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The Biden administration is extending the public health emergency. Here's what that means.

by Samantha Fields
May 17, 2022
The original declaration of January 2020 changed the health care landscape.
COVID tests and vaccines are free of charge as a result of the public health emergency declaration in 2020.
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How looking back at the Fed’s past can help us understand its future

by Ben Bernanke
May 17, 2022
Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's new book charts a history of “remarkable innovation and change.”
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
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Just 15% of people in low-income countries are vaccinated against COVID, WHO says

by Samantha Fields
May 11, 2022
The organization wants to vaccinate 70% of the world by mid-2022, but says there's not nearly enough funding to make that happen.
WHO will be urging world leaders to fund its vaccination efforts at the Second Global COVID-19 Summit on Thursday.
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Shanghai firms drift back to work but hurdles remain

by Jennifer Pak
May 4, 2022
Shanghai is allowing a small number of firms to resume operations. In a heavily locked-down environment, many of them are finding it's not that easy.
Regular COVID-19 tests are required for workers in Shanghai who receive work permits — though the process to getting there can be arduous.
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Food businesses across the UK pivot again as crowds return to restaurants, shops

by Victoria Craig
Apr 21, 2022
Food delivery operations were activated as eateries and grocery stores emptied. But with restrictions lifted, those changes are fading.
Diners eating outdoors at a London restaurant in April 2021. With lockdowns over and pandemic anxiety easing, many Brits are returning to pre-pandemic habits.
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Small businesses push back on plan to redirect COVID relief funds

by Lily Jamali
Apr 19, 2022
The Biden administration, pressured to avoid new spending, may reallocate the money to pandemic health care needs.
Congress could reroute about $5 billion in COVID relief set aside for small business to pandemic-related health care needs.  
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Global economic growth will be almost cut in half this year — or will it?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 19, 2022
The IMF forecasts a slowdown in growth from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022. But the pandemic and the war could change its outlook.
The uncertainties of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war make it especially difficult to predict future economic conditions. Above, inside the New York Stock Exchange.
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China's zero-COVID restrictions put pressure on businesses

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 15, 2022
China’s first-quarter economic data is not likely to be rosy, given the fallout of the Ukraine war and the current COVID surge.
The Yangshan Port near Shanghai. Even goods and cargo are tested for COVID-19 under China's aggressive anti-contagion policy.
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Businesses need staffing strategies to deal with ongoing COVID-19 surges

by Kristin Schwab
Apr 15, 2022
Employers dealing with successive waves of infections need a plan for worker absences.
Lack of staffing due to COVID-19 has become the norm for many businesses.
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Declining enrollment affects how public schools balance budgets

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 13, 2022
It can be challenging to figure out whether pandemic-related changes will end up being permanent.
The recipient school districts are now considering how to use their donations, whether on improvements like a new gym or investments like college scholarship funds.
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