By Irène Mathieu, The Conversation This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped going to their pediatrician. As a result, kids have fallen behind on important childhood vaccinations. Vaccination rates declined starkly after mid-March, with up to 60% reductions in some areas of the country. Nationwide, vaccination rates […]
New Yorkers riding subway with masks after the lockdown, New York City, USA. – Sept 05, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Shant Shahrigian, NY Daily News Clusters of coronavirus in Brooklyn and Queens have raised the city’s infection rate to an alarming new level, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday, adding that the city will respond with strict […]
Mayor de Blasio arrives for a press briefing at Bronx Collaborative High School – New York, NY – August 26, 2020 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Mayor de Blasio today announced the launch of the Pandemic Response Lab (PRL), a facility dedicated to processing COVID-19 tests within 24-48 hours for NYC Health + Hospitals. Based in the Alexandria […]
Health Testing Centers issued a report on The State of Contract Tracing in the U.S., using historical and current data on the effectiveness of contact tracing from the Bubonic Plague in the 16th century to Covid-19 today. Contact tracing is when state and local health departments identify individuals who may have been exposed to an […]
Courtesy of Mount Sinai As we transition to reopening the economy, employers, unions, and community-based organizations face many new health and safety challenges arising from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health are leaders in workplace safety and aim to help organizations develop plans to mitigate risk for coronavirus exposure and set […]
By Elizabeth Hanes, BSN, RN At this point in the epidemic, some of us could really use a hug. A good, old-fashioned bear hug – the kind that makes us feel like everything’s going to be all right. So, how dangerous is a hug during COVID-19, anyway? Some experts say that hugging is not very risky if you […]
Photo Credit: World Bank/Emily Bartels-Bland By OECS.org Thursday, August 27, 2020 — WASHINGTON — Dominica will strengthen its response to the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic using US$5.2 million from the World Bank. The funds will be used to provide income support to people affected by the crisis who meet set criteria. “The COVID-19 […]
Receiving Recommended Vaccines Against Influenza, Pneumococcal Disease Even More Critical for the Health and Safety of Older Adults, Who Remain at High Risk for COVID-19
Two old men wear medical masks and sit on the street corner in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY / United States – May 16th, 2020 (Shutterstock) The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) is encouraging older New Yorkers to make sure they are […]
If you are reading this on your smart-phone or laptop, you are fortunate to have access to internet service. More than 20 million households in the United States do not have internet service at home. The main barrier? Cost. Racial disparities with broadband service: According to census data, about 10 percent of Black and Hispanic […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Census 2020 Director Julie Menin go door-knocking to encourage New Yorkers to complete the census in South Richmond Hill, Queens. – NEW YORK, NY – JULY 29, 2020 By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat and Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat, THE CITY As New York City hurtles toward a Sept. 10 school start […]