WHO warns of third wave emerging in African continent - June 4, 2021

Stock futures halted Friday ahead of the release of May hiring data that will give insight into the strength of the U.S. labor market. The economy added 559,000 jobs in May, doubling April's disappointing numbers, though companies still faced difficulties hiring as the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8% from 6.1%. US adds 559K jobs as firms still struggle to fill positions - Associated Press Restaurants, Supermarkets Can’t Find Enough Workers to Open New Locations - The Wall Street Journal Letting the Economy Create Jobs for Everyone Is (Sadly) Radical - Intelligencer @RepJoeNeguse: The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits is the lowest it’s been since the pandemic began. America is on the move again and working together, we will continue to #BuildBackBetter About a quarter of U.S. workers are bracing to lose unemployment benefits as 25 state governments move to end the benefits as early as mid-June, as some employers reported difficulties in finding workers. Economists argued that the unemployment benefits are just one factor adding to the worker shortage; a lack of available child care and health concerns also factor heavily into unemployed workers' decisions to return to work. Are unemployment benefits keeping Americans home? A look at US labor shortage - PBS NewsHour Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon - NPR @CongressmanRaja: I was happy to join local officials and constituents at my event this morning to discuss the Equal Rights Amendment and the disproportionate impact that the pandemic had on women, including higher unemployment. After about 100 years, it’s time to ratify the ERA! President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will move quickly to donate an initial 25 million vaccine doses through the COVAX program. The U.S. will donate a total of 75% of its unused doses, amounting to 80 million doses shipped around the world by the end of June. Even as U.S. cases drop as vaccine rollout continues, the coronavirus has now claimed more than 600,000 l