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Despite the severity of the shock to the U.S. labor market from the coronavirus pandemic, the earnings of employed workers overall were largely unaffected by the pandemic. Inequality in earnings did rise during last year’s recession, if the unemployed are assumed to have had no compensation. Even so, the spike was relatively short-lived, in keeping with the record low duration of the recession

College students are ready to get back to campus, even though the coronavirus outbreak is still a threat, according to a new poll.

An Axios/College Reaction poll released Wednesday indicates that college students are ready to return to campus and attend classes in person.

Poll results show:

76% of students plan to return to campus this fall if they have the option. 66% of

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - San Francisco has the highest rate of substandard plumbing among California's 58 counties, an issue that is made even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic when washing hands is one of the most effective ways of warding off disease.

Nearly 2% of houses in San Francisco don't have adequate plumbing, more than four times that in Los Angeles, according to an

The coronavirus that's packing people in hospitals as they grapple with sometimes life-threatening complications is leading to another problem for some survivors: mental health issues.

What's happening: Many hospitals require adult patients to enter without family. Their stress, loneliness and fear, sometimes magnified by invasive treatment procedures, place them at a high risk for