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Most of the state of Illinois lies outside the Chicago metropolitan area and inside the North American Corn Belt. [12] Corn, soybeans, and other large-field crops are grown extensively. These crops and their products account for much of the state's economic output outside Chicago. Much of the field crop is remanufactured into feed for hogs and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive drop in persons in the labor force. According to Pew Research Center, from February 2020 to February 2021 an estimated 4.2 million people left the labor force because of COVID-19, 2.4 million of which were women. [47] [48] As a result, women's participation in the labor force was at a 30-year low. [49]
The U.S. economy shed 20.5 million jobs in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, a government report Friday showed. The true unemployment rate may be closer to 19.5%, the government said ...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp increase in the use of telemedical services in the United States, specifically for COVID-19 screening and triage. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] As of March 29, 2020 [update] , three companies offered free telemedical screenings for COVID-19 in the United States: K Health (routed through an AI chatbot ), Ro (routed through ...
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The number of Americans forced out of work by the coronavirus pandemic has continued to climb, with another 4.4 million workers filing for unemployment benefits last week. The latest figure ...
A PNAS report in September 2020 confirmed that the virus is much more dangerous for the elderly than the young, noting that about 70% of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths had occurred to those over the age of 70. [94] As of early August 2020, among the 45 countries that had over 50,000 cases, the U.S. had the eighth highest number of deaths per-capita.
Unemployment is not meant to be sick leave, but a loophole in this rule potentially nets you benefits if you need them. Learn: Private Sector Added 807,000 Jobs in December, Still 4 Million Short ...