Skyrocketing housing costs are driving out the local labor force, leaving all kinds of businesses in the small town short-staffed.

Some consumer and business behavior has rebounded. But as the BA.5 subvariant spreads, other trends show persistent trepidation.

Shanghai’s lockdown crippled supply chains and logistics. Materials and transport costs climbed, and there have been personal struggles too.

Drugmaker Eli Lilly will supply the government with another 150,000 doses of its monoclonal antibody to meet short-term demand.

“Some companies are large enough that they can be the trendsetters,” one health economist tells us.

“In almost every single state, the first person to be vaccinated was a woman of color,” says the 19th’s economy reporter Chabeli Carrazana.

Losing a parent can have long-term financial implications for children.

The anti-COVID shot passes muster with FDA advisers. It was developed with traditional technology, which might boost trust.

What happens when supply chains collapse and it’s up to district governments, neighbors and friends to fill the gap?

WHO set the vaccination goal for mid-2022, but health researchers say the mutating virus that spreads more easily means we need to set new priorities for global health.