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Another 1918 flu warning for COVID-19: ‘Survival does not mean individuals fully recover’
‘We may never know the real consequences of the 1918 mortality due to incomplete or inaccurate accounting, problems that also undermine our ability to quantify the impact of COVID-19. ‘
COVID-19 and 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ have one depressing thing in common: increasing social and economic inequality
A new working document looks at the effects of the 1918 and COVID-19 flu on mortality and the economy, plus the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Notre Dame and University of North Carolina are leaving person classes abandoned after COVID cases grow – and outbreaks occur on several other campuses
UNC Chapel Hill said it would move classes online to multiple clusters of coronavirus cases. Colleges across the country that have brought students back to campus report dozens of positive cases of COVID-19.
This state just became the first to give extra $ 300 federal unemployment benefit by Trump in Round 2 of incentives
Nearly 250,000 people have already collected an additional $ 300 weekly unemployment benefit that has been re-allocated from FEMA disaster fund.
4 facts about oleandrin, an unproven coronavirus treatment reported to Trump
Ben Carson and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pushed the toxic flore extract as COVID-19 ‘cure’ to the White House: report
Republicans and Democrats are divided over whether property and income taxes are ‘unfair’
‘Fairness is truly in the eye of the beholder,’ according to a new study.
Not all small business COVID stories end badly – sales grew at this very vertical Chicago mushroom manufacturer
Business has flourished above the typical restaurant buyers for Guy Furman, who runs the once-almost-exclusive Windy City Mushroom in Chicago. The survival of the mushroom “factory” – even expansion – was the result of evolving consumer habits, home delivery and a drive to buy locally during food shortages.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Could a watered-down Democratic convention in Milwaukee still put Biden over the top in Wisconsin?
Over the past 20 years, Democrats and Republicans have often held their trademark events in city-state states, but the subsequent achievements of their presidential candidates in those states have been mixed.
Main post of the postal service will stop changes until after the November elections
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that the email service was ready to handle any post-in-ballots it receives this November.
US private equity giant banishes staff from office for 14 days while using buses or trains over coronavirus fears
Offices around the world have been largely empty in the outbreak of coronavirus, and many companies are looking for ways to remotely staff up to a certain extent.
S&P 500, Nasdaq score record closes, as bubble bursts at full height
Major U.S. stock indices peaked mostly in record numbers on Tuesday, despite continued wrestling in Congress over further help with coronavirus and concerns about how the economy will fare if an unusual number of fiscal incentives eventually burn out.
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