The Cool Down on MSN

Experts are split on whether the world is ready for another pandemic: 'Global threats demand a global response'

"Pathogens don’t respect borders." Experts are split on whether the world is ready for another pandemic: 'Global threats ...
Politifact

Pandemic treaty wouldn’t give the WHO power to forcibly vaccinate people

The World Health Organization’s member states are negotiating an agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The pact would not authorize the WHO to mandate vaccines or any ...
The Boston Globe

Tell us: What are your pandemic memories, photos and videos?

March marks the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, a collective trauma that New Englanders faced together. For an upcoming story to mark the anniversary, the Globe is asking readers to ...
Medical Xpress

What pathogen might spark the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for 'disease X'

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was ...
San Francisco Fed

Productivity During and Since the Pandemic

U.S. labor productivity initially surged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the massive economic upheaval. As the economy recovered, the level of productivity retreated to its slow ...
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Is the PPPLF Still Encouraging Small Business Lending?

The Federal Reserve designed its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility to ease liquidity issues and support small ...
STAT

What’s missing from the WHO Pandemic Treaty

Psaki is a senior fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health and former U.S. coordinator for global health security at the National Security Council. Jha is the dean of the Brown ...
Christian Science Monitor

Tracking pandemic aid fraud: Five years on, the toll continues to grow

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...