Measles vaccine rates among Philly-area kindergarteners drop below ‘community immunity’ threshold
Vaccination rates remain high, but just below a critical "community immunity" threshold of 95%. Measles vaccination rates ...
Eric Adam, Bill de Blasio & Mitchell Katz: Five years after COVID, recall losses & lessons
On this day, exactly five years ago, we lost the first New Yorker to COVID-19. In the days and weeks that followed, the city ...
Alabama schools, food banks brace for impact of USDA program cuts
The Heart of Alabama Food Bank, which serves over 200,000 Alabamians across 35 counties, will be hit hard with CEO Michael ...
Omaha non-profit aiming to support women moving forward after prison
According to I Be Black Girl, 81,000 women are released to communities without ways to support them. It’s why the nonprofit created the Now Home community advisory committee. Their goal is finding ...
Stock Futures Point to Friday Rebound After S&P 500 Correction
Stock futures were bouncing back early Friday after retreating enough on Thursday to push the S&P 500 into a correction. A ...
Why Etsy's 80% Stock Plunge Might Not Be the End of Its Troubles
There were a couple of key facts that should trouble investors in Etsy's 2024 financial results. The headline figure is that ...
Pandemic Cost Cuts Lifted Samsonite Margins, but Old Market Forces Will Return
Although the covid-19 pandemic is now largely behind us, its lingering effects on Samsonite remain relevant. The pandemic forced several competitors to exit the luggage market, and the subsequent ...
North Dakota students rank among the nation’s best in critical subjects
It has been a whirlwind to get students back on the right track post-COVID, but recently released data shows that North ...
Many state workers return to the office full-time next week following Mike DeWine order
Not all workers will be required to return on day one. DeWine's order and the policy changes made by DAS allow agencies to ...
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5 years later, we remember how Hawaiʻi navigated the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the globe 5 years ago this month. The Conversation talked to Former Former East-West Center epidemiologist Tim Brown about the early days of the pandemic and ...
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Linn County’s Emergency Rental Assistance program ends
The COVID-19 relief funding that made the program possible has since ended, leaving some families struggling to pay their rent.
Frontline medical worker reflects on COVID pandemic, what comes next
Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on our doctors and nurses, many of us dubbing them our ‘healthcare heroes.