[ad_1] Congress should set aside $1 billion for community health workers as part of a broader COVID-19 spending bill, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said Wednesday. The funds are intended to support local-level health workers and boost their efforts on COVID treatment. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have sought the funds to ...

[ad_1] Back in school, you’ll have bandages, bumps, and bruises. But it also meets students’ needs for sensory challenges, chronic illnesses like diabetes and food allergies, emotional needs like anxiety and depression, and fighting infectious diseases, including COVID. Wicked Local reached out to school nurses to ask for their thoughts on what families need to ...

[ad_1] Nearly 10 fire science students in La Porte County’s career and technical education programs will be certified in CPR thanks to instruction from local firefighters. Three firefighters from the City of Michigan Fire Department taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to students learning the basics of firefighting Tuesday morning at the AK Smith Career Center. Training ...

[ad_1] Tenure-track and tenure-track faculty at Eastern Michigan University went on strike indefinitely Wednesday over stalled negotiations for new contracts. Although spent in line, the university instructed students to attend class and wait 15 minutes to see if an instructor would show up. After 91% of faculty voted in favor of Tuesday’s strike, many did ...

[ad_1] Knowledge cannot be measured by standardized exams, because everyone has a different way of demonstrating knowledge. Each student is different and the current testing system at all levels of academia does not take that into account.(Photo credit: Unsplash) With the renormalization of the in-person school year, Zoom University seems like years ago, but the ...

[ad_1] Researchers studying how children’s daily activities are related to their health have shown how redistributing their day’s time from one activity to another affects their health and academic performance. I developed a web app that shows users what The new app and the data used to develop it are described in a paper published ...

[ad_1] Fred Miller Arkansas Plant Health Clinic Director Sherrie Smith (left) stands with Alejandro Rojas, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, and Program Associate Jason Pavel. A new diagnostic instrument at the U of A System Division of Agriculture’s Arkansas Plant Health Clinic is helping expand its research and detection capabilities. Alejandro Rojas, ...

[ad_1] The Council of Fashion Designers of America was founded in 1962 by Eleanor Lambert. The aim is to bring designers out of the back rooms of 7th Avenue and into the spotlight. Its mission was to help put American fashion on the map. A native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, Lambert studied sculpture and created fashion ...