El Paso resident Carlos Martinez was relieved in June when the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths were dropping in his community. Martinez, 25, started going to restaurants for the first time... Read more »
The $1 million VaxU Scholarship promotion is down to its final week in Maryland. Winners receive a $50,000 college scholarship through the program aimed at encouraging 12- to 17-year-olds to get vaccinated... Read more »
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the withdrawal of his controversial nominee, David Chipman, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Several leading Republicans were outspoken opponents of... Read more »
Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, she teared up as streamers and confetti... Read more »
Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s covid-19 rules have been a lightning rod in California’s recall election. But there’s a lot more at stake for Californians’ health care than mask and vaccine mandates. Newsom, a first-term... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Education has approved the use of $110 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for Connecticut’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund as part of ongoing... Read more »
With a total score of 72.94, Iowa has the third quickest rate of recovery from COVID-19 in the United States since last week, WalletHub reported. Only South Dakota and Maine, which had total... Read more »
Heather Meyer (D) assumed office as the representative for District 29 in the Kansas state House on Sept. 7. The Johnson County Democratic Party appointed Meyer to the district on Aug. 24.... Read more »
After eight months of delays, House Democrats fleeing to Washington, D.C. in protest, a regular session and two special sessions, Gov. Greg Abbott signed his key legislative priority into law Tuesday, reforming... Read more »
Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing those types... Read more »