
Why are at-home COVID tests so hard to find?
Anyone who's had a COVID-19 scare over the last few weeks has likely experienced how challenging it can be to find an at-home test.
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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Anyone who's had a COVID-19 scare over the last few weeks has likely experienced how challenging it can be to find an at-home test.
The Omicron variant is threatening to make the historic backlog at the largest ports in the US even worse.
Consumer prices popped again in December, casting a shadow over the economy.
Supply chain snags continued to drive up prices in December.
In the absence of a national effort to make coronavirus testing widely available, a number of big American companies ramped up their own, making tests available for a select group of workers.
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