COVID-19

The new multimedia feature highlights the 10 vaccines currently in clinical trials. Washington, D.C. – June 11, 2020 – The Milken Institute, the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, and First Person, a San Francisco design and storytelling...

The worldwide pandemic and economic collapse caused by the novel coronavirus is a global tragedy that will change the way we think about many things, including how food arrives (or doesn’t arrive) on our plates. We are part of an unplanned...

Adjusting for population, 7 of the 10 counties most affected by COVID-19 are in Georgia and New Jersey. Washington, D.C. – June 9, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities across the country as government leaders open up...

The United States—as of June 2020—has more reported cases of COVID-19 than any other country in the world, despite having many of the same resources as other countries that curbed the pandemic more successfully. COVID-19 has highlighted the...

The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting some groups especially hard. Its disproportionate impact on older adults, African Americans, and those affected by obesity or who have underlying health conditions like cardiovascular disease, has quickly...

In response to COVID-19, African central banks have deployed a variety of monetary policy tools, including lowering policy rates, reducing capital requirements, providing various liquidity support measures to the banking sector, allowing...