
Variant variance: With omicron looming, what did we learn from delta?
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — We made it past the worst of one COVID-19 variant surge and now we’re bracing for the possibility of another one.
BALTIMORE, MD, April 7, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, announced it has awarded USA Cycling its 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for its use of operations research (O.R.) and analytics in elite sports performance. With Project 4:05, USA Cycling transformed race strategy and athlete preparation, enabling the Women’s Team Pursuit to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.
The threat of a terrorist attack on America’s energy grid is growing, with attempts being reported at increasing rates. If it’s not terrorism, it could be adversarial nation-states. This all increases the likelihood that a significant attack on the grid could succeed, leaving large swaths of the U.S. in the dark.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — We made it past the worst of one COVID-19 variant surge and now we’re bracing for the possibility of another one.
Ports are clogged, shelves are not fully stocked, and gasoline prices are high. These are some of the problems faced by consumers as we grapple with supply-chain problems plaguing the U.S. economy, and specifically, Florida is hit uniquely hard, with Tallahassee manufacturing, North Florida home prices, and Southwest Florida businesses collectively feeling the supply-chain strain. With this issue, what are some of the causes, challenges, and opportunities?
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The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 omicron variant a “variant of concern” — its most severe categorization of variants — but there’s still a lot we don’t know, including how current vaccines will react to it.
President Joe Biden convened a hybrid in-person and virtual roundtable with CEOs and leaders of major retailers, consumer products firms and grocers on Monday, Nov. 29, following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. He held the meeting to hear ideas on how the federal government could continue to partner with the private sector to keep shelves stocked for American consumers.
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