(C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bailey’s Crossroads By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a near three-year low in March as households worried about the economy’s near-term outlook amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended life for Americans. The survey from […]
The Coronavirus Relief Bill Promotes Surveillance for Health
President Trump Friday signed the largest relief bill in US history, a $2 trillion lifeline to businesses, hospitals, and workers hit hard by the explosive spread of the coronavirus. More than 160,000 Americans have tested positive for the virus, according to the John Hopkins Coronaviurus resource center, more than any […]
U.S. unemployment offices sitting on mountain of pending claims
2/2 (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Stores remain closed at Fulton Mall, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last week’s record-setting U.S. jobless claims number will be quickly surpassed, economists and […]
The Search for the Next Big Idea in Magnetic Field Mapping
The model doesn’t just help you get from the office to Taco Bell: Ships and planes–civilian and military–also rely on it. “One of NGA’s biggest customers is the military,” says Paniccia. “If you’re sailing across the ocean in an aircraft carrier, it’s very important you know where you are and […]
Fed broadens access to dollars with repo agreement for foreign central banks
Economic Indicators7 hours ago (Mar 31, 2020 09:30AM ET) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday broadened the ability of dozens of foreign centrals banks to access U.S. dollars during the coronavirus crisis by allowing them to exchange their holdings of U.S. Treasury securities for overnight dollar loans. […]
A Creator of the Ebola Vaccine Has Hope for Slowing Covid-19
When the late Bob Simon interviewed Gary Kobinger for 60 Minutes in 2015, Kobinger was working principally in a space suit in a special clean room behind bulletproof glass. At the time, he was a top virologist at Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, where he became a critical player in the […]
In Crowded Hospitals, Who Will Get Life-Saving Equipment?
Then there are the specifics of this particular virus. The data gleaned from places like China and Italy–and it is sparse–suggests some traditional triage methods might do harm in the pursuit of fairness. Much of the existing guidance relies in some form on a sequential organ-failure assessment score, or SOFA, […]
Why Life During a Pandemic Feels So Surreal
Maybe it was when you were standing in line at the grocery store–not at the checkout stand, but in front of the grocery store, neatly arranged 6 feet apart from your fellow shoppers. Maybe it was when you visited your grandma at the nursing home but had to stand outside […]
The Newest US Sanctions on China’s Huawei Could Backfire
Worsening relations between Washington and Beijing could trigger punishing new US restrictions on Huawei’s supply of cutting-edge microchips. But some experts believe this would only backfire by pushing China, and other countries, to develop more alternatives to advanced US technologies. The Trump administration is reportedly mulling controls that would require […]
France’s annual inflation falls in March to lowest since 2016
Economic Indicators13 hours ago (Mar 31, 2020 03:35AM ET) PARIS (Reuters) – France’s annual inflation fell more than expected in March to hit its lowest level since late 2016 as a government-imposed lockdown sharply restricted economic activity, data from the INSEE official statistics agency showed on Tuesday. Consumer prices were […]