Experts In The News
Over the past few months, the world has had a front-row seat to watch public health in action. The COVID-19 pandemic is the lead story in every newspaper and on every TV news show. People follow daily case counts like they are following a sports team. I don’t expect little kids to tell their parents that they want to grow up to be an epidemiologist, but it is nice for public health to be able step out of the shadows for a moment.
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. And she's not squeamish about being around sick students.
For many children in the U.S., the usual back-to-school jitters are likely to be a lot more intense this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. And she's not squeamish about being around sick students.
As the heat seems to be relentless in Southern Nevada, those who exercise or work outside are really feeling it.
Now that the federal government’s $600 weekly payments to the unemployed and underemployed have stopped and moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures are expiring, more than two-thirds of Americans are concerned about being able to make ends meet, according to a report from TransUnion.
The US presidential primary is now over, and the Democratic Party will gather virtually in the coming hours for its national convention. The event will see Joe Biden officially named the Democratic candidate for the presidential election.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number and rate of coronavirus cases in the United States have been “steadily increasing” from March to July of 2020.
