The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations — ProPublica

Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts' assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. 

In an aborted plan to roll out the news, the agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show…

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report 

Trump victory not a mandate for radical change, top election forecaster says

US expert who predicted outcome says models showed voters were unhappy with economy but did not seek sweeping transformation…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/28/trump-victory-election-forecast

The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA | CNN Business

Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency…

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/cars/electric-vehicle-sales-forecast-iea/index.html

Intelligence forecast sees a post-covid world upended by climate change and splintering societies - The Washington Post

... At the dark end of the future is "tragedy and mobilization," when the United States is no longer the dominant player, and a global environmental catastrophe prompts food shortages and a "bottom-up" revolution, with younger people, scarred by their leaders' failures during the coronavirus pandemic, embracing policies to repair the climate and tackle long-standing social inequality. In this scenario, a European Union dominated by green parties works with the United Nations to expand international aid and focus on sustainability, and China joins the effort in part to quell domestic unrest in its cities affected by famine...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-globe-future-crises-/2021/04/08/303c350e-97df-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

Climate crisis to create 1.5 billion migrants by 2050 - MSNBC

Climate change took center stage all over the world this week with millions of people in more than 150 countries protesting the climate crisis. MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff joins Joy Reid on his co-reported story on how climate change is driving starving migrants to the U.S.....
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/climate-crisis-to-create-1-5-billion-migrants-by-2050-69619781800

GDP revised downward for 2018 as U.S. economy shows more signs of slowing - The Washington Post:

President Trump has been taking a victory lap for the economy growing 3.1 percent in 2018, but the revised data from the Commerce Department show he didn't achieve that. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/28/us-economic-growth-revised-down-slightly-commerce-department-says/

25 States Are at Risk of Serious Flooding This Spring, U.S. Forecast Says

Vast areas of the United States are at risk of flooding this spring, even as Nebraska and other Midwestern states are already reeling from record-breaking late-winter floods, federal scientists said on Thursday. Nearly two-thirds of the lower 48 states will have an elevated risk of some flooding from now until May, and 25 states could experience “major or moderate flooding,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/climate/climate-change-flooding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Cartoon: Steve Mnuchin's 2019 economic forecast - Daily Kos

I predict Mnuchin will leave the administration this year. Don't praise him for it, though. Dude signed on before, and stayed after the baby jails. Same for John "Adult in the Room" Kelly. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1822045.

World's largest asset manager says get ready to 'stomach complete losses' in cryptocurrencies -- CNBC

Investors should only consider cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin if they are prepared to lose everything, BlackRock Investment Institute said in a report. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/worlds-largest-asset-manager-says-get-ready-to-stomach-complete-losses-in-cryptocurrencies.html

Federal climate report forecasts catastrophe under Trump policies -- ThinkProgress.org

The United States faces a choice between manageable warming and unmanageable catastrophe, according to a leaked draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies. ...

https://thinkprogress.org/governmental-climate-report-forecasts-catastrophe-under-trump-policies-77197b4a8301/