How can understanding externalities and incentives help us better respond to COVID-19? The benefits of vaccines extend beyond those receiving the shot (e.g. ...
Alex TabarrokTyler Cowen and I interview each other on COVID, then take questions on bus cycles, new edition of our textbook and teaching online. Just prior to the interview we premiered our MRU video on The Economics of COVID, linked below.
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There are many ways to conduct clinical trials while releasing a vaccine—indeed, we can make the clinical trials better by randomizing a phased release. Suppose we decide health care and transit workers should be vaccinated first. No problem–offer...
The former vice president talks with Norah O'Donnell about the pandemic, taxes, the Supreme Court, and the "stark" differences between himself and President Trump. O'Donnell also speaks with Mr. Biden's running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris.
Workers decked out in heavy protective gear blitzed the first murder hornet nest discovered on U.S. soil, vacuuming up the two-inch insects from a tree cavity in Blaine, Wash., on Saturday.
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture wiped out the nest Saturday to protect native honeybees, marking the first successful attempt to locate and remove a nest on US soil.
According to Helen Branswell writing at STAT: There are serious signs the Food and Drug Administration is getting cold feet over the notion of issuing emergency use authorizations to allow for the widespread early deployment of Covid-19 vaccines....
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Alex TabarrokThe FDA is making another mistake. The idea that releasing a vaccine in phases is a threat to clinical trials is a dangerous and false dichotomy and another example of how our leaders lack vision, imagination, and courage. Randomize! Randomize! Randomize!
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AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have restarted their late-stage trials after finding that serious illnesses in a few volunteers appeared not to be related to the vaccines.
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of premature and underweight birth, leaving infants vulnerable to health risks, says the 'State of Global Air 2020' report that claims to be the first
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of...
Denver Post: A concerned passerby dialed 911 to report a sobbing woman sitting alone on a curb in downtown Denver. Instead of a police officer, dispatchers sent Carleigh Sailon, a seasoned mental health professional with a penchant for wearing Phish...