In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, trouble was brewing in Salt Lake County. The county’s seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases had roughly doubled over the past month, to more than 1,200 per day. Nearly one in four Covid tests performed in the county in November had turned up […]
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Trump health official meets with doctors pushing herd immunity
A top Trump health official met Monday with a group of doctors who are proponents of the controversial “herd immunity” approach to COVID-19, even as other experts warn of its deadly and dangerous consequences. The doctors — Martin Kulldorff, a professor of at Harvard, Sunetra Gupta, a professor at Oxford, […]
EIU pushing for continuous increase in enrollment numbers
CHARLESTON, Ill. Student enrollment at Eastern Illinois University has been growing for the last three-straight years, continuing with a 10.5% increase this fall. Even during the global pandemic, enrollment numbers are at the highest point since 2014, at 8,628 students. The number of student-athletes has also increased, despite scholarship cuts […]
Weeks into school year, groups pushing for more transparent coronavirus data
For several weeks, the Florida Education Association has been calling on state officials to release more information on COVID-19 in public schools. There isn’t a statewide dashboard, and only about half of Florida’s 67 school districts publicly report cases, the state’s largest teachers union said. “You can’t make choices and […]
Miami Heat pushing to make AmericanAirlines Arena a voting site. Here’s where request stands
As part of the decision to resume the NBA playoffs on Saturday, the league and its players will work together on several initiatives in support of social justice and racial equality. One of those initiatives: “In every city where the league franchise owns and controls the arena property, team governors […]
Huskers surrounded by college teams pushing on with football
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The temperature was approaching 90 and a light breeze was blowing while Jeff Jamrog put his Midland University football team through its paces under the midday sun. From the street running past Heedum Field, it looked like a typical August practice. A group of linemen hit […]
NWHL pushing back start of season to January
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The National Women’s Hockey League is pushing back the start of its season from mid-November to January because of the new coronavirus pandemic. The league announced Wednesday it still plans to have teams play a […]
‘Go To Bat For Vets’ Pushing To Get New VA Clinic In Brick
BRICK, NJ — As the federal Department of Veterans Affairs conducts a third round of bidding for a new facility to replace the over-capacity James J. Howard Outpatient Clinic in Brick, a community group is working to get the new clinic placed in Brick. The effort to replace the Howard […]