Tag: pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally
Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a...
These are the states reopening, rolling back mask mandates amid coronavirus...
States are rolling back more and more coronavirus restrictions as vaccines become available and positive cases trend downward nationwide. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to...
Mental health: The rise in student suicides is just the tip...
In late January, reports emerged of a surge in student suicides in Las Vegas, noting that Clark County reported 18 suicides over nine months...
Republicans sued over proxy voting in the pandemic. Now they're using...
WASHINGTON – House Republicans were furious over the summer when the House made unpresented changes allowing lawmakers to designate a proxy and vote on...
Come together: Why music class is an essential refuge for students...
As with most educators, teaching looks much different for me this year. I teach music at P.S. 87 and P.S. 112 in the Bronx, splitting...
'We have to fight this together as one,' President Biden tells...
WASHINGTON – When Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee butted heads with Donald Trump last year over the prior administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the then-president...
Pandemic refund blues: Travelers submit record number of complaints against airlines,...
When travelers have issues with an airline, they usually pick up the phone or turn to Twitter or Facebook for help.Lodging a formal complaint...
COVID-19 taking a toll: Some doctors see 'massive pandemic of mentally...
CUMBERLAND, R.I. – As the coronavirus pandemic stretched from days to weeks to months without end, the mental health of Amanda Choiniere’s daughter...
COVID taking a toll: Some doctors see 'a massive pandemic of...
CUMBERLAND — As the coronavirus pandemic stretched from days to weeks to months without end, the mental health of Amanda Choiniere’s daughter Isabella,...
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has disappeared in the US
NEW YORK (AP) — February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not...