First, links to reports from Reuters and the Brookings Institution, and, for Springfield Republican subscribers, a report on the Brookings one; for others, click on the organizations’ names below. — MCM

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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine. From Reuters. Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. Pfizer shares fell 1.4% before the bell while BioNTech was down about 2%. The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in US District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release today. “We are filing these lawsuits to . . . READ MORE . . .

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New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work, by Katie Bach | The Brookings Institution Since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic through today, news about labor shortages and missing workers has dominated headlines. The question everyone still seems to be asking is: Why? In January 2022, Brookings Metro published a reportthat assessed the impact of long Covid on the labor market. Data on . . . READ MORE . . .

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Long COVID keeping as many as 4 million out of work, report suggests, by Luis Fieldman | The Springfield Republican For the past two years business owners and economy experts have searched for the answer to the question, where are all the workers? A report about the economic impacts of long COVID, or the long-term effects of someone who got sick from COVID, might offer some clues. Experts and laymen have . . . READ MORE . . .

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