Between 2020 and 2023, the New York Building Congress anticipates total spending on construction for the healthcare sector to increase by 38% to exceed $ 9.4 billion during that period, according to a recent report. From 2016 to 2019, New York City spent more than $ 6.8 billion on healthcare construction. For the next three… Read More »
Several types of viruses could pose a global threat, not just the coronavirus that causes covid-19 Health 17 June 2020 By Alice Klein NIBSC/Science Photo Library There are estimated to be up to 800,000 viruses in animals that have the potential to infect humans. But identifying them is a task of Sisyphean proportions. One of… Read More »
The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the deaths of other Black people at the hands of police have brought out hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and around the world to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality. Yet many people are concerned that such large gathering could… Read More »
The pace of job losses is slowing but still extreme, setting the expectation that job loss will still be at a historic high next week. Last week, 2.1 million workers applied for first-time unemployment benefits, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Since mid-March, about 41 million people have applied for unemployment insurance. The number of workers… Read More »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. Couples who are cooped up by COVID-19 are getting the rare opportunity to spend more time together, but also discovering the… Read More »