China’s economy slows unexpectedly as Covid outbreaks and property crisis bite
China’s economy slows unexpectedly as Covid outbreaks and property crisis biteRetail sales and industrial output lower than forecast, with fears...
Month: August 2022
Penn. worker with cancer wrongfully fired over COVID risk, says EEOC
In a settlement reached with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, Gas Field Specialists of Potter County, Pennsylvania, must pay $184,000...
Health Experts Worry New CDC COVID-19 Guidelines Are ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
On Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new COVID-19 guidelines that loosened restrictions like quarantining and social...
Opinion: Texas governor is cynically using immigrants as props
Abbott said he targeted the two cities run by Democrats quite deliberately. He is sending asylum-seekers north to draw attention...
Japan Bounces Back to Economic Growth as Coronavirus Fears Recede
A public weary of virus precautions pushed up consumption of goods and services, but the longer-term picture is uncertain as...
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 14, 2022
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 14, 2022 by Tony Wikrent The Inflation Reduction Act is Not Designed to...
New COVID Variant Is Shaping Up to Be a Déjà Vu Nightmare
The world has built up a lot of immunity in the nine months since the Omicron variant of the novel...
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in...
Government urged to classify Covid as an occupational disease
Government urged to classify Covid as an occupational diseaseTUC calls on Department for Work and Pensions to make move to...
How Many Days Are You Contagious With COVID? Here’s What the CDC and Doctors Say
Anyone who contracts COVID-19 is advised to isolate for at least five days, but could you be contagious even after...