FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn looks forward to when President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency permit for blood plasma as a treatment for coronavirus during a press conference at the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on August 23, 2020 …
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The coronavirus of 2020 and the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 have many differences and share many similarities, but they also combine at one point: their impact on the economy and employment, and in particular, how richer people had better opportunities to survive their respective pandemics. Both pandemics involve new, …
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Text size Data from BioNTech and Pfizer were particularly promising. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images After a hiatus from a late summer break, the news of a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up again as a handful of leading programs are rapidly moving to a decisive phase. Reports from several companies …
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These days, older workers and retirees are understandably worried that their retirement plans will be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn. There are concerns that pre-retirement and recent retirees may have about any economic downturn, and strategies designed to help them cope with multiple financial crises, …
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Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. of BJ says that the coronavirus pandemic has added the number of new members participating in the retail trade, especially among the young and digitally savvy. BJ’s BJ, + 3.64% says it now has more than six million paid members. “To put this in perspective, over …
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