Having children is a great joy, but it also can be stressful. Pressures are plentiful, from making sure your child has the right gear to needing to help manage their school and social schedules. To intensify matters, COVID-19 has brought quarantines and social distancing around the world, and parents are now tasked with educating and […]
By Gemma Handy, St John’s, Antigua, BBC Seagulls are the only ones using the pool at a resort fringing one of Antigua’s most popular beaches. They have the place all to themselves, save for a solitary security guard surveying the empty terrace usually abuzz with families. Above, the bright blue sky is devoid of the […]
A man stands at the closed gate of a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Easter Sunday. Photo Credit: Reuters By Will Grant, BBC News With barely 60 ventilators for 11 million people, Haiti is the most vulnerable nation in the Americas to the coronavirus. While many countries would struggle to cope with a serious spread of […]
Photo Credit: Black News Nationwide — Here are some facts: Black people have been found to be more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than white people, both in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Black people also have a higher rate of PTSD diagnosis than white people. PTSD can result in suppression […]
With the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic still requiring most people across the country to continue to shelter in place, frustrations and tension among family members may be on the rise. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering tips to strengthen family relationships among those who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. […]
When someone who has COVID-19 coughs or exhales they release droplets of infected fluid. Most of these droplets fall on nearby surfaces and objects, such as desks, tables or telephones. People could catch COVID-19 by touching contaminated surfaces or objects, and then touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. If they are standing within 1 meter […]
By Neha Pathak, MD, WebMD With the rapid spread of the new coronavirus throughout the globe, people are looking for ways to protect their health and lessen the risk of COVID-19 complications. Because having damaged lungs is one of the main risk factors for complications, smoking of any kind is being discouraged by health experts. As it’s become […]
Photo Credit: Black News New York, NY — Dr. James A. Mahoney, a 62-year old doctor who spent 40 years serving hospitals in underserved communities and even helped treat coronavirus patients despite his retirement age, has sadly died from the virus himself. Throughout Mahoney’s 40-year service, he had been on the medical frontlines at the time of […]
By: Dr Basil Springer Those of us who are occupied as housewives or househusbands, are retired, home-school children, have a virtual job enabled by digital technology or conduct business from home, tend to naturally manage our time in a home environment. On the other hand, when a “Stay-At-Home Order” is imposed by the government as […]
New York City Nurses crying and cheering as people clapping hands in appreciation of frontline healthcare workers in Manhattan. 7pm tradition. Stay home. – New York City, New York / USA – May 26 2020 (Shutterstock) By Soon Kim, Newsweek As the U.S. continues to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak, fears over a second wave […]