Pandemic

Two nurses at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California work with a COVID-19-positive patient during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. A new book warns that the next pandemic could be even worse. (Image credit: Francine Orr via Getty Images) COVID-19 has claimed the lives of…

Asking rents climbed 3% in August as slowing supply and robust demand gave landlords more bargaining power; the number of new apartments hitting the market has dropped 45% since the pandemic building boom. Chicago saw the biggest jump in asking rents (+11%), while only three metros saw declines, led by…

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U.S. lodging demand increased at an average annual rate of just .7 percent in 2023 and 2024, after two years of double-digit growth coming out of the pandemic in 2020. In the May 2025 edition of Hotel Horizons, CBRE reduced its forecast for lodging demand growth in 2025 to .9…

We want to share an important update with our contributors and community. After the FT Group acquired a majority stake in TNW in 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic severely disrupted TNW’s core revenue stream. Despite significant efforts in the years since, no sustainable path to commercial viability was found. In light…

Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened. The teacher at the Dallas-area school had emphasized that in the building process, there is no…

When the COVID pandemic resulted in hard borders between states, winemakers Callum and Michael Garland embarked on a new venture together despite being thousands of kilometres apart. "It was a way to feel like we were doing something together and side by side, even though we were sort of 3,000km…

Most music companies' stocks have fared well since the pandemic, but Spotify, Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music stood apart with an average three-year gain of 408%. The Spotify app is displayed on a smartphone screen. David Tramontan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Trending on Billboard The post-COVID boom in demand…

The pandemic changed everything, including social norms around how to behave when you're sick (or just afraid you might be sick). Some long-held courtesies still apply — sneeze into your elbow; don't show up to a birthday party when you're clearly contagious — but after several years of rapid testing,…

The U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, and prior months were revised lower again, signaling a recession may have already started. Last month’s gain was well below expectations of about 75,000, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, the highest it has been in nearly four years, according…