Why Black, Hispanic Small-Business Owners Have Struggled In The Pandemic

Top aide Melissa DeRosa told lawmakers the data was delayed because officials worried that the information was“ going to be used against us” by the Trump administration's Department of Justice. The new salvos from Republicans and Cuomo's fellow Democrats mark a stark turnaround from early days of the pandemic, when Cuomo's daily briefings helped cement a…

Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation’ s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives. President Donald Trump claimed center stage and muddled the message of the nation’ s top public health experts in the critical early days of the virus and eventually…

Steve Pompei had a surprising answer when asked how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his Santa Fe- based home remodeling business in 2020.. For Desiree Aragon, an Albuquerque resident and former waitress, the pandemic brought unemployment, a move across the country and back, and the end to a dream she had just started to build. Pompei's and Aragon's stories are just…

Pretty much everyone was pleased to see 2020 come to an end. We've had to endure a pandemic that seems to be growing worse by the day an economic lockdown that destroyed millions of jobs and thousands of businesses widespread protesting, rioting and looting a contentious presidential election in which the current president refuses to accept defeat.

—China eked out 2.3% economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened relatively early from a shutdown to fight the coronavirus while the United States, Japan and Europe struggled with disease flare-ups. The following quarter, China became the first major country to grow again with a 3.2% expansion…

Most states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance to prioritize the highest-risk groups for the initially limited vaccine supply. Azar also said the government would be releasing its entire supply of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, rather than withhold enough for second doses,…

The Progressive Democrats of America issued the following news release on Jan. 4:. Progressive Democrats of America calls upon Congress and the incoming Biden Administration to appoint one person to oversee the National Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to all American citizens and residents. With President Trump and the 116th Congress having deprived…

The FDA issued the warning in a statement on Monday, stating it has been following reports about reducing the number of doses, extending the length of time between injections and reducing the size of each dose in order to inoculate more people, warning doing so may “run a significant risk of placing public health at risk.” “These are all reasonable questions to…

As Australia burned, thousands were swept up in floods in Indonesia and dozens of zoo animals perished in a Berlin fire. Roanoke County planned a broadband survey to figure out which areas were unserved or underserved. We were blissfully unaware that a different apocalyptic event had already started as a new coronavirus emerged in China.

That economic growth varies considerably though; Asia has significantly outpaced Latin America, Africa and developing Europe. Of all major economies China recovered the fastest from the pandemic and will finish 2020 in remarkably good economic shape. China returned to growth in 2020 through state-funded infrastructure projects while its citizens…

DENVER >> The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. The variant was found in a man in his 20 s who is in isolation southeast of Denver in Elbert County and has no travel history, state health officials said. Elbert County is a mainly rural area of rolling plains at the far edge of the…

Public health experts say more options in addition to the two vaccines now being dispensed— one made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, the other by Moderna— are critical to amassing enough shots for the country and the world. The coronavirus is blamed for about 1.8 million deaths worldwide, including more than 330,000 in the U.S. This has been the…

On Tuesday, officials in Colorado announced that a man in his 20 s was infected with the novel coronavirus strain, which was first reported in the U.K.. The Colorado case arose just weeks after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines started to be distributed across the U.S. According to officials, the vaccines likely protect against the new strain. Melissa Nolan, an…

California's unemployment rate had dropped to 8.2% in November, exactly half of the record-high 16.4% recorded in the spring as the first wave of COVID-19 pummeled the state and Gov. “In isolation, California's November job performance is not terrible; in 2019, a' normal' year, it would have been by far the best preforming month,” Taner Osman, research manager at…

The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. How China used its authoritarian muscle to stamp out the coronavirus. How Brazil struggled with the pandemic even as its president scoffed at it.

When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation of symptoms: What could explain why patients were losing their sense of smell and taste, developing skin rashes, struggling to breathe and reporting memory loss on top of flu-like coughs and aches? Amy Rapkiewicz.‘ Autopsy,’ she pointed out, means to…

Andy Beshear, D- Kentucky, issued the following news on Dec. 21:. On Monday, the Governor showed images from the first long-term care residents in Kentucky to get a shot of the coronavirus vaccine authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Walgreens pharmacy team members will provide COVID-19 vaccinations in approximately 800 long-term care facilities…

“I had heard Idaho is nice, but had never seen much of Idaho other than Sun Valley.” The Kongs flew into Boise in September and drove to McCall. ” The Kongs are among a growing number of people buying second homes in Idaho resort towns.

To the dismay of Palm Beach County commissioners, at-risk elderly who don’ t live in nursing homes and first responders aren’ t among the first wave of people who will get the coronavirus vaccine that is expected to be approved on Thursday. Hospitals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, which are among the five, haven’ t shared their distribution plans, she said.

Last month 9 million renters said they were behind on rent, according to a Census Bureau survey. About 29% of Black families and 17% of Hispanic renters were behind, the Census Bureau reported. A separate analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, looking at people who had jobs before the pandemic, found 1.3 million such households are now an average of…

With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on NBC's“ Meet the Press.”“ But it’ s not going to save us from this…

—IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization's initiative for distributing COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries. The campaign’ s targets, in countries including Germany, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan, are likely associated…

The Federal Reserve estimated Wisconsin's gross domestic product-the value of all goods and services produced in the state-at $346.4 billion in 2019.. Tony Evers got to try and hold together Wisconsin's economy and health care systems in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, a total of $188 million was invested in small businesses-including $5,000…

California is on the cusp of a mass campaign that faces colossal complexities, even beyond the nuts-and-bolts logistics of having enough cold storage for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines once they finally arrive. Will the panel of scientists charged with double-checking the Food and Drug Administration's work on vaccine safety build the public's…

—Congress is bracing for President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’ s state-by-state approach to the COVID-19 crisis and build out a national strategy to fight the pandemic and distribute the eventual vaccine. Republicans have resisted big spending but agree additional funding is needed. As Congress weighs a new round of COVID-19…