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Importance of visiting nursing homes — Within the last year, nursing homes all across the United States have been affected by extreme COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions. Nursing homes are especially vulnerable to outbreaks due to the age of the residents and the special care that they require. To make matters worse, the atmosphere of nursing homes […]

Visiting Loved Ones in Nursing Homes

September 20, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare tagged assisted living facility / COVID-19 / COVID-19 safety / elderly / nursing homes / pandemic restrictions / senior citizens / visiting loved ones by Brittany Herring

America faces potential future outbreaks as the vaccination rate declines. Photo by Uriel Mont on Pexels. — The Crawl Back to Normal With the one-month anniversary of the day the vaccine became available for all American adults swiftly approaching, there has been a significant downward trend in the vaccination rate. While experts say that the slowing vaccination rate was hardly unexpected, the numbers have declined enough to […]

Moving Forward: Tackling the Slowing Vaccination Rate

May 16, 2021 in Health tagged COVID-19 / government acts & responses / vaccinations by Cristin Dickey

In the coming weeks, the EU COVID passports are expected to be introduced, which will allow immune individuals to move throughout the EU without restrictions. The “passports” will be certificates in either paper or digital form. The certificate will enable anyone vaccinated, who tested negative, or who recently recovered from […]

EU COVID Passports

May 12, 2021 in Health / life tagged COVID-19 / health & safety / vaccinations by Jeffrey Cooperstein

US citizens struggle under the enormous burden of increasing medical debt. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels. — Capital Capitol It’s no secret that Americans have long been plagued by medical debt that they cannot afford. A single trip to the doctor can end up costing hundreds or thousands of dollars even with insurance, and patients are frequently left without any form of aid or debt forgiveness. What […]

Medical Debt Pushes Many Americans to the Brink of Survival

May 4, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged COVID-19 / finances / government acts & responses by Cristin Dickey

As the pandemic has persisted, there have been increased cases of trauma-related mental health disorders, including COVID-related PTSD. — It’s Not Over Yet With a return to normalcy pending, people are itching to mark the pandemic’s end date on their calendars. The Gallup, armed with data from the CDC and Johns Hopkins University, has estimated that herd immunity could be achieved as early as June. However, eliminating a plague […]

COVID-19 and PTSD: Mental Health Outcomes at the Dawn of ...

May 3, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged COVID-19 / mental health / trauma by Cristin Dickey

herd immunity — As we have been in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our primary goal has been trying to find a way to come out of this protected. A term that has been thrown around a lot by experts and news reporters is herd immunity, but what exactly does that mean? […]

Can We Reach Herd Immunity?

April 26, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare tagged can we reach herd immunity / COVID-19 / herd immunity / how to reach herd immunity / masks / social distancing / vaccination / Vaccines by Kayla Gonzalez

Leaving behind quarantine the right way will make you a happier, healthier, and more contemplative person. Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash. — Much-Needed Beginnings It’s March. Blooms have broken ground. The country is thawing. Vaccinations rest on the horizon line. For many, it feels like we’re flipping a page in our history, and with luck, we’re turning to a gentler chapter. A lot of people are wondering how to put last year […]

Five Tips for Leaving Quarantine BETTER

April 8, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged COVID-19 / family / mental health / nature / travel by Cristin Dickey

Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash — Extension Announcement The hardships brought on by the ongoing pandemic have brought about changes in the 2021 Special Enrollment Period for Marketplace health insurance. President Biden announced towards the end of March that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would be extending the Special Enrollment Period to August 15, […]

Special Enrollment Period Extension

April 5, 2021 in Health / Medicare tagged COVID-19 / government acts & responses / Medicare changes / medicare extra help / Special Enrollment Period by Cali Naughton

after the pandemic — We Should Continue These Things After the Pandemic With vaccine distribution starting, there is a glimmer of hope that things will eventually be somewhat back to normal. It is hard not to want to scream for joy at the thought of returning to pre-Covid times. However, I believe there are […]

We Should Continue These Things After the Pandemic

March 31, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare tagged anxiety / COVID-19 / family / health & safety by Kayla Gonzalez

Stimulus Round 3 is on the way! In mid-March, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law, which includes stimulus checks up to $1,400 for approximately 159 million households in the United States. Individuals could receive their stimulus payments as soon as this weekend and be […]

Stimulus Round 3

March 28, 2021 in Health / life tagged COVID-19 / finances / health / health & safety by Jeffrey Cooperstein