Colorado’s federal COVID aid was lifeline to hospitals, health care industry

There is no masking when it comes to dental work. Mouths agape, every patient is a potential coronavirus spreader who can grind a dentist’s office to a halt in a matter of days. It happened to Blanchard & Richardson Family Dentistry, where just a single hygienist forced to quarantine with a COVID-19 infection meant up […]
What It’ll Take to Have Actually Good COVID Summers

Almost exactly 12 months ago, America’s pandemic curve hit a pivot point. Case counts peaked—and then dipped, and dipped, and dipped, on a slow but sure grade, until, somewhere around the end of May, the numbers flattened and settled, for several brief, wonderful weeks, into their lowest nadir so far. I refuse to use the […]
Nigeria: USAID Launches $3.5m Activity to Improve Water Safety in Jigawa, Kano

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Partners for Development has launched a three-year $3.5 million Water Improvement and Sanitation Enhancement (WISE) activity to improve water safety in Jigawa and Kano states. A statement by USAID stated that the WISE activity would reduce the occurrence and impact of waterborne diseases through improvements in […]
Renters, do your due diligence

When renting private-sector apartments not affiliated with any university, students and their parents should do their homework before signing that lease. Vigilance should be your watchword, or else you may belatedly discover that your landlord has taken serious shortcuts in the maintenance of rental properties. Due to recent developments, a few UMass Lowell and Fitchburg […]
6 Questionable Things We Did At The Beginning of the Pandemic
Let’s set the scene. It’s March 2020. We’re all stuck at home with nothing to do. We start behaving…strangely. Doing things we’ve never done before. Taking on tasks we have no experience with. Becoming a version of ourselves we do not recognize. These are some of the things we obsessed over when “unprecedented times” was […]
City of Cocoa to Modify Disinfection Process to Treat Drinking Water Beginning May 21

disinfection process to be modified for approximately four weeks To continue to maintain high water quality in the City of Cocoa’s water distribution system, the Cocoa Utilities Department will temporarily modify the disinfection process used to treat drinking water beginning May 21, for approximately four weeks. (City of Cocoa image) BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA […]
GET READY FOR GOBBLERS | State

Timing alone would make it special. Pennsylvania’s upcoming spring gobbler season – the state’s only big-game hunt outside of fall and winter – takes place when the world seems new, freshly green and alive. This year’s season begins on Saturday, April 23 with a one-day hunt for junior and youth mentored hunters, then runs from […]
How to evict dangerous mold | Health & Food

Specialists share the method and madness in getting rid of indoor mold With a case of suspected mold growth indoors, it’s time to turn to the professionals. Mold can wreak havoc on people’s lives from their wallet to their brain, so what does it take to get rid of the culprit? Two mold remediation specialists, Michael […]
Why you may still need an air purifier in S’pore even if there’s no haze – Mothership.SG

We all appreciate the small things in life differently, like a cup of coffee or purified air. But the lifestyle preferences of some may turn out to be an essential need for others. Take an air purifier for instance. You take a breath and smell nothing amiss. Is there really a need for an air […]
Israel’s Water Technology: Sea Water To Drinking Water To Filling Up Sea Of Galilee

Irregular rainfall, rising temperatures and intensive pumping have overtaxed the world’s lowest freshwater lake, which for decades has served as the Jewish state’s main sweetwater reservoir. Israel now plans to tackle the challenge by reversing the water flow through its vast network of pumps, pipes and tunnels dating to the 1960s, the National Water Carrier. […]