On Feb. 14, 2018, Sari Kaufman was a 15 year old high school student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people, a majority of…
Wildfire threat for parts of Florida, wintry blast…
Record heat is also set to continue in the Southwest. May 7, 2020, 1:47 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Yesterday, a combination of ongoing drought, gusty…
Amazon shares skyrocket amid COVID pandemic, but some…
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the U.S. economy, forcing many businesses to shutter, at least temporarily, and others to drastically change the way they do business. But one company that appears to have emerged unscathed…
States are running out of unemployment money, but…
State unemployment trusts appear to be either at or nearing depletion this week as nine states requested to borrow a collective $38 billion from the Federal Unemployment Account in the coming months to help mitigate…
Minorities have higher chances for bad outcomes as…
Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during part of the first term of the Obama administration, said that he worries as states continue their push to…
Historic New York City subway shutdown for cleaning…
Relocating homeless individuals put them at risk, advocates said. May 6, 2020, 9:12 PM 7 min read 7 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The first deliberate shutdown of the New York…
22-year-old Chicago mom and youngest child of 2…
Nyla Moore, who was on a ventilator for weeks, leaves behind a 2-year-old son. May 7, 2020, 9:07 AM 6 min read 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article A 22-year-old Chicago…
Businesses, nursing homes seek liability protections as country…
Can a business be held responsible if an employee or customer gets the coronavirus? The question is at the center of a brewing debate across the country as states begin reopening their economies as they…
Precision public health may be the answer to…
At a time when social distancing is the norm, have we forgotten entirely about precision medicine and public health? Not so fast. Social distancing can flatten the curve, we now see, but as a one-size-fits-all…