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COVID-19 economy wanes along with pandemic's urgency

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 17, 2023
Makers of vaccines, tests and even protective gear are struggling to adjust to slackening demand.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which supplied key products in the battle against the coronavirus, has seen a dramatic reversal of fortune.
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The arts generated more than $150 billion last year

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Oct 16, 2023
It's part of the economic case for what towns and cities can gain by investing in nonprofit and local arts.
In 2022, nonprofit arts and culture groups and their events supported 2.6 million jobs, generated $29.1 billion in tax revenue, and provided $101 billion in income for residents.
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The COVID vaccine rollout is kind of a mess. Again.

by Nova Safo
Sep 29, 2023
This is the first round of COVID vaccinations relying mostly on the usual health insurance and provider networks as opposed to the government.
COVID vaccinations are now going through the commercial health care system, providing new obstacles to people who want the jab.
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As health care moves into the home, do we have enough workers?

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 7, 2023
A quarter of referred patients were turned away from home health care providers because of staff shortages, an industry report says.
The COVID-19 pandemic "accelerated an awareness of the capabilities of care at home,” said Bill Dombi of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.
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The financial consequences of empty offices

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Jul 13, 2023
Offices are at the epicenter of seismic pandemic shifts, per McKinsey's Aditya Sanghvi. They need to become places where people want to be.
Almost every company is reevaluating its relationship with commercial real estate, says Aditya Sanghvi of McKinsey.
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The pandemic restaurant trends that are here to stay

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Jun 26, 2023
A Deloitte survey finds consumer preferences for things like ordering online and self-checkout aren't going anywhere.
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Bank regulators expected to propose higher capital requirements

by Justin Ho
Jun 23, 2023
The plan would require big banks to keep more assets on hand. It could also affect regional banks, like the three that failed this year.
Fed policymakers use data from household surveys, financial markets, professional forecasters and the labor market to set interest rates, says Rice University economist Zach Bethune.
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Some districts are trying year-round school to alleviate learning loss

by Stephanie Hughes
Jun 15, 2023
But having some students on a different schedule comes with challenges both societal and economic.
There’s an idea that year-round schooling prevents what educators call “summer melt:” forgetting fractions or nouns over the summer.
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As Americans catch up on care they skipped during COVID, health insurance could get pricier

by Lily Jamali
Jun 15, 2023
Patient numbers have bounced back to prepandemic levels.
Procedures like hip and knee surgeries have bounced back.
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Make-A-Wish works to cut backlog of "wishes" to Disney World

by Leoneda Inge
Jun 5, 2023
The pandemic drastically slowed down the number of critically ill children the Make-A-Wish Foundation could send to its top destination.
“More than half of our wishes are Disney wishes," said Chris Winter, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina.
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