By Tara Blair Ball (siloveyou.xyz)
When I liked a boy while I was in elementary school, I made fun of him. I was a bit of a class clown, so that was how I showed that I liked someone. I would tease him. Mercilessly. Unkindly. In front of everyone I could. Until, more often than not, he ran away crying […]
By Mike Peterson, iDropNews Smart TVs are connected, convenient and, according to a warning from the FBI, possibly a vector for hackers to see or hear inside of your home. Last week, the Oregon branch of the FBI issued a warning about smart TVs ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a shopping period in which tens […]
Pres. Obama urges Americans to sign up for healthcare during open enrollment before December 15th in new video Former President Barack Obama released a video urging Americans to sign up for healthcare through HealthCare.Gov before December 15th. As Pres. Obama discusses his holiday gift recommendations, he emphasizes the affordability and the importance of signing up […]
(December 8, 2019 – WASHINGTON) – During a press conference recently, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) introduced a law that would end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools – The Ending (P.U.S.H.O.U.T.) Act. P.U.S.H.O.U.T means Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma. The Ending PUSHOUT Act recognizes the […]
Tips for a dementia-friendly holiday celebration from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America NEW YORK (December 6, 2019) — Families across the country are getting into the holiday spirit and planning their celebrations. For the more than 5.8 million American families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing tips on how to adapt […]
(New York, NY – December 4, 2019) NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that it has expanded the role of its clinical pharmacists to help patients manage hypertension. The public health system’s clinical pharmacists work closely with primary care teams and had previously just focused on diabetes care management. There are more than 98,000 New Yorkers […]
By Kalena Thomhave, MSN Too often still, we think we know what poverty looks like. It’s the way we’ve been taught, the images we’ve been force-fed for decades. The chronically homeless. The undocumented immigrant. The urban poor usually personified as a woman of color, the “welfare queen” politicians still too often reference. But as income […]
By Erin Telesford The other day, June had a strange experience at work. She checked in and sat down at her desk as usual and began working on her assignment. About an hour had passed and she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the middle of her chest. It only lasted for a moment, so […]
By Marilyn Silverman If you google the words how seriously are concussions taken, you will be stunned that parents are not even alarmed if their sons and daughters are the recipients of this diagnosis by their trustworthy family physicians. As per WebMD, these mothers and fathers should in fact be alarmed, very alarmed indeed since […]
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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 […]