Tag: COVID-19

More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery.

CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really.

Physicians Premier ER charged Dr. Zachary Sussman’s insurance $10,984 for his COVID-19 antibody test even though Sussman worked for the chain and knows the testing materials only cost about $8. Even more surprising: The insurer paid in full.

The compounding threats of heat and isolation have been laid bare this summer thanks to COVID-19.

Environmental change post COVID.

“Public health officials worry that the Trump administration is looking to roll out a vaccine prematurely, or at least to hype one, before the election as a way to score political points.“

A monthslong investigation revealed that Oportun Inc., which was founded to help Latino immigrants build credit, routinely uses lawsuits to intimidate a vulnerable population into keeping up with high-interest loan payments — even amid COVID-19.

The outbreak of COVID-19 initially looked like a gift to autocrats around the world — until they botched it.

You can submit to tyranny or you can resist it.

Lies about the economy are harder to spot than lies about the coronavirus because the virus’s grim death count is painfully apparent while the economy is complicated.