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US G.D.P. Declined in First Quarter, With Worse Economy to Come – The New York Times

U.S. gross domestic product declined in the first quarter, dragged down by the pandemic’s grip in March. Don’t even ask about this quarter. Generated by ai2html v0.100.0 – 2020-04-29 08:46 ai file: gdp.ai preview: 2020-04-28-gdp scoop: gdp Artboard: 335 Quarterly change in real gross domestic product, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Artboard: 600 Quarterly change […]

Candidates

Iowa to workers: Return to your jobs or lose unemployment benefits, with exceptions

.entry__header IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is warning laid off workers that they will lose their unemployment benefits if they refuse to return when their employer calls them back to work. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is moving to partially reopen 77 of the state’s 99 counties Friday, relaxing restrictions that were intended to stop […]

Healthcare

Health care experts say coronavirus exposes major flaws in medical system

As the coronavirus pandemic continues its rampage across the United States, with more than a million confirmed cases and no end in sight, medical professionals and experts say the strain on the health care system has exposed major flaws and taught hard lessons. They said the pandemic has shown that we need to shift the […]

Healthcare

‘Clear-cut’ evidence coronavirus drug remdesivir works, Fauci says

An experimental drug for the coronavirus has a proven benefit, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery,” Fauci said at the White House on Wednesday. The data he referred […]