Health

Although asthma affects nearly 340 million people worldwide, there is still no cure. Respiratory failure often occurs in childhood and can cause asthma attacks, where the lungs develop and the airways become congested, allowing breathing and shortness of breath. These attacks are caused by a number of factors, including pollution, …

About half of the National Association of Business Economists members expect that US gross domestic product – the broadest measure of the economy – will not return to its pre-pandemic level until 2022. A majority of those experts also say that the US labor market back will be until early …

Anxiety levels among young teens fell during the coronavirus pandemic, a study has suggested. Thirteen to 14-year-olds were less afraid of lockdown than they were last October, according to a University of Bristol survey. Researchers examined 1,000 high school children in southwest England. They said the results were a “big …

STEVE LeBLANC and MARK PRATT, AP August 22, 2020 BOSTON (AP) – The Massachusetts unemployment rate that increased during the coronavirus pandemic fell to 16.1% in July, but remains the highest in the nation, according to figures released Friday by state officials and federal labor. The July rate is 1.6 …

Employers of Dongjin Frozen Meat Co Ltd in protective clothing process the slaughtered barges (in the … [+] packaging section) in the frozen pork factory in Huidong, Guangdong, during a meditour through supermarket Wellcome. August 16, 2006 (Photo by Edward Wong / South China Morning Post via Getty Images) Morning …