State-level R&D tax credits spur growth of new businesses
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.
June 12, 2020 • ~9 min
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States are making it harder to sue nursing homes over COVID-19: Why immunity from lawsuits is a problem
Nearly half the states have reduced liability for health care providers at a time when nursing home regulation is declining and families can't visit loved ones for fear of spreading the coronavirus.
June 9, 2020 • ~9 min
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How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?
Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.
May 27, 2020 • ~8 min
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The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing followed
Vulnerable websites are popping up as organizations move online during the coronavirus pandemic – and hackers have more time at home alone. The result is more websites falling victim to defacement.
May 26, 2020 • ~6 min
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42% of jobs lost during COVID-19 may not come back
New data show just how bad the job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic shutdown may be for workers.
May 22, 2020 • ~4 min
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Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities
A new framework for learning from each other.
May 21, 2020 • ~13 min
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Will dine-in restaurants survive the pandemic?
Restaurants may look very different after COVID-19. Besides changing the way we eat out, the pandemic may be the end for many restaurants, an expert says.
May 19, 2020 • ~9 min
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Paid sick leave mandates may be slowing COVID-19
Mandates to give workers paid sick leave in a recent congressional bill could be helping to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.
May 19, 2020 • ~4 min
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Why restarting the economy will be really hard
"With a natural disaster you can kind of predict that if we put in some effort, within a few months we can get back to normal. But here there is a lot of uncertainty."
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
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Economic forecaster gauges our post-pandemic future
Economic forecaster Rajeev Dhawhan offers his perspective on the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and how he thinks the next few months could play out.
May 7, 2020 • ~10 min
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