interested…

A total of 40,289 new homes with NHBC warranties were completed in the second quarter 2022, up 16% on the same period in 2021. (NHBC provides warranties to about 75% (+/-5%) of the house-building market.) The second quarter, April-June, also saw a 45% increase in the number of new home…

The NBA is finally experiencing a ‘normal’ offseason after the period between the last two seasons has been accelerated because of the pandemic. This is the first time since the 2019 that there’s been a real down period in the league, and that means a return to the summer workout…

Real estate developers have started to undertake mitigating measures to soften the impact of the rising interest rate regime on prospective homebuyers’ affordability levels and to support the continuation of robust sales momentum. Record low interest rates in the last two years have helped housing sales reach pre-pandemic levels and…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 0 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 0 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Monday, August 8. That makes zero cases reported for the fourth day in a row, and the seventh time in eight days. Flight suspension rules updated...The Civil Aviation Administration of China has…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital employee turnover increased to 19.5%. Compare that to labor turnover of about 4% in the general U.S. workforce. Burnout is a major factor driving the increased turnover rate and a dire issue affecting physicians more than ever. Before the pandemic, 27% of U.S. physicians stated…

Author of the article: AMSTERDAM — Hundreds of thousands of partygoers flocked to Amsterdam on Saturday for the return of the city’s Pride canal parade after two years of cancellations due to pandemic-related restrictions. “I missed it, and I think everybody missed it,” said Chas, 42, as she watched the…

A Canberra man has died with COVID-19, ACT Health has reported. Health authorities have extended their condolences to the family and friends of the man who was in his 80s. The man was the 101st person to die with the virus in the ACT since the start of the pandemic.…

BANGKOK (AP) — Economies in the Asia-Pacific are forecast to hit the doldrums this year as decades-high inflation and the war in Ukraine compound geopolitical uncertainties and the aftereffects of the pandemic. A report on Pacific Rim economies by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum said Friday that growth in…

ByConnie Chang Published August 5, 2022 • 14 min read When the 48-year-old longtime smoker came to Shmuel Shoham, an infectious diseases expert at Johns Hopkins, she was worried about cancer. The woman, who had received a liver transplant decades before, had been coughing and losing weight for months before…