Pandemic

Perspectives > Second Opinions — Instead of demonizing treatments, leaders should address systemic barriers to care by Willa Xiong, MD April 8, 2025 • 3 min read Mental health is now ubiquitous in national headlines. Americans are more depressed, anxious, and stressed than ever before. The pandemic left many of…

Reading mainstream media headlines over the weekend, one would think that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy has finally learned his lesson on vaccines. After a second child died in Texas due to a measles outbreak, Kennedy, a long-time opponent of the measles vaccine in particular, posted a statement…

News Analysis Apr 8, 2025 5 mins Are IT pros experiencing a significant drop in demand? Industry observers see a nuanced story of new pressures, risk aversion in both supply and demand, and roles that used to be in IT shifting to lines of business. Postings for IT jobs are…

For those who are within five years of retirement — either those who are five years away, or who have recently entered — the market volatility being experienced today as a result of the White House ’s embattled tariff policy are likely to endure challenges as they navigate the potential…

On paper, the global sugar industry is enjoying a sweet spot. Worldwide production is increasing year-on-year, nearby sugar futures have bounced back from pandemic lows, and a healthy appetite for biofuels and natural sweeteners is propping up demand. Yet sugar insiders are far from bullish. Why? Global trade’s dark clouds…

Navigation for News Categories The benchmark index of the top 50 stocks has fallen more than 3 percent. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Two billion dollars has been wiped off the value of New Zealand's share market as the rout of global financial markets caused by the US tariff policy…

LOS ANGELES — More than 1,000 film and television workers packed into a building in Los Angeles' Sun Valley neighborhood Sunday to rally for renewed investment in Hollywood.  The event was part of a grassroots movement pushing for studios to bring production back to Los Angeles after the city suffered…

Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts. In a Monday letter, Postmaster General DeJoy…

The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was "now or never" to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, despite the United States withdrawing from negotiations. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said no country could protect itself from the next pandemic on its own…

Marcos, speaking before a Davao crowd, brings up the issues of EJKs, West Philippine Sea, anomalous pandemic deals, and Philippine offshore gaming operators MANILA, Philippines – Even while in the bailiwick of his political nemesis, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took potshots at the Duterte administration during the campaign rally of…