by Khadija Islow | May 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Marina Gonzalez, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who lives in Frederick, tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday. The day before, she said, she could barely sit up. “My head hurts so much,” she said, taking deep breaths between her words. Two weeks...
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by Jack Kelly | May 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
On a typical workday at Hillside Dairy in Catawba, owner Linda Ceylor is out of bed at 4:30 each morning, and not just because of the usual demands of a 40-cow organic dairy farm. Ceylor said she’s up so early partly because it allows her to use the internet without...
by Jack Kelly and Anne Snabes | May 15, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured
As state and local governments across the country begin to ease stay-at-home orders, many companies do not plan to return to business as usual anytime soon. Offices will remain vacant, and business travelers, who spend much of their time in airports and on planes,...
by Chiara Vercellone | May 13, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – When U.S. leaders talk about the promise of artificial intelligence, one application they regularly discuss is cybersecurity. But experts say European countries have thus far proven to be more measured in their approach to AI, fearing the technology is...
by Anne Snabes | May 13, 2020 | Featured, Health
ALBANY — The heroism of nurses who have been on the front lines treating COVID-19 patients could lead more people to pursue a career in that profession at a time when experts have been predicting there will be a shortage of registered nurses nationwide as Baby Boomers...
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by Jack Kelly | May 8, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights Africa’s need to digitize, especially in the financial services sector, to protect the continent’s primarily cash-based societies from the spread of the disease, leaders from public and private African institutions said...
