Staying at home has not kept people from staying in touch
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Whether for emergencies, business or out of boredom, people are spending a lot more time on the phone these days. In fact, Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told CNBC in late March call volumes are eclipsing New Year’s Eve and Mother’s Day combined—every day. Not only was the company handling 800 million […]
Read more Sickened by the virus, other issues are backburned
Thursday, April 23, 2020 In the best of times, it can be among the most unpopular industries, lawmakers in some states—among them California—even having advocated a ban on production of oil and natural gas. In the worst of times, which 2020 continues to be for energy companies, the threats may be even more daunting. Former […]
Read more It’s more than medals at stake
Friday, April 17, 2020 The Olympics have only been cancelled three times since 1896, and only due to war, according to Time. In the midst of COVID-19 lockdowns, they’re at least being rescheduled, with the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo now planned for the summer of 2021. But as the general counsels from three of […]
Read more Because coronavirus patients can’t wait another day
Thursday, April 16, 2020 It’s a long and expensive process between a medication being developed and brought to market, but with a global pandemic claiming victims by the thousands daily just in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration might provide some flexibility to companies that could offer something promising against COVID-19. That could happen as early as summer with the anti-viral drug Vicromax. It’s being supported for imminent clinical testing by […]
Read more There's little downtime for essential service providers
Monday, April 13, 2020 The back pain wasn’t entirely unusual for Adam Lancer, he says. But then his wife, Dina, ran a fever of over 102 degrees and he soon followed with a fever of 101. Some of their seven children followed suit. Lancer didn’t need a medical degree to believe the couple had COVID-19. He was never tested, and there was little need after her test came back positive. But […]
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