Despite early comparisons between COVID-19 and influenza, coronavirus was never going to be just another flu. It comes from a different family of viruses and it has proven far more pernicious and unpredictable. Even so, “cytokine storms,” where the immune system turns on the body by overreacting to a virus, …
Read More »: Airline stocks blast off after upbeat news on potential COVID-19 vaccine
ROSEMONT, IL – SEPTEMBER 3: An American Airlines jet is seen in the air preparing to land September 3, 2004 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in Rosemont, Illinois. American Airlines announced December 10, 2004 that they will be raising domestic airfares $ 10 for round-trip and $ 5 for one-way …
Read More »How Covid-19 Affects the Housing Market in College Towns
Much of the activity in college towns — like Athens, Georgia, pictured — centers on the university’s events. Since Covid-19 has pushed learning online, business has dried up in many college towns. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to major lifestyle changes, including how people learn, work and play. That could …
Read More »What a Joe Biden presidency means for taxes, health care, housing, student debt — and another COVID-19 stimulus package
Joe Biden was projected Saturday to become the nation’s next president, according to the Associated Press, after campaigning on an ambitious domestic agenda he hopes will improve voters’ finances and invigorate an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Tax hikes for the rich, broadened health care coverage and student loan …
Read More »Joe Biden’s pandemic plan — mandatory face masks, paid sick leave, restore Obamacare and free COVID-19 tests
Joe Biden has one critical task ahead of him: COVID-19. The former vice president will become the 46th president of the United States after 20 electoral votes from his native state of Pennsylvania will push him over the finish line of 270 electoral votes, giving Biden a total of 273 …
Read More »Europe Markets: Dow futures slide 500 points and European equity futures drop as Big Tech earnings, COVID-19 and election worries weigh
A man’s reflection is shown in Apple’s flagship store in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Oct. 26, 2020. It remains closed due to the pandemic. MarketWatch/Kollmeyer European and U.S. equity futures pointed to losses for markets on Friday, with investors reacting to some disappointment over Apple and Amazon.com earnings, as …
Read More »The Moneyist: My sister moved from New York to our mom’s house due to COVID-19. She saved $11K in rent and expenses. Is that fair?
Dear Moneyist, My sister gave up her apartment in New York City and moved back home in April, shortly after COVID-19 erupted there, and has now been living rent-free with my mother for the past seven months. My sister is 42 years old and holds a full-time job with a …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global COVID-19 cases top 38.9 million as trial of promising therapy finds it does not stop patients dying
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide climbed above 38.9 million on Friday, as a clinical trial found one therapy believed to be promising as a treatment to have no effect on mortality in hospitalized patients. The trial, conducted by the World Health Organization, found that …
Read More »‘Don’t ever, ever underestimate the potential of the pandemic’: 5 reasons scientists say you should be afraid of COVID-19
Panicking about COVID-19 won’t help you get through the pandemic, health professionals say. And neither will treating the novel coronavirus, a highly unpredictable disease for which there is no 100% successful therapeutic treatment, with anything less than extreme caution. In short, it affects everyone differently. President Trump was released from …
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