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In so many ways the impact of COVID-19 has been far-reaching, touching virtually every part of daily life. Among the most profound changes wrought by the pandemic has been how we work. Human resources professionals agree that the workplace in 2021 will be very different -
Despite a nursing shortage that existed well before the COVID-19 pandemic turned it desperate, colleges are turning away tens of thousands of applicants to nursing programs. An article by the nonprofit education news organization The Hechinger Report cites Long Beach (Calif.) City College as a stark example. -
What’s the hottest job market for tech talent? Purely by the number of jobs posted, that would be the San Francisco Bay Area. Between San Jose at the southern end of the bay and San Francisco at the Golden Gate to the north, companies posted -
“Will 2021 be another break-through year for biosimilars?” asks Forbes in an article this month. Written by healthcare analyst Joshua Cohen Pd.D., the article discusses the rising use of biosimilars which he calls “remarkable.” “The latest data show that physician-administered biosimilar drugs are successfully displacing their reference biologics,” -
December 22nd, 2020 When mom took your temperature and decided that at 98.6 F you were fine, she might very well have been wrong. She was relying on a 150 year old standard that a growing number of studies are finding is too high by -
Accounting professionals are feeling better than they have in months about the U.S. economy, but their outlook is still far more cautious than when the pandemic began. The fourth quarter Business & Industry Economic Outlook Survey showed 37% of the respondents expressed optimism about the economy, a -
Several of the world’s healthcare, bioscience and pharmaceutical firms, including such global leaders as AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Biogen have joined together to accelerate the adoption of decentralized clinical trials and research. In the planning stage before the coronavirus pandemic, the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA) formally -
Consumers are paying off their credit card debt in amounts not seen since the Great Recession a decade ago. A WalletHub study says that since the beginning of the year, Americans paid down $118.5 billion in credit card debt. In the first quarter alone, credit card debt -
COVID-19 has had at least one positive effect on health: Vaping, the use of e-cigarettes, among teens and young adults has decreased markedly since the beginning of the pandemic. A survey reported Dec. 3 on the JAMA Network Open says almost a third — 32.8% — of
