Colorado overdose deaths increased 38% in 2020, the largest year-over-year jump since at least 2000. Fentanyl deaths more than doubled.

The highly infectious version of the virus ‘is gaining ground,’ one Southern governor warned amid an uptick of recorded infections in almost every state.

An H.I.V. infection increases the odds of dying from Covid-19 by at least 30 percent, researchers said.

The coronavirus pandemic and the continued spread of illegal fentanyl took a devastating toll on drug users, experts said, as the government reported a staggering increase in fatalities.

Leap in malnutrition during Covid shows urgent need to overhaul global food systems, report warns

Federal regulators concluded that the risk of developing the syndrome was low, and that the benefits of the vaccine still strongly outweigh it.

According to NPD, two out of five adult females and three out of ten adult males no longer fit into last year’s clothing sizes; snacking and fitness play a role.

Don’t worry if you haven’t grown as a person during the pandemic.

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland (AP) — People used to go to Valley View Farms to buy five tomato plants and end up with $5,000 in patio furniture. This year is different. After a record burst of sales in March, the showroom floor is almost empty of outdoor chairs, tables and chaises for people to buy.

American well-being is... higher than it's ever been?

The gift is for employees worldwide.

Nearly 19% of all office space in Manhattan have no tenants, reaching a record high as companies break leases and adopt remote work, yet residential sales are up with prices on the increase

Montreal Area Real Estate Market Residential Sales – June 2021 L'ÎLE-DES-SŒURS, Quebec, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) for the month of June, based on the real estate brokers’ Centris provincial database. “Residential sales in the Montreal area fell significantly in June, mainly due to a historic shortage of single-

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Homes going $850,000 above asking, 96 offers in one weekend, and more tales from America’s most intense housing frenzy.

Many people saved money during the pandemic and saw their home values increase, which meant they could purchase a second home where they could work remotely and spend time with their families.

Survivalism, stimulus and the search for space make it easy to ignore warning signs.

Lumber prices are coming back down to Earth, but the crisis shows how many industries can be rocked by the price of wood.

Institutional investors are not the reason why home prices are rising

A mismatch between available workers and job openings is plaguing the labor market as potential employees leave cities or industries where businesses need them most.

From the NMHC: NMHC Rent Payment Tracker The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 76.5 percent of apart...

/PRNewswire/ -- Key takeaways With clarity about the upcoming school year and consumer sentiment continuing to rise, back-to-school spending will be at its...

In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state.

The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 lineage was identified in October 2020 in India1–5. It has since then become dominant in some indian regions and UK and further spread to many countries6. The lineage includes three main subtypes (B1.617.1, B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.3), harbouring diverse Spike mutations in the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the receptor binding domain (RBD) which may increase their immune evasion potential. B.1.617.2, also termed variant Delta, is believed to spread faster than other variants. Here, we isolated an infectious Delta strain from a traveller returning from India. We examined its sensitivity to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and to antibodies present in sera from COVID-19 convalescent individuals or vaccine recipients, in comparison to other viral strains. Variant Delta was resistant to neutralization by some anti-NTD and anti-RBD mAbs including Bamlanivimab, which were impaired in binding to the Spike. Sera from convalescent patients collected up to 12 months post symptoms were 4 fold less potent against variant Delta, relative to variant Alpha (B.1.1.7). Sera from individuals having received one dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines barely inhibited variant Delta. Administration of two doses generated a neutralizing response in 95% of individuals, with titers 3 to 5 fold lower against Delta than Alpha. Thus, variant Delta spread is associated with an escape to antibodies targeting non-RBD and RBD Spike epitopes.

One dose of vaccine is not enough to protect against the Delta and Beta variants, new research suggests, and even people who have had Covid-19 should be immunized.