COVID19

  • Food prices: Why they’re rising and how to save

    The COVID-19 pandemic has affected food prices more than nearly any other part of the household budget. In April, the Food-at-Home Consumer Price Index increased 2.7%, which was the largest monthly jump since 1974. From June 2019 to June 2020, food prices are up 5.6%. Why is this happening,...
  • ¿GRANDES ESPERANZAS O SON SOLO OTRA FALSA ESPERANZA?

    Anthony Advíncula/ Traducido por Oscar Arteta Ethnic Media Services  NUEVA YORK – Era un lunes reciente, y Maribel Lapuz se levantó a las 4:30 de la mañana. La inmigrante de 46 años de edad, procedente de Filipinas, enfrentó el inclemente clima con temperaturas bajo cero y tomó el tren...
  • High hopes or another false hope? 

    Anthony Advincula Ethnic Media Services NEW YORK—On a recent Monday, Maribel Lapuz got up at 4:30 a.m. The 46-year-old immigrant from the Philippines braved the sub-zero weather and took the train from Jersey City, NJ to a nursing home in Brooklyn, NY, where she has worked six days a...
  • Se acercan grupos para ayudar a vacunar a personas mayores de California

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California acaba de cambiar su sistema de rango para acelerar las vacunas de COVID-19 para las personas mayores. El primer nivel de la Fase 1 incluyo a personas en hogares de ancianos y trabajadores de primera línea. El Nivel ‘1-B’ se ha ampliado para incluir a...
  • Groups Reach Out to Help Older Californians Get Vaccinated

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has just changed its tier system to speed COVID-19 vaccinations for older people. The first tier of Phase One included people in nursing homes and front-line workers. Tier 1B has been expanded to include people age 65 and older, plus those who work in education, childcare, emergency...
  • Sri Lanka recibe a los primeros turistas en nueve meses desde el brote de COVID-19

    Colombo – Sri Lanka recibió el lunes 28 de diciembre a su primer lote de casi 200 turistas, más de nueve meses después de que el país cerró sus fronteras a los extranjeros debido al brote de coronavirus. Un vuelo operado por la aerolínea ucraniana SkyUp, que transportaba a...
  • Sri Lanka welcomes first tourists in nine months since COVID-19 outbreak

    Colombo – Sri Lanka on Monday welcomed its first batch of nearly 200 tourists, more than nine months after the country closed its borders for foreigners due to the coronavirus outbreak. A flight operated by Ukrainian airline SkyUp, carrying the visitors, landed at the Mattala International Airport in the...
  • ¿Es usted susceptible a la ansiedad relacionada con la pandemia?

    Desde que comenzó la pandemia, muchos han sentido los efectos en su salud mental. Los CDC informaron en junio que más del 40% de los estadounidenses sufrían una condición adversa de salud mental o conductual, con ansiedad y trastornos depresivos encabezando la lista. A mediados de julio, el 53%...
  • Are you susceptible to pandemic-related anxiety?

    Since the pandemic began, many have felt the effects on their mental health. The CDC reported in June that over 40% of Americans suffered an adverse mental or behavioral health condition, with anxiety and depressive disorders topping the list. By mid-July, 53% of U.S. adults said their mental health...
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