The District 5 Board of Education race is between incumbent and teacher union endorsed Dana Schallheim and mental health professional LaToya Nkongolo. District 5 encompasses the Arundel, Broadneck at Baltimoresun.com

Finance and health ministers from the world’s largest economies are convening in Rio de Janeiro today to discuss pressing global economic and global issues, including the urgent threat of another devastating pandemic. at Msn.com

Peter Orszag, Lazard CEO, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss Lazard earnings, inflation, the economy, and more. at Msn.com

Dueling Trump and Harris rallies outside Atlanta offer a case study in how anger and anxiety over Covid-19, a proxy for the larger debate over trust in government, have shaped the 2024 race. at Nytimes.com

The study, published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, discovered that families who ate together more often during the pandemic also had more positive interactions with each other, were more likely to share news and information and even videoconferenced more with extended family members. at Yahoo.com

The contract Steel directed to her campaign mail vendor in 2020 charged taxpayers about $24 per meal, three times as much as vendors charged in two other Orange County supervisor districts, according to an LAist review of contracts. at Laist.com

A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing. at Yahoo.com

That is barely above the Fed’s 2% inflation target and in line with readings in 2018, well before prices began surging after the pandemic recession. Yet some signs of inflation pressures remained. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core ... at Fortune.com

More than four years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and the state ordered shutdowns of large portions of the economy, life at Wkow.com

State test results released Wednesday show growth in reading and math and record graduation rates, but problems in math and chronic absenteeism. at Chicago.suntimes.com

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, convention centers (pictured here) were deemed to be ideal sites for temporary hospitals, due to their existing infrastructure (electrical, water, sewage). [1] Hotels and dormitories were also considered appropriate because they can use negative pressure technology. [1]A pandemic (/ p æ n ˈ d ɛ m ɪ k / pan-DEM-ik) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that ... at En.wikipedia.org

Pandemic, outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence, generally affecting a significant proportion of the world’s population over the course of several months. Learn about how pandemics arise and about pandemic preparedness and historical pandemics. at Britannica.com

A pandemic is a fast-moving and widespread outbreak of infection that affects many people and countries. Learn about the causes, impact, and history of pandemics, and how to prepare for the next one. at Webmd.com

The United Kingdom was the world's first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens with a fully vetted and authorized Covid-19 shot, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic. Jacob King/Pool ... at Cnn.com

A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease that can affect many people and cause serious illness or death. Learn how the WHO defines a pandemic, how it differs from an epidemic, and what you can do to prepare for a pandemic. at Healthline.com

Yet a pandemic is defined as the “worldwide spread” of a new disease. The last pandemic reported in the world was the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009, which killed hundreds of thousands globally. at Cnn.com

Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly increase morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic, social, and political disruption. Evidence suggests that the likelihood of pandemics has increased over the past century because of increased global travel and integration, urbanization, changes in land use, and greater ... at Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Learn the differences between epidemic, endemic, and pandemic, and how they relate to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Explore the causes, history, and prevention of disease outbreaks with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. at Publichealth.columbia.edu

These events and findings have raised new questions about when the pandemic will end. The United Kingdom’s experience nevertheless suggests that once a country has weathered a Delta-driven wave of cases, it may be able to relax public-health measures and resume the transition toward normalcy. Beyond that, a more realistic epidemiological ... at Weforum.org

Dueling Trump and Harris rallies outside Atlanta offer a case study in how anger and anxiety over Covid-19, a proxy for the larger debate over trust in government, have shaped the 2024 race. at Nytimes.com