by Pamela Dahlen | Mar 25, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. At least two million Americans are homebound, a population all but invisible. Most suffer from multiple chronic conditions, but cannot get...
by William Jester | Mar 25, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Disruptions to daily routines, stress from remote learning, social isolation and anxiety over illness during the pandemic are taking a toll on children’s mental and behavioral health, leading to physical problems such as weight gain from overeating. Mamilda Robinson,...
by William Jester | Mar 24, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Last March, if someone told you schools would cease in-person instruction because of a global pandemic, you probably wouldn’t have believed them. But that’s the unprecedented reality parents nationwide were forced to face when COVID-19 swept across the...
by William Jester | Mar 24, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Within the next two weeks, spring allergies could begin to take hold in New Jersey, and although we are in a much different place with COVID-19 than we were a year ago, a leading state allergist and immunologist said the 40% of Americans who claim to have pollen...
by William Jester | Mar 24, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Domestic violence incidents in the United States increased by 8.1 percent after COVID-19 lockdown orders, according to a new study. The increase in cases of domestic violence began to rise last spring, as stay-at-home orders began confining people to their homes,...
