This guide explains the stimulus and relief efforts undertaken by the U.S. government during the COVID-19 crisis. Learn more about the support for business and employment.
It explores how Black business owners made sense of the Paycheck Protection Program, and how they came to regard it as an untrustworthy source of economic relief or even a dangerous trap. Less than half of the small business owners we interviewed applied for PPP, and those who did, did so...
Today, President Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan of 2021, aimed to provide financial relief to Americans and incentives to stimulate the economy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest package is expansive in scope, ...
October 26, 2023Just the News Like the cassette music format among hipsters, COVID-19 vaccine mandates live on in select educational settings. Students may not be told until they’re already well into a program, however. Read the full story ...
25 July 2023 Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations Article Article10 March 2021 Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about an unprecedented scale of burden on health care systems.1,2More than 770 million cases of COVID-19 and over 6.9 ...
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Overview of the webinar Employers are facing unexpected and demanding challenges as they navigate the health precautions and government measures related to coronavirus. We heard you and partnered with one of ...
August 28, 2023 7:43pm EDT NYC comptroller exposes expensive testing and vaccination program mismanagement The Health Department would be billed: $150 for every worker per hour, $100 for each test administered, and then later $25 for each vaccine shot dispensed. July 5, 2023 5:49pm EDT Mat...
as of April 2023 (states have some flexibility with when to start), and it is gradually reducing the additional funding throughout 2023.4 Table The impending changes in federal relief dollars (for example, the 20 percent increase in Medicare inpatient payments for COVID-19 treatment5) a...
Assoc. 324, 2023–2024 (2020). Article CAS Google Scholar Schmidt, H. et al. What prioritizing worse-off minority groups for COVID-19 vaccines means quantitatively: practical, legal and ethical implications. Preprint at https://seii.mit.edu/working-paper/what-prioritizing-worse-off-minority-...
The repercussions of lost revenue for AT providers brought into sharp relief the perceived high costs of working with assistive products, with associated import, tax, and material costs. The empirical data discussed above reinforce the imperative to ensure countries develop sustainable infrastructure and...