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Omicron
Sundance Film Fest and other big events are back after battle with omicron
Jan 18, 2023
Hundreds of businesses rely on major commercial and arts gatherings for much of their annual income.
What's the right vaccine strategy to fight against COVID variants?
by
Lily Jamali
Aug 16, 2022
The U.K. is targeting the BA.1 subvariant of omicron while the U.S. is targeting the more recent BA.4 and BA.5 omicron strains.
Life inside Shanghai’s latest COVID surge
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 29, 2022
Shanghai officials boast that their strategy to snuff out the spread of COVID-19 is preferable to a city-wide lockdown. For residents living through the current wave, the effects are jarring.
Shanghai is under COVID-19 restrictions after omicron surge
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 14, 2022
China's financial capital is not under a full lockdown, but strict anti-COVID measures still weigh on residents.
Travel bookings tick upward as omicron recedes
Feb 21, 2022
People also appear to be booking ahead more often, seen as a sign of renewed optimism.
Is the virus still in control of the economy?
Feb 17, 2022
Recent numbers suggest this economy is increasingly shrugging its shoulders at the pandemic.
Omicron’s peak coincided with key week for jobs data
by
Matt Levin
Feb 2, 2022
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' "reference week," used to calculate employment, included Jan. 12 — when omicron was at its worst.
For public good, not for profit.
This microbusiness owner is riding a roller-coaster
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Feb 2, 2022
Running a microbusiness in a pandemic economy is tough. Businesses that rely on human interaction have to be creative to survive.
Consumers feel the pinch as inflation, omicron drag on
Jan 28, 2022
Despite good economic data like GDP growth, many Americans are not optimistic.
How worried are people about omicron? Not as worried as some are about the economy.
Jan 28, 2022
The latest poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that job security and the economy concerns outweigh worries about getting sick.