SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Three months ago, the Saddle Brook school district was making steady progress toward social and emotional learning as a part of a district initiative. In-class yoga, mindfulness mantras and coping strategies for anxiety were part of the daily routine. Then came the pandemic. Virtual learning separated children from […]
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Telehealth use surged from 8% of Americans in December to 29% in May as primary care, mental health and specialists turned to remote care out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a UnitedHealth Group report. Telehealth evangelists long have touted using high-speed Internet connections and a range of […]
Kaylie Rosen was wrapping up a spring break internship in the field of her career dreams — pediatric physical therapy — and ready to return to boarding school in New Hampshire for the homestretch of her junior year. It was March, and the 17-year-old was already looking forward to summer […]
The U.S. death toll from the pandemic may be tens of thousands higher than reported and the total number of U.S. cases surpassed 50,000 for the first time Wednesday. The Johns Hopkins data dashboard reported 50,655 new cases, pushing the U.S. total to more than 2.6 million since the pandemic […]
As COVID-19 cases surge across the nation, more states are moving to combat the spread of the virus: Oregon and Kansas are the latest states that will begin to require face masks in public. “Modeling from the Oregon Health Authority shows that if we don’t take further action to reduce […]
For many cybercriminals, the global coronavirus pandemic has been a golden opportunity for fraud. And we haven’t even seen the worst of it yet. Scammers love crises. From the criminal’s perspective, few things are better for cultivating new victims than a natural disaster or a social crisis. Why? Because scams […]
I have long known that much of my life’s frustrations come from trying to have it both ways. Though they were made available to me, I shunned more traditional and more stable careers. Instead, I have continued, time and again, to try to be a writer, knowing full well this […]
With more than 45 million people unemployed and businesses shut down in every state, COVID-19 has taken a crippling toll on America’s economic health. For many small businesses, which comprise 47% of private-sector payrolls in the U.S., according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, the sudden economic downturn has […]