Omicron and its growing family of subvariants has left Americans wondering whether they have enough immunity to protect against the ever-changing virus.

According to recent research published in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, companies that use augmented reality (AR) glasses as a new training and workforce tool to boost worker productivity risk stunting workforce innovation and ingenuity.

Most states have already finalized their new congressional maps, with candidates jockeying to gain their party’s nomination, and hopefully win a seat in the 118th Congress during the upcoming November midterm election.

The research, published in the journal BMC Public Health, shows that total closure in favour of remote learning, however, offers little additional advantage over the hybrid option.

Tempted to walk away when you’re at the end of a line? You’re not alone. Being last in line negatively impacts your satisfaction and makes it more likely you’ll bail before getting to the front, says Ryan Buell, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, whose research was published last year in the journal Management Science.

The twin events in Ukraine and Shanghai have shattered the core assumptions underlying global supply chains. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall more than three decades ago, multinational corporations had often been able to separate business and geopolitics, assuming that world leaders generally make rational decisions regardless of their ideology. However, with Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Shanghai's severe, month-long lockdown, it's clear that such assumptions were wildly over-optimistic.

Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and Yonsei University have developed a machine learning tool to predict no-shows in pediatric medical appointments.  

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) – The nation’s top infectious disease expert said we are in a new phase when it comes to the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci said while the global pandemic continues, in the U.S. it’s a different story.

Western countries are in awe at how quickly U.S.-led financial sanctions severely damaged Russia’s economy. But for those 35 countries that abstained from a U.N. vote condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, those repercussions will make them wary. 

The federal transportation face mask mandate is over. A federal judge in Florida struck it down last week, citing an overreach of statutory authority by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a violation of administrative law. All the major airlines quickly responded by dropping the mandate on their flights, leaving passengers to fend for themselves on whether to wear a face mask when traveling by air. While the ruling is being appealed by the Department of Justice, the White House encourages people to continue to wear face masks when traveling. The ruling also ended the face mask mandate on trains (like Amtrak) and public transportation, impacting millions of people each day.

The CDC guidelines on community risk (which effectively provides guidance on when to wear a face mask in public venues) focuses on new infection rates, hospitalization admissions, and hospital bed availability, making them reactive. The current uptick of infections with the new omicron variant, BA.2, has been slow to produce many severe cases. This means that around 90% of counties are labeled low risk, with under 1% of counties labeled high risk.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. reached their highest point ever recorded last year, with more than 100,000 deaths over 12 months. Deaths are up nearly 50 percent since the start of the Covid pandemic.

What a difference a year makes. The U.S. inflation rate was at 1.4 percent when Joe Biden was sworn in as President in January 2021. In just fifteen months, it has since risen rapidly to a 40-year high of 8.5 percent, the result of global supply chain issues.

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged world finance leaders Tuesday to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made even worse.

It’s going to cost you a little more to get a side of fries with your meal at your favorite fast food restaurant, KTLA sister station WIAT reports.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged world finance leaders Tuesday to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made even worse.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had extended the federal mask mandate on U.S. airlines, rail and bus systems by two weeks, until May 3. During that period, the CDC planned to explore in-depth what is happening in the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 has disrupted everyone’s life. Recommended or mandated policies and guidelines, whether they involved stay-at-home orders back in the spring of 2020, wearing facemasks on transportation systems and in public venues or being vaccinated, all have shifted the center of gravity for human behavior.

Almost every state has completed drawing their new congressional maps. The two states that continue to be at the center of discussions are Maryland and Florida.