Having a cat as a member of your family is so much fun! Not only do you always have someone to play with and talk to, but the bond you build between yourself and your cat by feeding her, grooming her, and taking care of her is one that will […]
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School nurses find new ways to provide care during COVID-19
PHOENIX – A few times a month, a 40-foot motor home – its exterior adorned with cartoon tigers dressed as medical workers – pulls up to Washington Park in Alamogordo, New Mexico. As children gather round, nurses distribute crayons and coloring books, pamphlets on health care and water bottles with […]
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These 20 Back-to-School Gifts Show Teachers You Care After a long year.
Teachers go through a lot during any given school year. Between lesson planning, marking and making sure that young minds are developing and happy, teachers have a lot on their plates. This past school year, however, has been particularly rough. With the ongoing pandemic, online learning and incessant pivoting, educators […]
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Tessica Brown Launches Hair Care Product Line After Viral Gorilla Glue Saga
Tessica Brown, dubbed online as “Gorilla Glue Girl” is coming out with her own hair care product line. A few months ago, Brown made headlines after she sprayed the super adhesive in her hair, cementing her hairstyle in place for weeks before having to get the glue surgically removed. Brown, […]
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Introducing SnapCab Care: Office pod manufacturer and Kingston medical community come together to develop mobile exam room for COVID-19 Assessment Centre | News
Video: Introducing SnapCab Care KINGSTON, ON, June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – SnapCab, a leader in developing workspace privacy solutions that are flexible, high quality and safe to use, has collaborated with a Kingston, Ontario medical expert to develop SnapCab Care, a new mobile medical exam room for the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) […]
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What Are They And Why Should You Care?
Restrictive covenants have a significant and substantial impact on the use and value of property; yet they are often ignored entirely or not considered until the end of the due diligence period before purchasing the property. Whether you are purchasing property for residential use or for commercial use, it is […]
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Ask Angie’s List: How can I care for my outdoor plumbing in winter?
Winter has been relatively mild in its first month, so even if you haven’t done it already, it’s still a good time to winterize your outdoor plumbing. Attending to your outdoor faucets and water pipes to prevent frozen pipes and water damage is easy to overlook during preparations, but they’re […]
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35 thoughtful and inexpensive Valentine’s Day gifts to show how much you care
As Valentine’s Day approaches, the pressure to get the perfect present builds. You could always go with classic gifts like red roses and heart-shaped candy, but those options can often feel a little stale. If you’re tired of the same old items — or just looking to switch it up […]
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Biden calls for expanded tax credits for children, child care
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed COVID-19 relief package includes two hefty expansions of tax breaks for parents, which of passed would allow them to claims thousands of dollars more in credits and refunds for at least one year. Biden wants to increase the standard child tax credit to $3,000 per child […]
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If someone you care about has been radicalized, here’s what to know
The violence America witnessed at the Capitol was more than unleashed rage. Terrorism experts say it was the culmination of years of radicalization. “A lot of people at the Capitol protest I would describe as radicalized,” said Mary Beth Altier a professor at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and an […]
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How to really listen to what someone you care about is saying
The Covid pandemic has been like a pressure cooker for all kinds of issues that can really affect our mental wellbeing. Isolation and loneliness, family and relationship issues, mental and physical health or illness, employment and money worries… as if these weren’t already hard enough to cope with, they have […]
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Private EMS technicians mishandled care for N.J. man who died from COVID on Christmas Eve, son says
Ed Fox loved high school football and everything that came with it. For years, Fox, a clinical psychologist, was the president of Don Bosco’s Touchdown Club. Alongside one of his best friends, legendary Don Bosco football coach Greg Toal, he helped train freshman players to join the ranks of the […]
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Turning music lessons into ‘trauma informed care’ for frontline health care workers
“The expectation for them is not that they get to be on the Carnegie Hall stage. The expectation is for them to have an instrument, and to learn to heal through it, and to express themselves,” said Wong, a pediatrician who codirects the Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical […]
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Amazon, JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway health care venture to disband
A high-profile joint venture from three of the country’s biggest-name companies aimed at lowering health care costs is disbanding after three years, a sign of how complex and difficult to disrupt the U.S. health care system is. The company, called Haven, was a joint venture of Amazon, JP Morgan Chase […]
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Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan Will End Joint Health Care Venture
“Haven worked best as an incubator of ideas, a place to pilot, test and learn — and a way to share best practices across our companies,” Mr. Dimon added. Business & Economy Updated Jan. 4, 2021, 3:39 p.m. ET Haven named Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon affiliated with Harvard Medical […]
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Haven, the Amazon-backed health care company, will shut down next month
Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Haven — a company formed to handle health care for the hundreds of thousands of US workers at retail giant Amazon, conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway and banking titan JPMorgan Chase — will shut down at the end of February. “Moving forward, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & […]
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Our Health Care Heroes Are Getting Fed Up With Us
Front-line health care workers see you. They see you traveling for big, indoor holiday gatherings. They see you packing into bars. They see your social media posts from house parties. They see you without a mask. And they know they’ll see some of you again soon, crammed into increasingly crowded […]
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The Biden administration must dramatically expand school-based health care
Healthy students are better learners. They are more likely to attend school, earn higher grades and graduate from high school. However, too many children, including the 4.4 million who are uninsured, have difficulty accessing comprehensive, quality health care. In turn, these access and quality issues perpetuate chronic, multigenerational health problems. […]
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A nurse’s plea: An intensive care unit nurse details COVID-19’s realities [column] | Columnists
What is it going to take? When will people get the message? When will people understand and listen? I’ve stopped posting on social media about COVID-19 because it feels like so many people aren’t listening, and it is like banging your head on a wall. But I see so many […]
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Primary care offices struggling to survive during Covid-19
Cormay Caine misses a full day of work and drives more than 130 miles round trip to take five of her children to their pediatrician. The Sartell, Minnesota, clinic where their doctor used to work closed in August. Caine is one of several parents who followed Dr. Heather Decker to […]