Pandemic

In a significant development highlighting the complexities of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement with Education for Just Peace in the Middle East, known as the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (EfJP). The organization, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, agreed to pay $353,000 to…

How do we stop the next big viral outbreak? The answer to that question lies in preventing zoonotic spillovers. Thousands of pathogens have been silently circulating in our forests for centuries. However, climate change, deforestation and the trade of live animals increases the risk of bringing them in close proximity…

The typical retail worker earns $34,000 per year, or 52% less than they would need to afford the typical apartment. Rental affordability has improved slightly in recent years; the typical retail worker earned 57% less than they would need during the pandemic moving frenzy. The earnings shortfall is smallest in…

In the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of pregnant women were wheeled into hospitals where they fought for their lives and the lives of the babies they carried. It took the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until August 2021, eight months after the first…

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, which has taken in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, is warning on its website about the "whiteness pandemic," accusing "white people" of perpetuating "systemic racism" and calling on adults to "re-educate" themselves. On the University's Institute of Child Development page, on the Culture and…

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge global health, prompting advancements in vaccine technology to combat the evolving virus. Moderna has introduced an innovative vaccine, mNEXSpike, which gained approval in 2025. This low-dose mRNA vaccine is tailored for individuals aged 65 and older, as well as high-risk groups between 12 and…

Child trafficking arrests have hit their lowest point in five years since Homeland Security aggressively reoriented its attention toward immigration arrests. Fewer kids have been rescued from exploitation and trafficking this past year than at any point since the pandemic, reported The New York Times Tuesday. The number of indictments…

Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her legs hurt. Registered nurse Ana Kanellos, rolling up two small white towels, demonstrated how to elevate…

DRAM currently costs more than an entire console.Ever since the pandemic in 2020, it feels like we’ve been bouncing from one global crisis to another.In the tech sphere specifically, we’ve seen semi-conductor shortages and tariffs impact products like gaming consoles.Read the full article on pushsquare.com...Read More

Delhi-NCR-based mid-income housing developer ATS HomeKraft has fully repaid ₹1,250 crore to HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund–2 (HCARE-2). The repayment was completed using internal cash flows from the HCARE-2 portfolio projects, without resorting to third-party refinancing. The funding was largely committed during the pandemic-induced slowdown, said the company. According…