The 1.1 million minority-owned small businesses with employees in America are an essential job source, employing more than 8.7 million workers and annually generating more than $1 trillion in economic output. Women own nearly 300,000 of them, employing 2.4 million...
On June 11, the American College of Physicianssent lettersto the presidents and CEOs of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, UnitedHealth Group, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and America’s Health Insurance Plans, that, among other recommendations, urged them to continue pay...
Those homeowners might have gotten behind on their payments before the stimulus package went into effect, meaning they can still make arrangements with their lenders for future payments.However, some mortgages — specifically those that aren’t backed by the federal government — don’t qualify for...
The pandemic had a near-immediate effect on women’s employment. One in four women are considering leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers versus one in five men. While all women have been impacted, three major groups have experienced some of the largest challenges: wor...
Evaluating the impact of attempts to correct health misinformation on social media: a meta-analysis. Health Commun. 36, 1776–1784 (2021). Article Google Scholar Nyhan, B. Why the backfire effect does not explain the durability of political misperceptions. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 118, e...
The scheme captures the causal effect of the outbreak on local employment relative to the rest of the country. The establishment survey allows us to break down the effect by industry and establishment size, and the household survey allows us to estimate the effect by occupation, education, age,...
We analyzed the trend of the variables in the pre-pandemic and the effect of the pandemic on the total time series. Results In 2020, compared to 2019, the decrease in screening mammograms, oncological breast surgeries, and breast cancer hospitalization was − 41.44%, -23.13%, and −...
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According to executives and chief human resources officers in North America, interviewed in April 2020 across an array of industries, every one of their companies is using technology as a substitute for nonessential travel. Most expect that certain types of trav...
In other words, COVID-19-related anti-Asian discrimination that encompasses directly witnessing, viewing online, or the relaying of personal narratives, may have negative impacts on the mental health of both A/AA and non-Asian people. Thus the vicarious ripple effect of discrimination due to the...