Apr 20 After-school programs have either been abandoned or overworked during the pandemic By Amadou Diallo, The Hechinger Report Many after-school programs, which provide both enrichment and child care, have gone out of business. Others went remote and still others became full-day child care programs. None had much guidance or support… Continue reading
Feb 05 Can you safely play indoor sports during the pandemic? By Jamie Leventhal As COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations rise, just how safe are indoor sports?… Continue reading
Jan 06 Quebec orders 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday, for 4 weeks By Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec’s premier is imposing a provincewide 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday as a way to curb surging coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. The province will become the first in Canada to impose a curfew for addressing the pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 10:11 U.S. vaccine rollout remains sluggish, as new coronavirus strain spreads The U.S. is stumbling out of the gate in getting the COVID-19 vaccine distributed in 2021, as a more contagious variant of the virus spreads around the country. Dr. Robert M. Wachter, the head of the department of medicine at… Continue watching
Dec 06 Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID By Associated Press The president confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had tested positive. Giuliani has traveled extensively to battleground states in recent weeks in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss. Continue reading