The coronavirus pandemic is affecting four different cohorts of Gen Z in various ways, a generational researcher told Business Insider. Those in middle school and early high school are lacking a school environment in which…

A Societe Generale study of bear markets since 1870 showed that the current bear-market rally is a departure from history.   Andrew Lapthorne, the firm's head of quant strategy, concluded that investors are taking an early…

Doctors on the frontlines say they're astonished at how many relatively young people are becoming severely ill from the novel coronavirus.  Business Insider spoke with one 31-year-old New York doctor who was about to be…

I've been covering the coronavirus pandemic since January. I've read a plethora of scientific research on the virus, watched governments' differing responses, and talked with epidemiologists and doctors. Friends and family have recently started asking…

Azimzhan Askarov is a reporter and human rights activist who was convicted, beaten, and given a life sentence in apparent retribution for his work. The 68-year-old has been jailed for 9 years and his health…

North and South Korea briefly exchanged fire their troubled border Sunday, just hours after Kim Jong Un made his first appearance in public for several weeks after rumors of his possible death. South Korea's Joint…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with The Sun that the government had a contingency plan in place for his death. Johnson grew severely ill with COVID-19 and spent several nights in…

A new report from researchers at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy lays out three scenarios for how the coronavirus pandemic will progress in the coming months. Using the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic…