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COVID-19: Building trust key to healthcare for seniors of color, experts say
Elderly Black and Latino Americans are more likely to get infected and die from COVID-19, often due to historic distrust of the healthcare system. Building trust is urgent.
COVID-19: Building trust key to healthcare for seniors of color, experts say
Elderly Black and Latino Americans are more likely to get infected and die from COVID-19, often due to historic distrust of the healthcare system. Building trust is urgent.
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COVID-19 posing difficult choices for Wisconsin’s immigration workers
Many of Wisconsin’s immigrant workforce are in a precarious situation, faced with working as essential workers through the coronavirus pandemic while not always having easy access to PPE. Many immigrants also lack health insurance.
COVID-19 posing difficult choices for Wisconsin’s immigration workers
Many of Wisconsin’s immigrant workforce are in a precarious situation, faced with working as essential workers through the coronavirus pandemic while not always having easy access to PPE. Many immigrants also lack health insurance.
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Wisconsin’s tribes have weathered COVID-19 better than other tribes: How did they do it?
Wisconsin’s Native American communities have managed to keep the coronavirus contained among members, faring better than many larger tribal communities across the country.
Wisconsin’s tribes have weathered COVID-19 better than other tribes: How did they do it?
Wisconsin’s Native American communities have managed to keep the coronavirus contained among members, faring better than many larger tribal communities across the country.
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Frederick small business owner and mom of 5 fights to stay afloat amid pandemic, citing a lack of financial support
Just weeks before they were forced to temporarily shut the doors to their barbershop, Nichole Szarenski and her husband spent around $40,000 in renovations, forcing her to withdraw her 401K to keep her family business afloat amid COVID-19.
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House hearing “exposes” problems North Dakota tribal communities face
A hearing in the House Energy & Commerce Committee discussed issues that North Dakota tribal communities face, but Rep. Armstrong, R-N.D. urged that the communities should be thought of as unique entities when planning solutions.
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In-person learning matters, but local schools prioritize public safety
Saratoga Springs schools try hard to reopen in the fall, but practical concerns still exist.
read moreU.S. contact-tracing efforts on Covid-19 falter on privacy worries, technology gap
Fears of ‘big gov’ and ‘big tech’ hamper contact-tracing apps.
Republican Committee Members focus on Chinese-Latin American Relations during COVID-19 Hearing
Republican members of the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade Subcommittee focused questions on Chinese development in Latin America during a hearing about the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 in the region.
Fauci warns that U.S. could see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day
In a hearing on Tuesday Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. is in danger of more than doubling its daily caseload of new infections to more than 100,000.
Top House Democrat bashed Trump administration for nursing home health crisis
Nursing home workers, families of patients and experts detailed to a House committee the low pay, often barely above minimum wage, long hours, and lack of sufficient personal protective equipment that has created a nursing home health crisis.
Pause in fieldwork hurts scientists’ plans for research, futures
While the pause in field research has allowed scientists to spend more time on data analysis and reading academic papers, experts say that fieldwork is an important part of research in some fields, and the cancellation of this research could delay some students’ completion of their PhD programs.
Some community college students ineligible for federal COVID-19 relief
The presidents of community colleges in Spokane, Washington, said the CARES Act assistance was important, but e many students in need were left out.
Housing activists push lawmakers for swift action on rental assistance funds
The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work, and one stark reality persists: The rent is still due.
Stacey Abrams advocates for vote-by-mail ahead of presidential election
COVID-19 has killed more than 100,000 Americans, but some lawmakers still want people to vote in person come November.
HEROES Act provision aims to fund environmental justice efforts
The funding from the act would go toward three environmental justice grant programs. The provision would also write the grant programs into law.
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