Millions miss out on routine care, including vaccination. Educational crisis also impacts their social, mental, and physical wellbeing.
Washington D.C. January 26 (PAHO) – As the COVID-19 outbreak reaches its third year in the Americas, millions of children are missing out on routine vaccinations, putting countries at risk of losing two decades of immunization progress, the Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne warned. “Countries are seeing outbreaks of diseases that for […]
By Katie Balevic, Insider Two Long Island nurses were arrested this week after investigators uncovered a COVID-19 vaccine card fraud scheme in which they made millions selling bogus vaccine cards, and then entering false information into the state vaccine database. Julie DeVuono, a 49-year-old pediatric nurse practitioner, and Marissa Urraro, a 44-year-old licensed practical nurse, […]
By Paul Shafer and Katherine Gutierrez, The Conversation The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions of American families without enough food on the table, according to our new study in JAMA Network Open. The first missed payment on Jan. 15, 2022, left families […]
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) today warned about scammers taking advantage of the free COVID-19 test government program to steal personal information for unscrupulous purposes. Due to the high demand, scammers may start using techniques that typically arise with a free government event such as: falsely claiming to be online providers […]
By Dan O’Reilly, MSN A well-known Czech folk singer has died after intentionally exposing herself to Covid-19 in a bid to gain greater access to venues and events. Her family has shared her story as a cautionary tale that reenforces the importance of taking the virus seriously — even if it means altering our lives […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced the arrest and indictment of a Staten Island man who allegedly falsified multiple COVID-19 test results over five consecutive months in 2020 to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Ajani Shaw, 23, of Staten Island was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Richmond County Supreme Court before Hon. Alexander B. Jeong […]
Senator Chuck Schumer, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mayor de Blasio and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell survey storm damage in Woodside, Queens. New York, NY – September 6, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Erin Donnelly, AOL Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reflecting on her bout with COVID-19, which she says has made her “slow down” in order to recover. On […]
NEW YORK, NY: Despite the surge in the variants and increasing deaths across the nation and around the world, people of color still lag when it comes to getting vaccinations against COVID-19. To make matters worse, Black, Hispanic and Native American people are about four times more likely to be hospitalized and nearly three times […]
By Deborah Carr, The Conversation Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might die. They don’t want to broach the topic with family, either, for fear of upsetting them. Ironically, though, talking about […]
Pope Francis greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St Peter’s square at the Vatican on May 28, 2014. (Shutterstock) By NPR ROME — Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the […]
