Tag: pandemic
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COVID after the emergency: How the pandemic response evolved in 2023 : Shots
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Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters. Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and…
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Mischa Couvrette’s Pandemic Project, Love of the Ocean + More
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“I started hollis+morris in a quiet two-car garage, with just myself tinkering away. Since then, we’ve grown to a team of 25 in a 10,000-square-foot manufacturing and showroom facility,” said founder, Mischa Couvrette, who has always had a knack for building things. But before the brand, he grew his appreciation for design while spending time…
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Federal student loan bills resumed after a three-year pandemic pause
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Good morning, Quartz readers! Here’s what you need to know US federal student loan repayments resumed. Some 28 million borrowers will need to begin paying bills this month after a three-year pandemic pause. Why a tightening of credit conditions could lead to a weak economy California governor Gavin Newsom selected Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein’s…
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
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Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a two-year-old federal law. Yet the latest federal records show none of the money has been spent — or even budgeted. In fact, about 6,300 cities and counties — nearly 1 in 4 nationwide…
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How the pandemic fueled the current housing crisis in US cities
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BURLINGTON, Vt. – Nearly all of the nation’s housing challenges are on display in the unlikely pandemic boom town of Burlington, Vermont: Skyrocketing housing costs. Chronic homelessness. Too few homes to rent or buy. And an influx of new residents that arrived during the pandemic – a mix of remote workers, wealthy second-home owners and…
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VanMoof e-bikes bankrupt as tech’s pandemic bubble burst continues
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“The most funded e-bike company in the world.” That’s what VanMoof called itself after the independent Netherlands-based e-bike company raised a total of $182 million in a less than 2 year span during the pandemic. The bulk of that funding came as the e-bike industry boomed as workers started looking for ways to commute and…
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Why Amazon built HQ2 and how Covid pandemic reshaped it
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Six years ago, Amazon kicked off a sweepstakes-style contest in search of where to build a second headquarters. The competition drew bids from 238 states, provinces and cities vying to be the next anchor for the nation’s dominant online retailer and second-largest private employer. This week, Amazon formally opened the doors of the first part…
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From pandemic panic to recession rebound: Austin is discombobulated, not dethroned, as a notable city of the future
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Last year the “Future of Cities” scholar, Richard Florida, took to Twitter to share a Bloomberg quick take on the affordability crisis in Texas’ state capitol. “It’s only just begun in Austin…” he remarked, ominously. Since that time, our fair city’s red hot real estate market has so far survived the Ice Bucket Challenge, but…
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Chicago Auto Show back to full size for first time since the pandemic, hoping for crowds of EV and old-school car enthusiasts – Chicago Tribune
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After three years of pandemic disruption that saw postponements, downsizing and a special outdoor summer edition, the Chicago Auto Show may be hitting on all cylinders for the 2023 edition. The annual show, which opens Saturday, has expanded back into two halls at McCormick Place, with a full roster of brands, exhibits and test tracks,…
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Biden said the pandemic is over, but the pandemic won’t cooperate
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WASHINGTON — Three years after the United States logged its first case of COVID-19, the pandemic has slipped off the front pages and seemingly out of public consciousness. Kids are back in schoolrooms, office workers are returning to offices, restaurants and bars are crowded. Most Americans have given up wearing masks, if they ever did, even…
