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Great Health Divide | Kentucky College of Optometry works to treat and combat blindness
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WSAZ) – Our vision is one of our most prized senses, but rural Appalachia struggles with severe vision loss. The problem is so serious that, in 2015, the CDC labeled eastern Kentucky as the blindest region in the U.S. “Our mission is to serve the underserved and train our students,” said Dr. Cliff …
Technology divide with EDD keeping some from getting paid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Robert Elkins is a painter from Sacramento who is out of work as a result of the pandemic. “I’m down to dollars and cents in my checking and savings. I’m a hard-working taxpayer all my life. And I can’t get paid,” Elkins said. Elkins hasn’t received unemployment benefits from the Employment Development …
Failed response to Capitol riot shows deep divide over police use of force
The reckoning of American police entered a new chapter this week with the televised spectacle of federal security agents overrun by a mob of armed far-right extremists storming the Capitol. On its face, the siege was a failure of planning: The U.S. Capitol Police, who deal with all sorts of protests and demonstrations year-round, did …
As Trump doubles down on election falsehoods, world reflects on America’s deep divide
Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and again prematurely declared victory on Friday as his lead in key states slipped away. The image of American democracy has taken a battering, as has the country’s image as a dependable ally. Germany’s foreign minister criticized Trump for “pouring oil on the fire.” Some admired the resilience …
Covid-19’s Global Divide: As West Reels, Asia Keeps Virus at Bay
While a surge in coronavirus infections is forcing U.S. states and European countries to shut down bars, open field hospitals and limit social gatherings to small groups of people, such measures are becoming distant memories in much of Asia. For months now, life across Asia, where the virus first emerged, has mostly returned to normal. …
Covid-19 highlights our digital divide. Technology is key to better outcomes for Indigenous Australians | Australia news
Our mobs all across the Country have their own stories about the technologies they have developed, perfected and used. Some well-known examples are the boomerang, the Barkandji fish traps and the Budj Bim eel farms. In Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe recounts the story of a fisherman sleeping next to a fishing rod rig while fish …
Virus exposes economic, racial divide in French health care
BONDY, France (AP) — The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare deep disparities across economic and racial lines in France’s health care system. Two recent studies demonstrated how the virus has hit France’s poorest communities and its Africa- and Asia-born populations hardest. Some local officials and a health advocacy group are trying to help, offering medical …
NJ Providing All Students with Technology to Close the Digital Divide
It was a constant fight for the computer, says fifth-grade student Maiholy Peña, who suddenly switched to homeschooling this spring without the technology at home to do her work. It left her scrambling to finish on time. She and her sister are among the thousands of kids in New Jersey at risk of falling into …
Anthony Fauci says political divide has weakened coronavirus response
CLOSE The President and the CDC disagree on the guidelines for reopening schools. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday that divisiveness in politics has likely hurt the country’s response to the coronavirus. “I mean, you have to be having blindfolders on and covering your ears to think that we don’t …
Trump, Kemp And America’s Political Divide : NPR
Customer service agent April Brown wears a protective mask and gloves as she helps people at the baggage claim at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last month. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP Customer service agent April Brown wears a protective mask and gloves as she helps people at the baggage claim at Hartsfield-Jackson …
