Countries have implemented several containment measures to halt the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease, but it remains unclear the extent to which these unprecedented measures have been successful ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats. Containment measures are crucial to halt the spread of the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic but entail large short-term economic costs. This ...

4月1日，中国国家主席胡锦涛与美国总统奥巴马在G20峰会举办地伦敦进行了首次会晤，中美关系再一次成为社会关注的焦点。评论家认为美国现在开始意识到中国与日俱增的影响力，把中国作为合作伙伴看待，相应地在对华政策上也做出了一些改变。 请看新华社 ...

Californians are by now familiar with how vicious wildfires have become. Fires are not only burning hotter, but they are spreading quicker as well. So how do people know when fire crews gain the upper ...

A firefighter waits for crew members to bring water to douse hot spots off Highway 371 after the Highland fire burned 2,400 acres in rural Riverside County near Temecula on Oct. 31, 2023. (Gina ...

Fire crews battle the Eaton Fire on Wednesday in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) One of the terms that authorities use over and over when discussing wildfires is containment. That’s because ...