Economy
The Fed’s Target Is Workers
By announcing forthcoming interest-rate hikes at a time when total US employment is still below its 2019 level, the Federal Reserve is once again bending to pressure from economists and financiers. Whether or not it understands what it is doing, its war on “inflation” is really a war on American workers.
Environment
Extreme weather is destroying more crops. Taxpayers are footing the bill.
Beyond the loss of food supplies, new data on agricultural insurance payments shows the financial burden of these disasters on taxpayers.
Health
World Leader, Japan, Says Ivermectin Safe and Effective
A Japanese conglomerate has found that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is effective and safe for the treatment of the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to joint non-clinical research.
England plans to revoke mandatory COVID jabs for health workers
The policy would have required employees in the state-run National Health Service and social care workers to be fully vaccinated by April 1. This means they would have to receive their first shot this week to meet that deadline.
Exclusive-U.S. diabetes deaths top 100,000 for second straight year, federal panel urges new strategy
More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobilization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” star Evangeline Lilly spoke out against vaccine mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic
Evangeline Lilly is speaking out against vaccine mandates. Requiring vaccinations has become a hot-button topic as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with many pushing back against such mandates in favor of medical freedom.
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