April 20, 2024

Americas

The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools

By 12:30 p.m., the higher school’s water fountains had been jogging brown, and every single toilet at the center college had stopped working, too, so Henderson made a decision to shut both of those universities for the day. A bell rang, and Ellington ambled into the soaked hallways. Water splashed from his khakis, and other boys yelled and pushed their way to the entrance of the faculty. When Ellington designed it out, he searched for his bus, but he did not see it.

Inevitably, after the youngsters milled all-around the parking lot for fifty percent an hour, the principal came

How COVID-19 Exposed America’s Broken Elder Care System

For the American public, one of the first signs of the COVID-19 pandemic to come was a tragedy at a nursing home near Seattle. On Feb. 29, 2020, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Washington State announced the U.S. had its first outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Three people in the area had tested positive the day before; two of them were associated with Life Care Center of Kirkland, and officials expected more to follow soon. When asked what steps the nursing home could take to control the spread, Dr. Jeff Duchin, health