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Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced the appointments of additional policy staff who will serve with the White House COVID Response Team, Domestic Climate Policy Office, Domestic Policy Council, and National Economic Council. These qualified, impressive, and dedicated individuals reflect the diversity and strength of America and will play critical roles advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to tackling the crises we face and building back our country bet...

Share this article Share this article How will we work in 2030? Which skills, tools, innovations and ideas could change our lives? A new report from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (BII+E) explores the biggest social, political, economic, environmental and technological trends driving Canadas labour market in the decade ahead. TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2021 /CNW/ - Shifting global power dynamics, the "shecession," and the rapid adoption of remote work: Canadas economy is reel...

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Indiana University Northwests Mobile Art + Action brought a pop-up Black History Month exhibit to the Chesterton Art Center. The exhibit features the work of IUN professors and alumni, hand-painted protest paper signs by international artists, the touring School of the Arts Mobile Art + Action Community Lab, The Black ABCs and "Echo Location" on loan from The Floating Museum arts collective. It shines a spotlight on living contemporary African-American artists. "I am very excited about this par...

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday announced a second round of grants intended to address learning gaps brought on by the pandemic. The RISE (Response, Innovation and Study Equity) fund will send $26.6 million to 19 education partners around Colorado to help address three areas: academic loss related to the pandemic that has left many low-income students months or even a year behind academically; mental health needs from the isolation Colorado students have experienced in the pandemic; and helping stud...

ACAs Medicaid expansion helped find undiagnosed cases of HIV By (0) In another sign that the Affordable Care Act has been good for Americans health, a new study finds that a large number of undiagnosed HIV cases in the United States came to light after Medicaids expansion under the health insurance law. Not only that, there was also an increase in the use of HIV prevention services, the researchers said. Advertisement "Increasing community awareness of HIV and increasing individuals awareness...

Listen to this post RBC | Yesterday, Governor Polis announced the second round of Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) Fund awardees to innovate and transform public education. The RISE fund was created to support innovation in high-needs school districts, charter schools, and public institutions of higher education to address the learning challenges related to the economic, social, and health impacts of COVID-19 in a manner that creates sustainable innovations that improve student l...

The Medicaid expansion facilitated by the Affordable Care Act led to increases in the identification of undiagnosed HIV infections and in the use of HIV prevention services such as preexposure prophylaxis drugs, says new research co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts who study the intersection of health care and public policy.

Negative mental health effects of pandemic lockdowns spike, then fade Absent a widely available vaccine, mitigation measures such as stay-at-home mandates, lockdowns or shelter-in-place orders have been the major public health policies deployed by state governments to curb the spread of COVID-19. But given the uncertain duration of such policies, questions have been raised about the potential negative mental health consequences of extended lockdowns with indefinite end dates. But according to n...