by William Jester | Dec 14, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
As we enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, cases are surging once again. The Centers for Disease Control says the U.S. is averaging more than 118,000 cases per day. Hospitalizations are rising at a concerning rate, and the country is averaging more than...
by William Jester | Dec 13, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Rutgers, a clinical trial site for the global Pfizer-BioNTech research study to evaluate the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine in children, is looking for participants for a third clinical trial on children ages 6 months to 4 years. “Children can get sick from COVID-19...
by Pamela Dahlen | Dec 12, 2021 | Community, News
Studies show less than 2% of college professors in scientific fields are Black, roughly 3% are Hispanic, and far less than 1% are Native American or Alaskan Native, numbers that have not changed despite various diversity efforts at the federal and university level in...
by William Jester | Dec 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
As omicron cases are starting to tick up nationwide, the lawsuits continue against New York City’s vaccine mandates. The latest comes from a Staten Island attorney who wants to file a class-action suit on behalf of anyone who works in the city that doesn’t...
by William Jester | Dec 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
A Norwegian Cruise Line ship that disembarked in New Orleans on Sunday has reported 17 cases of COVID-19 among passengers and crew members. The positive cases include one probable case of the Omicron variant, which was detected in a crew member, according to a news...
