The announcement, made more than three years after WHO declared the coronavirus an international crisis, offers a coda to a pandemic that stirred fear and suspicion, hand-wringing and finger-pointing across the globe. read more >
After more than two years of working in pajama bottoms and clinking glasses over Zoom, many office workers seem to be yearning for a bit of glamour. read more >
The leading cause of the worker shortfall, according to research by the Fed, is a surge in retirements. read more >
There's a disconnect between customers who want to shop and dine like they used to during pre-pandemic times and exhausted employees who no longer want to work those long hours — a push-pull that is only being heightened during the busy holiday shopping season. read more >
The flight from the profession wasn't a case of older nurses retiring. The bulk of nurses leaving were under age 35, and more are headed for the exit. read more >
The move adds to earlier easing that fueled hopes Beijing was scrapping its "zero COVID" strategy, which is disrupting manufacturing and global trade. read more >
Construction company executives say demand for projects has remained robust, and they have learned to cope with now-predictable complications like higher materials costs and labor shortages. read more >
Financial technology firms used questionable procedures and business practices that resulted in "the needless loss of taxpayer dollars." read more >
Workers this year are contributing an average $6,106 toward the cost of family premium, with employers paying the rest. read more >
Among fourth graders, 36% were proficient in math compared with 41% in 2019. In Arkansas, the results were even worse. read more >
The environmental services firm said revenue fell on softer demand for pandemic-related services. read more >
Educators see a need to keep students on task to recover from pandemic shutdowns, when many students lost the equivalent of months of learning. read more >
The FDIC attributed most of the improvement to the stronger economy in 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic restrictions largely expired and there were low levels of unemployment. read more >
Commercial pricing for adult doses could start early next year, depending on when the government phases out its program of buying and distributing the shots. read more >
Farmers assisted by the program have been found by the USDA to be distressed borrowers hard hit by pandemic-induced market disruptions exacerbated by more frequent, more intense, climate-driven natural disasters. read more >
The reason: Fewer countries are testing for the virus or reporting the number of COVID-19 cases. read more >
Nine central banks accounting for half the global economy have lifted their key interest rate by 1.25 percentage points in the past six months. read more >
FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said last week he expected a decision on boosters for that age group soon. read more >
The clinic was created after doctors began seeing former COVID patients return with lingering symptoms. read more >
Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to tens of thousands of children across Minnesota, then sought reimbursement for those meals through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food nutrition programs. read more >
