Anyone who had a kid with RSV this winter, their own infection or ADHD diagnosis, or a relative with cancer likely discovered that getting drugs to treat the problem has become a problem itself.
In case you missed it, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has replaced old screening lanes with new computed tomography X-ray systems at more than 200 security checkpoints across the U.S.
Retailers have begun scaling back their warehouse and logistics operations amid changing consumer spending patterns. That’s according to a report Monday (June 5) by The Wall Street Journal, which names Big Lots and Walmart among the companies shutting down warehouses and/or laying off distribution workers as consumers begin to spend more on services.
With nearly $2 trillion in federal funding behind its industrial policy, the Biden administration should be finding it relatively easy to achieve its goals of strengthening manufacturing and accelerating the transition to green energy. Unfortunately, when it comes to electric vehicles—a key priority for the administration and many consumers—protectionism and parochialism are getting in the way.
Only about 19% of households nationwide had someone who worked from home at least once a week, according to the data.
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New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States' largest healthcare capitation program.
Mpox is spreading across several African countries. The World Health Organization declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern.” The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hardest hit, though Burundi has also seen a recent surge of cases. To date this year, 36,000 suspected cases have been reported, with more than one-half among children younger than 15 years old. In Burundi alone, two-thirds of the recent cases have been in those younger than 19.
The supply chain for many small parcel shipping companies is typically long. Products are often made in distant lands, travel on oceans and waterways, arrive at ports, are then transported to warehouses, from where a third-party logistics provider delivers the product to its intended destination. In a stable world, shippers and customers alike can expect a product to be delivered within the promised time window. However, in a world facing high levels of uncertainty caused by war, pandemic, political instability, raw material shortages, freak accidents (recall the regional and national impact of the bridge collapse in the Port of Baltimore caused by a container ship), and weather, the shipper must work overtime to ensure customer expectations are met at no additional cost, despite these uncertainties.
BALTIM0RE -- Experts say the longer the thousands of port workers strike, including at the Port of Baltimore, the more catastrophic the impacts could be.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban's question to Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on energy costs took off on social media on Saturday.
Florida lawmakers have banned wind turbines off its shores and near the coast, saying the bill is meant to protect wildlife and prevent noise.