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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (Photo Credit: Twitter/ Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi) Congressman Krishnamoorthi announces NOVID Act to protect US from risk of new coronavirus strains by defeating the virus abroad ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 05:36 IST Washington [US] May 20, (ANI): Following new CDC guidance that fully vaccinated Americans can remove masks and resume normal activities, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday (local time) announced t...

In introducing a new bill to help other countries fight the pandemic, Rep. Krishnamoorthi talks about deaths in his own family.

Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi May 19 announced that he is launching legislation to provide funding for vaccinating 60 percent of the population from middle-income countries against COVID-19, ANI reported.

The UN appealed last year for more than $1 billion to meet the needs of the Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

Chemonics International, a leading international organization based in Washington, D.C., seeks a Compliance Specialist for the USAID-funded Strategic HIV/AIDS Response Program (SHARP) Task Order 03 activity in Nigeria. This activity aims to identify and support proven interventions through the improvement of service delivery and strengthening health systems with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe States. The objectives of th...

BARSTOW, Calif. -- May is Mental Health Awareness month and an opportunity to highlight the importance of focusing on the overall health and well-being of individuals and families aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. Mental health is an essential part of everyone’s ability to maneuver through life and the Behavioral Health Section offers myriad programs and classes to provide support for those facing challenges. “Mental health issues are common,” said James Maher, Lice...

Public health leaders who contained the Ebola epidemic make the case for COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer, open access vaccines for poor countries, and  donation of funds and doses for vaccines. FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE— Thirty veterans from the public health response to the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak and over eighty other public health experts from around the world are calling on the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), to ...

New program to help Huntsville police officers respond during mental health crisis calls A step is being made toward improving the mental health response of Huntsville police officers with a new program. Posted: May 14, 2021 6:44 PM Updated: May 14, 2021 6:51 PM Posted By: Bridget Divers A step is being made toward improving the mental health response of Huntsville police officers with a new program, the Co-Response Program. Thursday night, the Huntsville City Council discussed the new progra...

Huntsville City Council supports construction of new crisis diversion center with unanimous vote Huntsville City Council unanimous vote to support the construction of a new crisis diversion center By Kailey Schuyler | May 14, 2021 at 4:08 AM CDT - Updated May 14 at 8:24 AM HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The first Huntsville City Council meeting following the murder conviction of Huntsville Police Officer William Darby sparked difficult conversations. Darby was convicted last week of killing sui...

May 11 2021 Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioners Mingus Mapps and Dan Ryan call for studying a crisis-intervention program before expanding it. In late 2019, Portlands City Council unanimously and enthusiastically approved a game-changing plan to create a new branch for our citys first responder system called Portland Street Response. The program is currently operating as a one-year pilot in the Lents neighborhood. The idea behind this new service is: instead of sending armed poli...