Category «Economy»

COVID-19: China Medical Supply Chains and Broader Trade Issues

CRS Report – COVID-19: China Medical Supply Chains and Broader Trade Issues – R46304 April 6, 202o: “The outbreak of CoronavirusDisease2019 (COVID-19), first in China, and then globally, including in the United States, is drawing attention to the ways in which the U.S. economy depends on manufacturing and supply chains based in China.This report aims to …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

HHS OIG Report – Hospital Experiences Responding to COVID-19

Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23-27, 2020 04-03-2020 | OEI-06-20-00300 | Complete Report “…WHAT WE FOUND – Hospitals reported that their most significant challenges centered on testing and caring for patients with COVID-19 and keeping staff safe. Hospitals said that severe shortages of testing supplies and extended …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu

Correia, Sergio and Luck, Stephan and Verner, Emil, Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu (March 30, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3561560 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3561560 “What are the economic consequences of an influenza pandemic? And given the pandemic, what are the economic costs and benefits of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI)? …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Tracking spread of novel coronavirus, the Social Distancing of America, Toll on Traveling

Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus – Sources: Local state agencies; Local media; World Health Organization; China National Health Commission; The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University. By Gurman Bhatia. Research by Cate Cadell | REUTERS GRAPHICS See also via Reuters Graphics – The social distancing of America – …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Transportation

How Americans perceive the outbreak and view media coverage differ by main news source

Cable TV and COVID-19: “Coverage of COVID-19 has dominated the news and resulted in skyrocketing ratings for the nation’s cable news networks. And according to a survey conducted March 10-16, 2020, as a part of Pew Research Center’s Election News Pathways project, responses to that coverage and the pandemic itself vary notably among Americans who …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Legal Issues Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak and Overview

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress – Legal Issues Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Overview Updated March 30, 2020: “The COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly shifted the congressional agenda in recent weeks, while altering the daily lives of millions of American residents. Alongside the many medical, economic, social, and public policy …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

Americans turn to technology during COVID-19 outbreak say an outage would be a problem

“As the spread of COVID-19 upends work, classes and even doctor appointments across the country, a majority of Americans are turning to digital means to stay connected and track information about the outbreak. Amid this increased reliance, about nine-in-ten U.S. adults (93%) say that a major interruption to their internet or cellphone service during the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Health Care, Internet

Most Americans Say Coronavirus Outbreak Has Impacted Their Lives

More than half have prayed for an end to the virus’s spread – “As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise and schools, workplaces and public gathering spaces across the United States remain closed, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the coronavirus outbreak is having profound impacts on the personal lives …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Health Care

American FactFinder going offline 31 March 2020

AFF will be offline permanently March 31, 2020.  “There are now a nice set of short tutorial and long webinar recordings at …It facilitated teaching the economic and business datasets more than data.census.gov does IMO.) Via Steve Cramer, Business & Economics Librarian, Associate Professor | Coleman Fellow for Entrepreneurship Education , University of North Carolina …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New Website Provides Acquisition-Related Coronavirus Information

JD Supra – “If you’re looking for a single place to find information concerning the federal government’s response to the coronavirus that impacts contractors, the General Services Administration (GSA) recently uploaded a webpage on the acquisition.gov website that aims to deliver: https://www.acquisition.gov/coronavirus. While it is not a comprehensive source, the site includes selected links to …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research