Amazon is a great source for linear network TV shows that you might not have gotten around to watching when they first aired.Along with a wide selection of content from a variety of networks like Dexter, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock, there’s also a growing list of […]
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COVID-19 is linked to more diabetes diagnoses among kids, CDC study finds – CBS News
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that COVID-19 may be linked to a lifelong health problem for some children who contract the disease.The study, published on January 7, found that children and teens are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes a month or […]
Many hospitals are halting non-urgent procedures and relying on the National Guard to meet demand as Covid-19 hospitalizations rise
(CNN) As Covid-19 hospitalizations reach new highs , more states and health care systems are cutting back services that aren’t urgent and relying on National Guard personnel to fill staffing gaps as infected health care employees miss work to recover and patient demand grows. While officials have started to call […]
Holiday shopping recap: US retail sales drop in December
New York (CNN Business) Consumers are getting grumpy about inflation, Omicron and a host of other challenges.That’s not a good sign for the US economy. Americans shopped less in December, causing the first drop in retail sales since the summer .Sales dropped 1.9% compared with November, adjusted for seasonal swings, […]
Professor Who Predicted ‘The Great Resignation’ Shares the 3 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2022 – NBC Chicago
One of the World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farms Gears Up for Full Operations “It’s not just about getting another job, or leaving the workforce, it’s about taking control of your work and personal life, and making a big decision – resigning – to accomplish that,” he tells CNBC Make It.”This […]
Americans choose jobs over college : NPR
Enlarge this image Errata Carmona for NPR Errata Carmona for NPR More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began.According to new data released Thursday, U.S.colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students in the fall of 2021, continuing a […]
Bill Gates says ‘COVID can be treated more like seasonal flu’ after Omicron surge peaks
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and case numbers break previous record highs , billionaire Microsoft cofounder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates sees a potential end in the near future.”Once Omicron goes through a country, then the rest of the year should see far fewer cases,” Gates told University […]
If prices keep rising, a nightmare scenario for the US economy is a real possibility
New York (CNN Business) There’s no denying it: Inflation is here.Consumer prices surged 7% over the past year.Housing prices have continued to soar, too.But the question on the minds of many economists and Wall Street strategists is whether something even worse could be in the cards: prices rising as the […]
IRS is in crisis, Taxpayer Advocate warns – CBS News
Last year was the “most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced,” the Taxpayer Advocate said Wednesday in its latest annual report to Congress as the IRS gears up for the start of tax filing season on January 24.The top agency watchdog warned the agency is in crisis. […]
Biden says CPI inflation report shows progress in slowing down high prices
President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted the new consumer inflation report as evidence that price jumps have started to slow, but acknowledged that the economy has a ways to go before Americans see cost hikes return to a typical level.”Today’s report—which shows a meaningful reduction in headline inflation over last […]