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ASEAN brings hope for Myanmar at leaders meeting: experts By Trung Nhan  &nbspApril 27, 2021 | 07:48 am GMT+7 ASEAN top officials attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2021. Photo by ASEAN. The consensus ASEAN managed to achieve with Myanmars military head is the first positive step in easing the nations long-lasting crisis, experts said. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state leaders reached a five-point consen...

The Future of Worker Financial Security: The Nexus of Work and Benefits Event information Location In the United States, a dominant narrative that having a job equals financial security persists, yet the majority of workers in America have jobs that do not allow them to achieve financial security. In fact, many workers lack benefits, have low earnings, and live in poverty. The type of job matters: workers with full-time, permanent positions and more robust packages of benefits do bet...

How Infrastructure Reform Can Prioritize Ocean Climate Action April 26, 2021, 9:01 am Getty/Mario Tama A woman rides on a tour boat as a container ship is offloaded at the Port of Los Angeles in Terminal Island, California, March 2020. Sam Hananel Ari Drennen Introduction and summary Now is the time to invest in the United States’ coastal communities and ocean. Historically, the ocean has been central to the U.S. conception of infrastructure; early cities were built in naturally sheltered...

FutureMakers Coalition isn’t an organization, it is a network working to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce. Right now, Southwest Florida doesn’t have the skilled workers needed to fill in-demand jobs. Too many workers are unemployed, or working multiple jobs trying to make ends meet. A superintendent is a key partner when it comes to transforming our workforce as they influence the full spectrum of K-12 students, and the parents that support them. With this in mind, FutureMakers Coa...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Dr. Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, winner of the 2021 Arti Hurria Memorial Award from the American Geriatrics Society and the Health in Aging Foundation view more  Credit: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz New York (April 26, 2021)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today conferred one of their newest honors on Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD, MPH, a geriatrician and epidemiologist with a unique commitment to leveraging new technology to improve the ...

The VA Is Testing an Implant That Could Allow Paralyzed Veterans to Walk Again Paralyzed Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Burch uses an exoskeleton to attend his promotion to corporal at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Joshua Burch) 25 Apr 2021 Five years ago, Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Burch became the first paralyzed service member to walk to his own promotion ceremony, wearing an exoskeleton that helped him walk and stand to receive his corporal chevrons. Now me...

Coronavirus infections slowing sharply across California as vaccines take hold FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Ezekiel Logan, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, waits to receive his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Moscone Center in San Francisco in February.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Dr. George Rutherford is the head of the division of infectious disease and epidemiology at UCSF.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 3of6 Epidemiologist Dr. G...

Verano to Add Cultivation and Fortify Retail Capacity in Pennsylvania April 22, 2021 07:00 ET | Source: Verano Holdings Corp. Verano Holdings Corp. Chicago, UNITED STATES Adds cultivation and production in Pennsylvania, with an active and completely built-out, state-of-the-art 62,000 sq. ft. indoor facility in the country’s fifth most populous state. Gives the Company the ability to further develop its retail footprint with equity in a permit to op...

UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:01 am ET Reply(1) Rachel Rivera with just a few of her letters of acceptance from 17 schools. (City School District of New Rochelle) NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A New Rochelle High School senior has a big decision to make after earning admission at 17 colleges. Rachel Rivera might be spoiled for choice. Among the 17 schools that sent her letters of acceptance in recent weeks were five Ivy League schools, including Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania a...

Strides Against HIV/AIDS Falter During Pandemic By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, April 21, 2021 (Kaiser News) -- Facing a yearlong siege from the coronavirus, the defenses in another, older war are faltering. For the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has been held at bay by potent antiviral drugs, aggressive testing and inventive public education campaigns. But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound disruptions in almost every aspect of that battle, grounding outreach teams, sharply c...