Governments, at the state and federal levels, have taken unprecedented steps to combat the pandemic, acting to stop the spread of the coronavirus and mitigate the resulting economic fallout. The scope of the problem,…
Since Americans began taking measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the use of streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video has increased significantly. Not only have millions of new…
President Donald Trump, on March 27, 2020, signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The $2 trillion relief bill provides direct support to individuals, businesses, and local governments struggling…
Since the onset of the novel coronavirus in the U.S., consumers have sometimes encountered bare shelves in some sections of their supermarkets. Especially when news of potential lockdowns first surfaced, shoppers rushed to stock…
Over a month ago, California became the first state to implement a statewide stay-at-home order. The order banned residents from leaving their home for nonessential reasons in an effort to halt the spread of…
More than 1,000,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. as of Thursday afternoon April 30, by far the most of any country. Accounting for population size, the U.S. has the 15th highest…
To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and save lives, millions of Americans nationwide have been urged or ordered by their state or local government to stay at home. In addition to stay-at-home…
While some states are beginning to lift stay-at-home orders and allow nonessential businesses to open as the spread of the novel coronavirus has slowed, most of the United States is still in lockdown. COVID-19…
Weekly jobless claims climbed by 3.5 million, bringing the total number of unemployment claims since mid-March to nearly 28 million. The latest round of layoffs suggests the unemployment rate could be approaching 25% —…
Ever since the shelter-in-place orders were issued in much of the United States in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the number of miles Americans are driving has declined dramatically. For many…
The scale of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is reshaping society in lasting ways – from how we work and buy groceries to the level of freedom of movement we are accustomed…
On April 28, the number of recorded cases of COVID-19 in the United States surpassed 1 million. Even as the exponential spread of the virus has begun to slow somewhat, the virus continues to…
Despite claims that COVID-19 was quickly becoming the leading cause of death in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that at this time this claim is far from being true.…
The U.S. surpassed 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on April 27, by far the most of any country and accounting for about a third of all cases worldwide. There have been more than 56,000…
In a time of true crisis, like the coronavirus pandemic, we find out who are the real heroes and absolute essential workers among us. And no, they’re not CEOs, lawyers, or Wall Street brokers.…
