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Tue, 2011-08-30 10:17 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on sustainable economics and financial balance within resilient social ecologies.

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Stores raise prices of COVID test kits as they remain hard to find

Wed, 2022-01-05 10:12 — mike kraft
COVID test prices increase at Walmart, Kroger as at-home rapid tests remain hard to find COVID-19 at-home tests are hard to find and now Abbott's BinaxNOW kits cost more at Walmart and Kroger. Kelly Tyko USA TODAY

Home COVID-19 at-home test kits will cost more – if you can find them.

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World Bank says globe seeing 'tragic reversals in development' due to COVID-19

Mon, 2021-10-11 18:15 — mike kraft
World Bank says globe seeing 'tragic reversals in development' due to World Bank Group President David Malpass said Monday the Earth is seeing "tragic reversals in development" due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph Choi TheHill

World Bank Group President David Malpass said Monday the Earth is seeing "tragic reversals in development" due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Analysis: Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers

Fri, 2021-10-08 19:52 — mike kraft
Desperate airlines hope vaccine mandates will lure back passengers The one thing we do know for certain is that the airline industry as we know it is changing forever. Jay Ratliff, Opinion Contributor TheHill
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Tensions reportedly grow between Moderna, White House over vaccine production

Thu, 2021-10-07 10:48 — mike kraft
Tensions grow between Moderna, White House over vaccine production The Biden administration has urged Moderna for months to increase its production domestically. POLITICO

Vaccine maker Moderna is resisting pressure from the White House to increase international donations of its Covid-19 shot in 2022, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money --AP Analysis

Mon, 2021-10-04 10:01 — mike kraft
AP: States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate action” on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities. AP NEWS
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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft
COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters
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Tight U.S. labor market impediment to vaccine mandates

Fri, 2021-08-20 09:49 — mike kraft
Your boss wants to make you get the vaccine. The labor shortage is stopping them At Kevin Smith's home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been vaccinated. He'd like to order them all to get the shot, but he says he can't risk a mass exodus. Chris Isidore, CNN Business CNN
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Administration raises food stamp benefits by historic 27%

Mon, 2021-08-16 21:03 — mike kraft
Historic increase in food stamp benefits is on the way | CNN Politics Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October -- the largest increase in the program's history, the Biden administration announced Monday. Tami Luhby
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OPINION: A plan for reinvesting in U.S. public health system

Mon, 2021-06-28 19:31 — mike kraft
Confronting a legacy of scarcity in U.S. funding for public health - STAT Decades of underfunding public health have left Americans vulnerable to Covid-19 and future calamities that are just around the corner. Patrick Skerrett STAT

Public health in America is in crisis, a sad fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has made impossible to ignore.

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U.S. officials announce $1.25 billion for hundreds of small lenders to boost Covid recovery

Tue, 2021-06-15 14:18 — mike kraft
Vice president announces $1.25 billion for hundreds of small lenders to boost Covid recovery Vice President Kamala Harris and Sec. Janet Yellen announced the Biden administration will award $1.25 billion to hundreds of small community lenders. It's a part of funding passed in last year’s coronavirus relief bill on Tuesday, in the South Court Auditorium. By <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, Mike Hayes and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN
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