Many Americans are currently filing for unemployment benefits, raising the rate for the third week in a row. This is a sign that the Delta variant is highly contagious and could be holding back the job market’s recovery. The Labor Read More
The Iowa population has a wide variety of data and statistics related to COVID-19, from national maps with records of pandemic activity to outbreak information at the school district level. As students evolve for the third year of pandemic and Read More
Drought conditions in California are getting more precarious, but there is hope that winter will bring abundant rain and even snow. The state agency that manages the response to the drought, the California Department of Water Resources, was commissioned to Read More
Despite the threats of immediate expulsion from the US, the Department of Homeland Security is releasing some Haitians into the US, as the Biden administration struggles to resolve the huge migrant encampment under the Del Rio International Bridge in Texas. Read More
Determined to keep track of their guns, According to the Associated Press, the technology that some U.S. military units started using to keep track of their guns could allow enemies to detect troops on the battlefield. Despite the Department of Read More
Forecasts indicate that the intensity of Hurricane Sam will begin to decline slowly as of Saturday when it begins to encounter cold water temperatures and devastating wind shear. Still, until then, it is forecast to remain a powerful hurricane. Meteorologists Read More
The Delta variant of COVID-19 has altered the calculations of forecasters and academic economists who had predicted an improvement in the country’s economy. UCLA’s quarterly forecast, released Wednesday, even said the outlook has gone from “sizzling to boring.” Leo Fehler, Read More
Experts say the generalized influenza virus is very likely to return this year. However, they say its severity is difficult to predict, as it likely depends on how Ohioans prepare and react. Dr. Bill Miller, senior associate dean for research Read More
“A 7.1 earthquake couldn’t kill this Mojave Desert town. But a water war just might,” Farmers in the Mojave Desert town of Trona promoted an idea that there is groundwater under the Indian Wells Valley, claiming that it is plain Read More
In the state of Texas, a boy died of a strange infection caused by an amoeba that feeds on people’s brains, which was found in the water of a water park in Texas, which he had frequently been visiting. The Read More