Bipartisan Members of the House Asthma and Allergy Caucus Introduce Legislation to Honor Elijah Cummings

House Asthma and Allergy Caucus Introduce Legislation to Honor Elijah Cummings

Bipartisan Members of the House Asthma and Allergy Caucus Introduce Legislation to Honor Elijah Cummings

Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY-16), Fred Upton (R-MI-06), Pete King (R-NY-02) and TJ Cox (D-CA-21), all members of the House Asthma and Allergy Caucus, have introduced legislation to honor Elijah E. Cummings’ long-time advocacy for those living with asthma. The Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act would expand federal, state, and local efforts to improve […]

Bronx woman ordered to stop calling 311 with complaints about horrible conditions in her subsidized housing — or risk losing her apartment

Bronx woman ordered to stop calling 311 with complaints about horrible conditions in her subsidized housing — or risk losing her apartment

Iesha Poindexter inside her three-year-old son, Ramel Huggins’s, bedroom in her apartment at 4453 White Plains Road, where she and her family have been dealing with heating and mice issues, in the Bronx, New York, Thursday, November 7, 2019. (Shawn Inglima/for New York Daily News) By Michael Gartland, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  Keep your mouth […]

Suspected Swine Flu case in Tobago

(T&T Guradian)

Suspected Swine Flu case in Tobago

A pa­tient, sus­pect­ed of be­ing in­fect­ed with the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), has been ward­ed at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal. Guardian Me­dia was in­formed that the pa­tient went to the hos­pi­tal over the week­end, with symp­toms of the virus. This was con­firmed by Health Sec­re­tary Agatha Car­ring­ton. “The re­port that we got from of­fi­cials in­di­cate […]

Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’

By Helen Briggs (BBC News)

Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana – April 1st 2015: a group of traditional Basarwa gather together at the fire. (Image: Shutterstock)   Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambezi River. The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, […]

Happy 38th Anniversary of Independence to Antigua & Barbuda!

Happy 38th Anniversary of Independence to Antigua & Barbuda!

Official Message by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne Friday, November 1, 2019 — This year, Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating the 38th Anniversary of Independence under the theme: “Embracing Our National Pride”. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the OECS Authority, the Hon. Gaston Browne, shared […]