U.S. Reaches $2.1 Billion Deal With Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline For COVID-19 Vaccine Push
This is the sixth vaccine candidate to join Operation Warp Speed's portfolio, and the largest vaccine deal to date.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Offers Insights Into Historic Economic Decline
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with economist Paul Romer about the worst GDP numbers in U.S. history, and what's ahead for the economy. He says the current decline is worse than the 2008 recession.
Pandemic Puts Restaurant Owners In The Business Fight Of Their Lives
Restaurants are going out of business in droves. But some are battling hard to keep their doors open.
Members Of The Class Of 2020 Face A Brutal Job Market
New college graduates fortunate enough to land jobs during the pandemic begin their careers under bizarre circumstances — they often haven't met their bosses and coworkers in person.
News Brief: Pandemic Sales, COVID-19 Hospital Data Glitches, 2020 Census
Even in financial uncertainty, some firms turn a profit. Major glitches reported in a federal government database for hospital data. And, the Census Bureau's door-knocking program will end early.
Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys)
Studies involving COVID-19 vaccine candidates in monkeys show promise of an effective vaccine, but it will take large-scale human trials to know for sure if they work.
Amazon Doubles Profit To $5.2 Billion As Online Shopping Spikes
The company's sales went through the roof between April and June, hitting close to $89 billion — a 40% increase from a year earlier. Amazon added 175,000 new hires to help keep up with the demand.
3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever
The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
GOP Argues Business Liability Protections Must Be Added To The Next Relief Package
Congress is debating the next relief package, and a sticking point in negotiations is liability reform. Republicans argue that businesses should be protected from pandemic-related lawsuits.
Experts Doubt The Strength Of Economy's Recovery As Coronavirus Rates Grow
The pandemic triggered a historic drop in the U.S. economy this spring. And a hoped-for summer rebound could be short-circuited, as infection rates grow around the country.