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Can mass self-testing for covid-19 keep schools safe? Premium In Germany, some states are also planning to regularly test staff and students when they reopen schools for the youngest students later this month (AFP) Ruth Bender , The Wall Street Journal Austria is trying a new strategy to reopen classrooms, as scientists say infections can be reduced with the right safety measures Share Via Read Full Story On a continent still struggling with high Covid-19 rates, one small Alpine country is trying something new to reopen its schools: Require that students test themselves twice a week before ...

Vaccine Shortage Sparks Fights Over Who Should Get First Shots © thomas kienzle/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images As a shortage of Covid-19 shots slows vaccination efforts in the West, groups that haven't been given high priority are increasingly jostling for the right to get immunized first. In most countries that are currently deploying vaccines, those most at risk of dying or getting seriously ill from the virus—nursing home residents and those caring for them, medical workers and the elderly—have been at the front of the queue. For months, few questioned the wisdom of a strategy foc...

Homeowners in Leechburg will pay a slight increase in their property tax this year. Leechburg Council passed a $1.2 million budget for 2021 that includes a property tax hike of less than 1%. The new tax rate is 22.5 mills, which is a slight increase from last year’s rate of

Dec. 17, 2020 7:09 am ET BERLIN—When Covid-19 swept across Europe this spring, Germany gained plaudits for its handling of the pandemic. Now authorities fear they are losing control of the virus. Germany registered one of the lowest death rates from the disease in the world in the first half of the year. It had fewer infections than most of its large neighbors and its hospitals never ran out of emergency care beds, factors that led to the government enacting one of the mildest lockdowns in Europe. Now, with infections in France and Italy lower than their mid-November peak, daily...

The Finance 202: Business comes around on unemployment insurance as pandemic endures Tory Newmyer with Brent D. Griffiths There's a surprising new consensus as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal on an emergency economic relief plan: A proposal to offer $300 per week in enhanced federal unemployment benefits is drawing broad bipartisan support. And it's backed by business groups and left-leaning economists alike.  “You don’t want people to think they have to rush back to work because unemployment insurance is not able to provide enough income,” Glenn Spencer, the e...