Category : Health

By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. unemployment compensation claims edged higher last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the world’s biggest economy still faces a daunting recovery from the damage wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic. The government said 745,000 workers filed for benefits last week, up 9,000 from the revised figure of the previous week. […]Read More

By VOA News Finland’s government has reintroduced a state of emergency, which allows the closure of restaurants and other measures, as COVID-19 infections surge in the Nordic country. At a news conference Monday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said, “the virus situation is bad and deteriorating,” and the government believes it is essential to reduce physical contact through […]Read More

By Matt Haines NEW ORLEANS, LA. – Ally Dever lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, and hasn’t seen her parents since November 2019. Like so many Americans, she wants to be reunited with family, but is not willing to take the risk of getting them sick during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Her mother is 77 and her father is 87, living more than 1,100 kilometers […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, one year after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Rhode Island, Incoming Governor Dan McKee issued the following statement: “One year ago today, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Rhode Island. Since then, our world has been changed by a public health crisis that has tragically taken the […]Read More