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Gesher, Longtree & Associates partner on new health care opportunities | Local News
Gesher Cleveland, a collaborative nonprofit resource center devised in 2013 to create a self-sustaining Jewish community in Cleveland, has partnered with Longtree & Associates LLC of New Jersey to bring new health care education opportunities to Ohio. Longtree, started in 1990, educates and certifies people in health care to have careers in patient care and …
Gov. Newsom to Address Homelessness, Mental Health – NBC Bay Area
California’s governor is expected to call for better mental health care to help the state’s huge homeless population when he addresses one of the state’s most pressing problems in his second State of the State speech. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom offered what he called “a little preview” of his Wednesday speech. “We’re committed to …
Dr. Ian Kupkee Says Pets Need Dental Care Too – NBC 6 South Florida
February is Pet Dental Health Month. Most Americans are aware of the importance of dental health to their own overall well-being, but for many, it comes as a surprise to learn that the same holds true for our pets. The American Dental Association warns tooth and gum disease can lead to a host of problems …
The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America
Along with the rise of inequality, the slowdown in productivity growth, and the shrinking of the middle class, the spiraling cost of living has become a central facet of American economic life. It is a crisis amenable to policy solutions at the state, local, and federal levels—with all of the 2020 candidates, President Donald Trump …
As the world focuses on coronavirus, don’t forget about the deadly flu that’s killed at least 10,000 Americans
Americans’ concerns over the new coronavirus have spawned a public-health emergency declaration, a controversial travel ban and quarantine, and China-bound flight suspensions. But the better-known flu virus is a far greater threat to Americans’ health right now, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest. The deadly new coronavirus, first detected late last …
Sanders Could Win in Iowa. What It Means for Health-Care Stocks.
Text size Victories by Bernie Sanders tend to rock health-care stocks. Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders has the best shot in the Democratic primary field at winning the Iowa caucuses this evening, according to pollsters. Sanders is a bit of a boogeyman for health-care investors, given his commitment to a health-insurance scheme …
Dow tumbles 600 points as Trump declares public health emergency for coronavirus epidemic
U.S. stocks tumbled Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 index recording their biggest one day falls since August, as fears that Chinese coronavirus epidemic would slow economic growth rattled Wall Street. A busy week of mixed U.S. corporate earnings reports preoccupied investors, with shares of bellwether Caterpillar slumping while shares of Amazon.com soared after …
Mental Health Commissioner Terri White stepping down
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Terri White will be leaving office on Feb. 1 after nearly 13 years on the job. White, one of the state’s longest tenured agency heads, was appointed commissioner in May of 2007 after joining the agency in 2001. “It has been my deepest honor to …
Bernie Sanders’ Resurgence Is Bad For America’s Health
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right speaks as former Vice President … [+] Joe Biden listens Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ASSOCIATED PRESS Just three months after suffering what many thought was a …
‘It’s Like I Got Kicked Out of My Family.’ Churches Struggle With Mental Health in the Ranks.
In most industries, federal laws protect workers with disabilities, including mental illness. Church is an exception. Employees including pastors are still regularly fired after disclosing mental-health problems. For eight years, Brady Herbert led a booming church in Waco, Texas. The congregation had a couple hundred members when he took over and grew to an average …
