[ad_1] OMAHA — Doug Rose has checked COVID-19 case counts and other data off and on during the pandemic, but he says he was never obsessed with it. He has reviewed case counts for his destination when he planned to travel. Last year, the retired Omaha schoolteacher went to Galveston, Texas, instead of his usual ...

[ad_1] Four out of five people experience debilitating back pain at some point in their lives. Usually, we put more effort into taking care of our back when we feel like it. But it’s important to take care of your back all the time, not just when you’re in pain. The real secret to keeping ...

[ad_1] Rakesh Kaur One thing that has changed for the better as the world settles into the “new normal” is digital adoption. Covid has ushered in an era of digital transformation. Digital receptivity is on the rise, evidenced by rapidly changing customer preferences, expectations and requirements. The insurance industry is also experiencing this change. Like ...

[ad_1] Springfield, Massachusetts (WWLP) – At Springfield Technical Community College (STCC), Springfield Fire Department lieutenants are pursuing degrees through a program that recruits full-time firefighters. The Fire Protection and Safety Technology Program will enable Nathan Lavallee, a firefighter since 2015, to study for an associate’s degree in the spring of 2023. Lavallee. Springfield Fire Department ...

[ad_1] Herman Kambach of Ames is a senior member of the Iowa Senate Education Committee. As an influential member of the Senate Education Committee, I’ve tracked the Republican Party’s failure to fund education since it took over state government in 2017. Republicans will say they have increased funding for K-12, but in reality they are ...

[ad_1] How do race and racism underpin contemporary politics? How do racist understandings of the world affect the topics political scientists investigate and how they study those topics? Do you? Political science has a long history of excluding people of color and not taking seriously the different ways knowledge is produced and understood in different ...

[ad_1] COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai Health is not for sale and is not on the brink of financial ruin. But hospitals and healthcare systems are facing significant financial challenges caused by the nationwide healthcare staff crisis that Kootenai Health CEO Jon Ness has been warning communities about for months. At the same time, a change ...

[ad_1] Over the past decades, gender roles have evolved and changed, reflecting changing social norms. But despite these changes, a gap in unpaid domestic work still exists between male and female partners around the world. In this feature, we take a closer look at how this unequal division of unpaid work affects women’s mental health ...