Why are at-home COVID tests so hard to find?
Anyone who's had a COVID-19 scare over the last few weeks has likely experienced how challenging it can be to find an at-home test.
BALTIMORE, MD, January 13, 2025 ā A groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science reveals the severe and far-reaching consequences of Russiaās full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global food security. The research highlights an urgent need to address disruptions in the transportation of Ukrainian grains, which have caused dramatic price spikes and worsened food insecurity worldwide, particularly in vulnerable regions such as the Middle East and North Africa.
Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called ālegacyā chips are just as important ā if not more ā to our daily lives.
January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Anyone who's had a COVID-19 scare over the last few weeks has likely experienced how challenging it can be to find an at-home test.
The Omicron variant is threatening to make the historic backlog at the largest ports in the US even worse.
Consumer prices popped again in December, casting a shadow over the economy.
Supply chain snags continued to drive up prices in December.
In the absence of a national effort to make coronavirus testing widely available, a number of big American companies ramped up their own, making tests available for a select group of workers.
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