Gold Price Hits A Record High As Pandemic Drives Uncertain Outlook For Economy : Coronavirus Updates Gold has soared nearly 30% this year, reaching a record settlement price of $1,931 per ounce Monday. Many analysts see it heading even higher as investors look for a "safe haven."In uncertain economic times, investors tend to put their money in gold. So it's perhaps little surprise that gold prices started to rise at the beginning of the year as the coronavirus started spreading in China and Europe and investors feared a global economic downturn. Gold prices have soared nearly 30% so far...…Gold Price Hits A Record High As Pandemic Drives Uncertain Outlook For Economy : Coronavirus Updates Gold has soared nearly 30% this year, reaching a record settlement price of $1,931 per ounce Monday. Many analysts see it heading even higher as investors look for a "safe haven."In uncertain economic times, investors tend to put their money in gold. So it's perhaps little surprise that gold prices started to rise at the beginning of the year as the coronavirus started spreading in China and Europe and investors feared a global economic downturn. Gold prices have soared nearly 30% so far...WW…

What Can Wealthy Nations Do To Address Global Vaccine Inequity? In the U.S., more than 1 out of 5 residents is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But elsewhere in the world, vaccination rates are much lower. Some poor nations have yet to receive a single dose.Toggle more optionsIt's no secret why poor countries don't have as many vaccines as rich countries. "There's really just a scarcity of doses," says Kate Elder, senior vaccine policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders' Access Campaign. The question is, how do you fix it? In the U.S., more than residents is fully vaccinated against...…What Can Wealthy Nations Do To Address Global Vaccine Inequity? In the U.S., more than 1 out of 5 residents is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But elsewhere in the world, vaccination rates are much lower. Some poor nations have yet to receive a single dose.Toggle more optionsIt's no secret why poor countries don't have as many vaccines as rich countries. "There's really just a scarcity of doses," says Kate Elder, senior vaccine policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders' Access Campaign. The question is, how do you fix it? In the U.S., more than residents is fully vaccinated against...WW…

Some Health Care Workers Are Hesitant About Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.Heard onToggle more optionsDr. Nikhila Juvvadi, the chief clinical officer at Chicago's Loretto Hospital, administered the first coronavirus vaccine doses in the city, inoculating frontline medical workers. But while they have priority around the country, not every eligible health care worker actually wants to get the vaccine....…Some Health Care Workers Are Hesitant About Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.Heard onToggle more optionsDr. Nikhila Juvvadi, the chief clinical officer at Chicago's Loretto Hospital, administered the first coronavirus vaccine doses in the city, inoculating frontline medical workers. But while they have priority around the country, not every eligible health care worker actually wants to get the vaccine....WW…

Facebook Says It's Aiming To Make Lying 'More Difficult' Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.Heard onToggle more optionsGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and other major tech companies met with U.S. government officials on Wednesday to discuss their plans to counter disinformation on social media in the run-up to the November election. In a , the companies said that this was the latest in a series of meetings "on what we're seeing on our respective platforms and...…Facebook Says It's Aiming To Make Lying 'More Difficult' Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.Heard onToggle more optionsGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and other major tech companies met with U.S. government officials on Wednesday to discuss their plans to counter disinformation on social media in the run-up to the November election. In a , the companies said that this was the latest in a series of meetings "on what we're seeing on our respective platforms and...WW…