Coronavirus
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Put Corporate Stakeholder Promises to the Test
Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, corporate leaders pledged to look after all stakeholders, not just deliver value to shareholders. Did they live up...
Governments Were Forced to Restrict Civil Liberties to Deal With Covid-19. More Flexible Constitutions Could Prevent That From Becoming the New Normal
A new paper argues that exploitation of gaps within democratic constitutions during emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, has the potential to erode democracies...
Challenges to Sound Global Governance for Health
In an excerpt from his new book, Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future, Lawrence O. Gostin examines the challenges and threats to...
Female Academics Are Disproportionately Affected By Covid-19 Disruptions In Childcare
A new paper finds that academics who are parents to young children, and especially mothers, have lost a significant amount of research time that...
The Unequal Toll of Covid-19
A pandemic is by definition universal but while it is true that the Covid-19 outbreak has affected everyone, it has not done so equally....
One Year Into the Pandemic: Who Maintains Social Distancing and Who Doesn’t
A new study measures factors associated with the adoption of social distancing across America and finds that widespread adoption of social distancing measures is...
Lack of Trust in Doctors Undermines Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy
Recent data from the Financial Trust Index (FTI) reveals that Americans are not as willing to be vaccinated as the government expects. Trusting doctors...
Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?
A new paper finds that media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, including vaccine development, tends to be more negative in the US than elsewhere....
Covid-19, TikTok, and Milton Friedman: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year.
It should come as...
Covid-19 Surges Drive Up Demand – and Pay – For Nurses Willing To Travel
Covid-19 surges have led to spikes in
demand for short-term nurses across the United States. A new paper finds nurses
travel longer distances, and are more...
