PHILADELPHIA PA - Being an educator is a difficult duty in and of itself. Throw the past year and a half on top of it and it truly becomes work for superheroes. And that is what our teachers have become to us… superheroes.
PHILADELPHIA PA - Being an educator is a difficult duty in and of itself. Throw the past year and a half on top of it and it truly becomes work for superheroes. And that is what our teachers have become to us… superheroes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report today showing nursing homes in the U.S. have seen the lowest number of new COVID cases since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started tracking back in May 2020, suggesting that the vaccines are working.
PHILADELPHIA - With the holiday season kicking into high gear, it is crucial to remember that COVID-19 still remains a deadly threat, especially to our most vulnerable citizens – long term care residents.
PHILADEPHIA PA. - Speeding tickets are a multi-billion dollar annual business for state governments, municipalities, and auto insurers. Politicians seeking to justify so many citations frequently turn to statistics that show that "speeding" is among the most common causes of traffic collisions in the United States. Not true.
Out of 2.7 million traffic accidents recorded in twenty-five states over a year, only 1.6 percent were caused by drivers who exceeded the posted speed limit. The figures analyze annual state reports by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Since there is no speeding crisis, why the push to municipal arm police with RADAR? For the money.
Four commonly held but inaccurate statements about speed limits:
There is no guarantee that a speed limit will have any effect on driving behaviors. The fact is, when driving, most motorists choose a speed at which they personally feel both comfortable and safe.
A speed limit sign should not dictate the speed. It should reflect how drivers are actually behaving on the road. The speed at which 85 percent of motorists travel is called "prevailing speed." Prevailing speed is the primary consideration when setting speed limits. Why? Because it is the safest speed with the most compliance.
In Pennsylvania, posted speed limits are 8 to 16 mph below the prevailing speed 90% of the time (FHwA data), making almost everybody a "speeder." Municipal police will use RADAR for ticketing these people who are doing nothing harmful and endangering no one.
Nashville, TN —For many of us, frontline healthcare workers are more than heroes. They’re also family members or close friends who feel like family. Having someone you love working on the front lines of COVID means you get a front-row view of their daily fear, exhaustion, and stress. While you may feel helpless to stop their suffering, Diana Hendel, PharmD, and Mark Goulston, MD, say there’s a lot you can do to make their lives a bit easier.
Washington, D.C. – The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), LeadingAge, Argentum, and the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) released a joint statement today regarding the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine:
GLEN ALLEN, Va. /PRNewswire/ -- GENETWORx, a national diagnostic molecular laboratory headquartered in Glen Allen, VA, announced the launch of a COVID-19 pooled testing program specifically aimed at helping millions of students in kindergarten through the twelfth-grade return to the classroom for in-person learning. GENETWORx stated that it has the capacity to perform COVID-19 tests on millions of schoolchildren each day and up to 60 million tests a month with its K-12 testing program.
Nashville - Oscar-winning actress and comedienne, Cloris Leachman, died on Tuesday, January 26 at the age of 94. Leachman received more than 20 Emmy nominations and nine wins, more than any other television performer in history. WHEN WE LAST SPOKE was her last feature film to debut in theaters nationwide.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report today showing new COVID cases in nursing homes in the U.S. has now reached a record number of weekly new cases this month due to the community spread among the general population, surpassing previous peaks since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started tracking cases in nursing homes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and other long term care facilities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year and LeadingAge, the association of more than 5,000 mission-driven aging services providers including nursing homes, today released a reform agenda, the Care For Our Seniors Act, to address long-standing challenges affecting the quality of care provided in America’s nursing homes.
San Francisco, CA - San Francisco-based multi-hyphened creative, event planner to the elite and owner of Jonathan Rachman Designs adds author to his repertoire with his memoir, The Garlic Peanut Story.
PHILADELPHIA - The historic number of Latinx voters that cast early votes in states like Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin underscores the significant role that the Latinx vote – specifically the Latinx youth vote – played in helping Joe Biden win the presidency.