Pandemic

Across the United States, schools are scrambling to get students caught up in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of kids’ missing skills. Children lost ground on reading tests, too, but the math declines were particularly striking. Math skills plummeted across the board, exacerbating racial and socioeconomic inequities…

The public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended on May 11, 2023. It was a purely administrative step. Viruses do not answer to government decrees. Reported numbers were declining, but then started coming up again during the summer. By August, hospital admissions climbed to more than 10,000…

It’s no secret among media sellers of video ad time that this almost-concluded upfront marketplace, representing more than $20 billion in advertiser dollars, was a buyer’s market. Televised sports remains the last bastion of strength for linear TV (broadcast and cable) in a writers’ strike-affected environment — it’s selling gangbusters,…

Dancehall music in T&T has found a new home at the Magnum Xplosion “SummerStage” concert event. This, after a massive crowd gathered last weekend for the first edition of the series since the pandemic. Highlights included: Jamaican dancehall star, Teejay advising the masses to “put down the guns” and “stop…

Microphone. Credit: University of Missouri A new health humanities essay from the University of Missouri highlights how the narrative of many news stories detailing the challenges of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic often emphasized individual experiences. However, many of these news stories often left out broader public health,…

Politics The CDC is blaming a boy’s death on bacteria found in his corpse. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) You cannot talk about vaccine injuries without being called a nut. Even my sympathetic editor at The American Conservative warned me that writing this column would require…

Author of the article: Published Aug 24, 2023  •  2 minute read In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Dr. Tien Vo leaves after talking with a family quarantining after they tested positive for the coronavirus, in Calexico, Calif. Photo by Gregory Bull /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — A…

1 minute read       Hotel News Resource August, 24 2023   Defying Economic Turbulence: Business Travel Skyrockets 46% Compared to Pre-Pandemic Despite rocky economic conditions and pressures within organizations to cut down on travel costs, business travel is making an unexpected and robust comeback. According to Capterra’s 2023 Travel Survey, 46%…

Key construction material prices have fallen back from post-pandemic highs, data has revealed. Copper cost 8 per cent less in the second quarter of this year than the first, according to the UK Commodity Report from consultancy Linesight. Steel rebar was 2 per cent cheaper, while cement and lumber prices…

Key PointsAustralia's biggest airline announced a "remarkable turnaround" in 2022/23, earning billions of dollars in profits.CEO Alan Joyce celebrated the fact consumers were willing to spend more on travel "despite cost-of-living pressures".The federal treasurer says Qantas shouldn't have to pay back the taxpayer money it received during the pandemic.Treasurer Jim…