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Read More »How HR professionals are leading the charge in the COVID-19 response (VB Live)
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Presented by TriNet As workers start returning to the new normal, being prepared with the right HR strategies is essential. Join this VB Live event to learn about the four key strategies HR managers need right now to help ensure …
Read More »Despite Big Promises, U.S. Has Delivered Limited Aid in Global Virus Response
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has lauded itself as leading the world in confronting the coronavirus. But it has so far failed to spend more than 75 percent of the American humanitarian aid that Congress provided three months ago to help overseas victims of the virus. In two spending bills …
Read More »‘They Let Us Down’: 5 Takeaways on the C.D.C.’s Coronavirus Response
WASHINGTON — Long considered the world’s premier public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fallen short in its response to the most urgent public health emergency in its 74-year history — a pathogen that has penetrated much of the nation, killing more than 100,000 people. The …
Read More »W.H.O. Members Reject Trump’s Demands but Agree to Study Its Virus Response
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s angry demands for punitive action against the World Health Organization were rebuffed on Tuesday by the organization’s other member nations, which decided instead to conduct an “impartial, independent” examination of the W.H.O.’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a four-page letter late Monday, Mr. Trump had …
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