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Tom Wolf promotes plan to provide broadband internet to PA

Friday, May 20 by Louise Bennett

Bellefonte – The federal government’s effort to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for everyone in America was highlighted in Central Pennsylvania Wednesday. Governor Tom Wolf was in Centre County to promote Pennsylvania’s readiness to manage more than $100 million in federal funds to deploy broadband... Read More.

Farmworkers especially vulnerable as dangerous heat wave scorches wide swath of US

Sunday, June 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) —An unrelenting heat wave has been scorching the West and the Plains this week, and while many can hide inside and crank up the air conditioning, farmworkers have to endure the dangerous conditions. Heat kills farmworkers every year, according to Elizabeth Strater, director... Read More.

Small or large, every business is vulnerable to ransomware attacks: DHS secretary

Wednesday, June 9 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said those who carry out ransomware attacks against hospitals and other critical infrastructure entities have no conscience, and are making a profit the wrong way. "We're talking about criminals who want to make money illegally or who want... Read More.

Even as adults get vaccinated, kids remain vulnerable to MIS-C

Monday, May 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, but children remain unimmunized and unprotected from potential infection. The American Academy of Pediatrics is now reporting that in some states, up to 18% of all COVID-19 cases... Read More.

California among worst in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations: CDC report

Monday, March 22 by ABC News

By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- About a quarter of California's population has received one shot of the coronavirus vaccine so far, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, most of the shots so far appear... Read More.

Shifting vaccine hesitancy to acceptance in vulnerable communities: What will it take?

Friday, March 19 by ABC News

By DR. JAY BHATT and DR. LISA FITZPATRICK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine emergency use authorization has continued to propel the debate about vaccine hesitancy, access, education and what it will take to vaccinate more than 70%... Read More.

Bitter Texas freeze hits most vulnerable hardest

Friday, February 19 by ABC News

By SASHA PEZENIK and STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC News (HOUSTON) -- Donna Sue Taylor didn't know the cold was coming. Her blue-gray tent, in one of Houston's storm drainage bayous, has only enough room for her three dogs: Gigi, Bella and Star. With no... Read More.

These cities are deploying mobile vaccine clinics to reach vulnerable people

Friday, February 5 by ABC News

By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As vaccinations ramp up around the country, multiple cities are trying something new: Bringing the vaccine directly to vulnerable communities with mobile clinics.Los Angeles' mobile program, which started this week, is focused on... Read More.

Consistent COVID-19 testing planned for nursing home residents, employees

Wednesday, May 13 by wcednews

Harrisburg. PA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor has opened criminal investigations into several nursing homes amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 2,600 nursing home residents. Nursing home deaths account for more than two-thirds of the state's death toll. The attorney general’s office isn't saying... Read More.

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