Tag: pandemic
Ford Q2 China sales were worst since Covid pandemic began
Visitors walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019.Greg Baker| AFP | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Ford Motor j [...]
Covid: Terms of inquiry into UK pandemic response finalised
It will look at how decisions on limiting the spread of Covid were made and communicated, the use of lockdowns and face coverings, the impact of the p [...]
Health care in jails and prisons is terrible. The pandemic made it even worse.
This story is part of The Aftermath, a Vox series about the collateral health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in communities around the US. This s [...]
Electric vehicle raw material costs doubled during pandemic
Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., [...]
Republicans Rising in Nevada After Pandemic Dealt Economic Blow
If a red wave arrives in November, as many expect, it will likely wash ashore in landlocked Nevada, a state whose recent history of Democratic victori [...]
The impact of pandemic learning loss for students is real — and bigger than imagined
In March 2020, schools across the country switched to remote learning due to the pandemic. But they didn’t all switch back to in-person learning at [...]
Pandemic school reopenings were not just about politics
Almost as soon as some schools reopened for in-person learning in the fall of 2020, research was suggesting a tidy, albeit dark, conclusion about w [...]
Oxfam slams billionaire pandemic ‘bonanza’ as millions face poverty
Olga Shumytskaya | Moment | Getty ImagesA new billionaire emerged every 30 hours during the Covid-19 pandemic, and nearly a million could fall into ex [...]
Social media: Did the pandemic poison online politics?
As the UK spent countless hours online during lockdown, how much has it changed us?
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Vitalik donates $4M to Uni of NSW for pandemic detection tool
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has donated $4 million worth of USD Coin (USDC) to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to support the develop [...]
Biden’s Covid Summit Aims to Bolster Pandemic Fight
With President Biden on Thursday set to convene his second Covid-19 summit, the White House has secured more than $3 billion in pledges from other cou [...]
Biden’s Covid Summit Aims to Bolster Pandemic Fight
With President Biden on Thursday set to convene his second Covid-19 summit, the White House has secured more than $3 billion in pledges from other cou [...]
U.S. gun homicides reached highest level in 25 years during Covid pandemic, CDC says
Gun homicides in the U.S. reached their highest level in more than 25 years during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control [...]
Loss of Pandemic Aid Stresses Hospitals That Treat the Uninsured
“It’s horrible,” he said.Dr. Philip Elizondo, his orthopedic colleague, said the hospital had to cancel minor surgeries for health problems that subse [...]
Trump Officials Gave Pandemic Loan to Trucking Company Despite Objections
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday released a report alleging that top Trump administration officials awarded a $700 million pandemic reli [...]