Public Health – Page 8

March 11March 11
Google asking much of global workforce to work from home to prevent coronavirus spread
- Entertainment
(CNN) — Google parent company Alphabet is recommending that all employees in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East work from home due to coronavirus. The company on Tuesday asked North America employees to work from home through April 10, according to an email shown to CNN. On Wednesday, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNN […]
March 11March 11
Two More SoCal Universities Announce Anti-Coronavirus Measures
- Community
- Local
Two more local universities — Pepperdine and Cal State Long Beach — joined UCLA and USC Wednesday in announcing measures to combat the coronavirus, moving toward holding all online classes. UCLA suspended all in-person classes “wherever possible” beginning Wednesday and continuing through April 10 in response to concerns about coronavirus, while USC began three days […]
March 11March 11
Schumer, other senators to ask Trump to issue national emergency declaration for coronavirus
- National
(CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other senators are preparing a letter that will ask President Donald Trump to issue an emergency declaration for the coronavirus pandemic. An aide for Schumer told CNN Wednesday that the minority leader, along with Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Gary Peters of Michigan, will call for the formal […]
March 11March 11
How March Madness is planning to combat the spread of coronavirus
- Sports
(CNN) — March for college basketball fans means a month full of roaring crowds, dramatic upsets, buzzer beaters, blood, sweat and tears. But in the shadow of the novel coronavirus outbreak, there could be a new meaning to the phrase March Madness. With the big tournament just a week from tip-off, the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) has […]
March 11March 11
UC Riverside Suspends In-Person Attendance Based on Coronavirus Concerns
- Community
- Local
UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox announced Tuesday that all in-person classes on campus will be suspended until at least April 3 based on mounting concerns over potential coronavirus exposure, leaving teachers and students to interact via the internet or other remote means. “As local, national and global public health recommendations shift to include mitigation of […]
February 28February 28
Lawmakers react after coronavirus briefing: ‘I do not think we’re prepared’
- National
(CNN) — House lawmakers emerged from a briefing on coronavirus on Friday with Democrats saying that the country is not prepared to deal with the public health threat, while Republicans were less critical but still said that more needs to be done to combat the spread of the disease. “This is potentially an enormous issue for the […]
February 28February 28
Whistleblower Complaint about Coronavirus Quarantine Triggers Alarm
- Community
- Local
Complaints that healthcare professionals temporarily stationed at March Air Reserve Base to oversee the precautionary quarantine of nearly 200 evacuees for possible coronavirus exposure were not properly trained prompted a congressman Thursday to call for an investigation. “I am extremely concerned and alarmed by the allegations a senior official at Health & Human Services has […]
February 12February 12
Riverside Seeks to Assist Sister City in China Contending with Coronavirus
- Community
- Local
Riverside officials Wednesday requested donations of medical face masks, as well as monetary assistance, for healthcare professionals in Riverside’s sister city Jiangmen, China, where they’re running out of supplies while trying to contend with the novel coronavirus epidemic. “I’m grateful for all the brave doctors and medical personnel who rose to the occasion in helping […]

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