Tag: Population aging
Fewer working-age people may slow economy. Will it lift pay?
WASHINGTON — As America's job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won't likely have a chance to relax anytime...
‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire
Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in...
China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
BEIJING — Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more...
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms
ORANGE FARM, South Africa — Spry and gray-haired, many dressed in their Sunday best or colorful African prints — and all sporting masks —...
South Africa starts vaccinating its elderly against COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million elderly citizens over the age of...
South Africa starts vaccinating its elderly against COVID-19
<p>JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million elderly citizens over the age of...
Pfizer shots open to Hoosiers 12 and up starting Thursday
INDIANAPOLIS — Eager to raise Indiana’s lagging vaccination rate, state health officials have announced that residents aged 12 and older will be eligible to...
Pfizer shots open to Hoosiers 12 and up starting Thursday
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Eager to raise Indiana’s lagging vaccination rate, state health officials have announced that residents aged 12 and older will be eligible to...
Groups push for easier student loan relief for the disabled
<p>Advocates for the disabled are pressing the Biden administration to cancel student debt for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have disabilities that make...
Groups push for easier student loan relief for the disabled
Advocates for the disabled are pressing the Biden administration to cancel student debt for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have disabilities that make...