Text size A man enters the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty Images The new Internal Revenue Service guide clarifies the circumstances under which retirement account owners are eligible to take a coronavirus-related loan or withdraw from their plan without the typical taxes or penalties. …
Read More »Fauci says that COVID-19 has a feature that I have never seen before: “I have been dealing with viral outbreaks for the past 40 years.”
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and one of the leading experts on pandemics in the United States for the past four decades, told US lawmakers Tuesday that SARS-CoV-2 took it for surprise. , particularly in a unique way that helped …
Read More »New home sales increased in May as buyers scrambled to find properties to buy.
The numbers: Sales of newly built single-family homes occurred at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000 in May, the government reported Tuesday. That represented a 16.6% increase from the revised downward pace of 580,000 in April. Compared to the previous year, new home sales increased 12.7% in May. Analysts …
Read More »14% of companies expect to fire workers after using PPP loans
A sign is seen in the window of a closed J.Crew store near Rockefeller Plaza on May 4, 2020 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images Approximately 14% of business owners who received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program expect to fire workers once they …
Read More »Scientists estimate the speed and distance of coronavirus transmission when people cough, sneeze, speak, and run
There are many scientists who know, and many who do not. In “Coughs and Sneezes: Their Role in Transmission of Viral Respiratory Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2,” published Tuesday, the researchers describe the various types and sizes of virus-containing drops present in sneezes and coughs, and how some medical procedures and devices …
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