Across four major Covid-19 relief bills, the US federal government allocated about $900 billion to state and local governments. This column exploits the fact that allocations of aid were more generous in states more favourably represented in Congress to analyse the consequences of this federal assistance. It finds modest positive effects of federal aid on local and state
In a recent review published in the journal Organoids, scientists have presented an overview on the use of human stem cell-derived organoids in understanding functionality and cellular tropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), a deadly beta-coronavirus responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.