by Andrew Moran | Feb 9, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, International
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is instituting 30 stimulus measures to contain economic fallout from the Wuhan coronavirus that has killed more than 800 people worldwide and infected 24,000 others. It is widely anticipated that the outbreak is going to hurt the...
by Archived Author | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Science
The coronavirus is in a limbo state: Media treat it as a potential pandemic, while many experts regard it as not particularly dangerous. There is some evidence that information technology is turning the virus into a dud. Background Despite living in a globalized and...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 5, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Science, Social Issues
Last year, China contracted a severe case of the African swine flu, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 million pigs and a spike in domestic food prices. Today, the country has been paralyzed by the coronavirus, scaring the public into wearing face and gas masks....
by Andrew Moran | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Healthcare
The reaction to the Wuhan coronavirus by the mainstream media and the market and the mixed statements by the World Health Organization are not diminishing fears that we could be in the beginning stages of a global pandemic. Health authorities are urging everyone to...
by Lorraine Silvetz, MSW | Jan 30, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, Opinion
Conflicting information is coming in as to the number of people infected with Coronavirus in China. More than 50 million remain on lockdown in seventeen cities throughout the nation. Panic has swept across the region as border closures appear to be the overarching...