For hospitals, COVID surges mean staff and bed shortages yet again
Also on today’s show: how countries might do business with the Taliban, the efficacy of carbon offsets for air travel and why the number of women in the construction trades remains small.
Nurses care for COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, in January. Some seven months later, hospitals are once again running out of ICU beds.
COVID surge might not be the main factor in retail sales drop
by Marielle Segarra
Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works
The obvious explanation for July’s 1.1% dip would be the coronavirus delta variant. Not so fast; inflation may also be a culprit.
Cutting the Taliban off from global trade could be a tall order
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Shah Marai/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. has already frozen Afghan assets in this country.
Hospitals are short-staffed and running out of beds. Again.
by Samantha Fields
Mario Tama via Getty Images
With COVID-19 cases rising, at least a few hospitals in almost every state are dealing with critical staffing shortages, including nurses and custodians.
Business districts face an uncertain future as return-to-office is delayed
by Kristin Schwab
Stephanie Keith via Getty Images
State Street is closing its two Manhattan offices — a sign of what may be to come as we get closer to many companies’ back-to-office target dates.
Emissions offsets ease travel guilt, but do they reduce carbon footprints?
by Amanda Peacher
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
The voluntary carbon offsets market is unregulated, with no standard pricing. And offsets may not deliver what they promise.
Where are all the construction tradeswomen?
by Jill Replogle
Jill Replogle
Despite steady progress toward gender equality in other fields, women still make up only a small percentage of construction workers.
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