Articles by Erin Slifka

Companies behind candidate Covid-19 vaccines are making an unprecedented push to recruit tens of thousands of healthy volunteers for final-phase testing, targeting states where infections are surging.

Before you hit the road or go off the grid, download these helpful apps that work without an internet connection, and consider gear to keep your phone charged and safely positioned when you’re out of service range.

Economic activity is gathering momentum in China, a raft of survey data showed, the latest sign that Beijing’s uncompromising approach to the coronavirus pandemic is starting to pay dividends even as the U.S. shuts down swaths of its economy in a struggle to contain the virus.

The employment report, based on survey data largely collected in mid-June, doesn’t reflect recent government-mandated business closures and related layoffs in response to the coronavirus.

While toiling for low wages, home caregivers can find themselves—and their elderly clients—at risk of coronavirus infection. “This is extremely hard work,” one worker says.

U.S. spending data reflect recent reopenings, with consumers cutting back on some online grocery purchases, choosing takeout and flocking to hair salons and furniture stores. But shopping patterns indicate concern amid increases in coronavirus cases.

Drivers hitting the road over July Fourth weekend are poised to enjoy the cheapest holiday gasoline prices in years, but the gas stations are doing OK, too.

Clothing retailer Lucky Brand Dungarees has filed for bankruptcy with initial plans to close at least 13 stores and with a possible deal to sell its private equity-backed business to the operator of Aéropostale and Nautica brands.

Jan Marsalek, Wirecard’s longtime chief operating officer, stopped responding to messages from colleagues when the electronic-payments giant ran into trouble. The company still doesn’t know where he is.

U.S. tech titans face a looming test of their free-speech credentials in Hong Kong as China’s new national-security law for the city demands local authorities take measures to supervise and regulate its uncensored internet.