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Covid-19 pandemic
For many Chinese workers, the country's zero-COVID policy has tested family bonds
by
Jennifer Pak
Dec 12, 2022
Most workers who leave small towns for higher pay in big cities can't bring their families with them. For nearly three years, travel restrictions have kept them apart.
China's protesters are angry about more than just zero-COVID
by
Jennifer Pak
Nov 30, 2022
After nearly three years of China's zero-COVID policy, citizens are exhausted and some are calling for more than just an end to the restrictions.
Pediatricians brace for the end of federal COVID-19 vaccine funding
Nov 29, 2022
Once funding for COVID vaccines run out, doctors will have to pay upfront for the doses — and hope that they make their money back.
What it's like returning to China's zero-COVID bubble
by
Jennifer Pak
Nov 17, 2022
China is simplifying some of the rules to enter its zero-COVID bubble, but many hurdles remain.
Shopping mall fills empty stores with indie shops and pop-ups
Nov 15, 2022
Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon, is leasing to local small businesses to keep up foot traffic.
The pandemic delayed milestones in millennials' lives
Nov 8, 2022
Everyone lost time, but for millennials, they were years often marked by dating, marriage and family formation.
Can pandemic relief money help schools bring kids up to speed academically?
Oct 26, 2022
National reading and math scores are way down. But school leaders say it can be hard to put all that money toward instruction.
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How the pandemic created an unexpected "baby bump"
Oct 19, 2022
The country's birth rate rose in 2021, thanks — at least in part to — schedule flexibility provided by remote work, a study author says.
States are being sued for trying to "claw back" pandemic unemployment benefits
by
Paul Flahive
Oct 14, 2022
Texas, for instance, sent out more than 1 million overpayment notices since the pandemic began.
Women's return to work a stop-and-start struggle
Oct 6, 2022
The availability of affordable child care is limiting mothers' options for returning to full-time work after the pandemic.