You’ll Probably Get Covid-19 Eventually. But Avoid It for as Long as You Can.
“Hot vax summer” never quite materialized. For parents, like me, and other caregivers with vulnerable family members, it wasn’t clear what exactly we could do safely. Now, as Covid-19 cases in the United States spike and we learn that vaccinated people may transmit the delta variant to others, we are all donning masks again and…
DeSantis Is Wrong About Mask Mandates for FL School Kids
(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)Florida is once again under siege from Covid-19, at the epicenter of a fourth wave.Read Full Article »
Cuomo aide files criminal complaint as governor’s lawyer attacks investigation – as it happened
7.53pm EDT 19:53 Evening summary We’re closing our live politics coverage for this evening. It’s a Friday in August, but there’s been a lot of news. An updated list of today’s highlights: A woman who accused Cuomo of groping her has filed a criminal complaint against the New York governor. The state government employee filed…
Florida reporta un alto número de casos nuevos de covid-19 esta semana
Florida tiene ahora la segunda tasa más alta de casos nuevos per cápita, después de Luisiana, con alrededor de 90 casos nuevos por cada 100.000 personas cada día durante la semana pasada. La publicación Florida reporta un alto número de casos nuevos de covid-19 esta semana apareció primero en CNN.
Justice Department Settles with Floridas Volusia County School District to Protect Students with Disabilities from Classroom Removals and Other Discrimination
The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Florida’s Volusia County School District (VCS) to address the district’s systemic and discriminatory practices that punish students with disabilities for their disability-related behavior and deny them equal access to VCS’s programs and services. The department conducted an investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order on masks in schools faces its first legal challenge over constitutionality
This is the first legal challenge over the constitutionality of the governor’s order on masks, Gallagher said.The order, issued late last month, directed the state’s health and education departments to issue rules preventing the implementation of school mask mandates in an effort to “protect parents’ freedom to choose whether their children wear masks.””They are framing…
Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds
Protect yourself from blue-green algal toxins. Credit: Florida Department of Health MIAMI—Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new study led by University of Miami (UM) scientists found that wearing the face mask everyone has become accustomed to during the COVID-19 pandemic may…
SEC Charges ‘Defi’ Lender, Governance Token Issuers Should Take Notice
Source: iStock/Pgiam The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Cayman Islands-registered DeFi Money Market (DMM) and its top executives, two Florida men, for unregistered sales of more than USD 30m of securities using smart contracts and “so-called “decentralized finance” (DeFi) technology.” DMM has already been closed down due to “regulatory inquiries,” per their website.…
The Final 2 Episodes of Making the Cut Season 2 Drop Today
The second season of Prime Video’s Making the Cut comes to a riveting end today as hosts Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum declare a winner. Making the Cut season two introduced us to 10 talented designers: Lendrell Martin, Dushyant Asthana, Olivia OBlanc, Ally Ferguson, Joshua Scacheri, Raf Swiader, Lucie Broachard, Gray Graham, Andrea Salazar, and…
Planning a Canada Visit With Border Open? Here’s What to Expect
GettyAfter 17 months of forced separation, Canada will begin welcoming back vaccinated Americans on Aug. 9th. (For the moment, the U.S. does not plan to reciprocate until at least Aug. 21) The country will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers of all other nationalities on Sept. 7th.Though the news has been met with trepidation from some…
