With Labor Day weekend and the winter travel season quickly approaching, Dr. Henry Wu, Director of Emory TravelWell Center, provides safety precautions and guidelines to follow while planning to travel domestically and/or internationally during the coronavirus pandemic.
The University of Georgia documented 798 coronavirus infections among students in the first full week of classes, according to a press release Wednesday.
The student cases were part of 821 total cases further spread among faculty and staff in that same week, between Aug. 24-30. That’s more than 75% of the total cases documented on campus since Aug. 10.
The CDC's planning guidance for states includes multiple scenarios for the rollout of a vaccine this year, including possibly having a limited number of doses available in October and November.
Another 881,000 people applied for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. That's down from the previous week, but the report comes with an asterisk.
Congressional forecasters expect the federal deficit to reach $3.3 trillion during the current fiscal year. By 2023, government debt will reach an all-time high of 107% of GDP.
Fear and frustration have marked the start of the fall semester for college students and employees across the state as COVID-19 disrupts the usual routines of college life.
Since the Aug. 4 blast, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by some 220%, according to the International Rescue Committee. The country is also coping with damage to medical facilities.
The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming as people who have lost work run out of money. Landlord groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.
As commercial real estate continues to lie vacant around the U.S., it may contribute to a vicious economic cycle that reshapes New York and other cities.
Some employees will soon see a boost in take-home pay. The Trump administration has given employers the option to stop collecting payroll taxes. But workers may have to repay the money next year.
People can spend months recovering from COVID-19 and sometimes have lasting disabilities. That is especially hard for undocumented people, who often are in high-risk jobs without health insurance.
“I knew that this was a novel virus. I knew that we didn't have any tried-and-true effective treatments for it,” she said. “And here I was full-blown, and I had it.”
"This year, we are facing an extraordinary situation," Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a conference last week before GDP figures were released. "We are facing an act of God."
