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Challenges come when NIH harnesses AI to fight COVID-19, experts say

Challenges come when NIH harnesses AI to fight COVID-19, experts say

by Xurui Tan | Aug 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

The National Institutes of Health wants to utilize artificial intelligence technology to better combat COVID-19 and has offered a grant to establish a resource center for diagnosis and treatment. However, a spokesperson from the National Institute of Biomedical...
WA senators call for 2020 census deadline extension to boost response rates

WA senators call for 2020 census deadline extension to boost response rates

by Samone Blair | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

Sen. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, signed a bipartisan letter last week calling for an extension in the enumeration deadline for the 2020 census. Originally, the deadline for the enumeration process, which involves Census Bureau employees...
District gears up to help students cope with COVID-19

District gears up to help students cope with COVID-19

by Megan Sauer | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured

The City School District of Albany relies on grants, partnerships and parents’ personal health care to maintain their school-based health centers in three of their middle schools — but Superintendent Kaweeda Adams anticipates an increase in demand while their K-12...
Italy will reopen schools next month, but first it needs 3 million new desks

Italy will reopen schools next month, but first it needs 3 million new desks

by Silvia Martelli | Aug 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured

Italian schools are set to reopen on Sept. 14, but only if 2.6 million single-seat desks are built within the next month to allow the social distancing that the traditional two-person desks in classrooms make impossible. Reopening schools is seen as a crucial step...
Politicizing school reopening hurts Black and brown students the most

Politicizing school reopening hurts Black and brown students the most

by Shirin Ali | Aug 12, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

As the federal government urges schools across the country to reopen, fear of contracting COVID-19 remains high, especially for many Black and brown families, a group that has been disproportionately hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Racial disparities are reflected in...
Agriculture, unemployment priorities for ND in new pandemic relief bill

Agriculture, unemployment priorities for ND in new pandemic relief bill

by Samone Blair | Aug 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

North Dakota lawmakers presented agriculture and unemployment as key priorities this week while the Trump administration and House Democrats negotiate the next round of coronavirus relief. Federal unemployment benefits are a key difference between plans presented by...
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