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COVID-19 has accelerated demand for telemedicine services. Recently, state legislatures have introduced bills that provide remedies for issues such as reimbursement and credentialing that have slowed implementation.
Bill and Melinda Gates, billionaire philanthropists, wrote in their commencement speech addressed to the Class of 2020, many of whom will not experience actual graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus pandemic. (The Wall Street Journal — May 1, 2020)
The number of years since the last time that the New York subway system was shut down overnight. The system was closed for thorough disinfecting, and will close each night for the foreseeable future from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. for more disinfecting.
For small business owners, applying to the Paycheck Protection Program could be the lifeline to get them through the coronavirus pandemic. But doing so is not easy for the businesses or the banks that manage the loans.
As the coronavirus further exposed the state’s connectivity issues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hopes to expand broadband services to rural New Mexico to help close the digital divide.
Businesses must comply with the new data security law by July 1, but many employers’ priority is simply to keep financially afloat until then. California’s AG is undeterred and committed to keeping to the deadline.
As workers slowly begin returning to work after shelter-in-place orders are lifted, employers will have to make adjustments to ensure worker safety, like new office configurations and more remote workers.
The Wisconsin capital is in a hiring freeze, stopping all purchases of nonessential supplies and services, and may have to consider furloughs or using some of the city’s “rainy-day” fund.
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, said regarding the vaccine for the COVID-19 disease. While vaccines usually take years to produce, this vaccine could be available for emergency use by this fall. (Business Insider — May 5, 2020)
The number of coronavirus cases in the Navajo Nation. Officials have administered a total of 14,351 tests within the community.
Amid coronavirus concerns, Connecticut has decided to send out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters in the state to reduce the number of in-person voters for the primary and November elections.
For students who were already struggling in school, the coronavirus pandemic might be too much for them to manage. Miami-Dade is working hard to ensure these students don’t get left behind.
While there are still some parts of health appointments that are better done in person, officials are hopeful that telehealth will be offered and become more mainstream as shelter-in-place orders are lifted.
Locally focused investors support the innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems that will produce high-paying jobs in the post-pandemic world. Public officials can learn a lot from their angel investors.
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Forced to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, government agencies are discovering that collaboration on the budget is difficult. What can they do to prepare their budgets remotely and plan for the evolving crisis?
Disinformation of all different stripes is still a persistent problem when it comes to the COVID-19 crisis. Increased reliance on social media and spiking Internet use have helped fuel these campaigns.
Hackers have sought to exploit the novel coronavirus to spread chaos, make money and build political advantage. The trends show a variety of ways bad actors are using this particular global moment to their advantage.
The National Governors Association has selected seven states to participate in its annual statewide cybersecurity readiness program. Participants will look at a number of different areas for planning development.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said regarding the state’s update on reopening businesses to curbside pickup. The full details of the updated regulations for California will be released on Thursday. (San Francisco Chronicle — May 4, 2020)
The number of nasal swabs, a necessity for COVID-19 testing, that Dr. Jeffrey James is 3-D printing daily at Augusta University’s dental college where he teaches. Dr. James originally had a single printer that produced 300 nasal swabs daily but then was asked to increase the production by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Now there are seven printers that run all day to meet the daily amount.
California legislators returned to the capitol after nearly two months away to deal with coronavirus legislation and the budget deficit. The lawmakers have until June 15 to pass a balanced budget or go without pay.
North Dakota is the only state that has met the estimated need of 30 contact tracers for each 100,000 people. The state’s focus on contact tracing is one of its priorities for reopening the economy.
We shouldn't be casually equating the health of the economy with the health of the desperate, helpless people who labor on the front lines.
If businesses looking to reopen are going to be shielded from coronavirus-related lawsuits by their workers and customers, there should be stringent, OSHA-style regulatory enforcement.
Given the budget crunch, cities are cutting or canceling summer jobs programs. Some are trying to find ways of keeping kids engaged online.
Largely uninsured and medically underserved, the rural population of Virginia’s coal country is at high risk for coronavirus. The task of helping them is up to a small, but popular health clinic.
This week’s security newsletter follows the growing importance of contact tracing as it expands both manually and digitally. The tech field loves the app, but does the public?
Wedbush Securities Analyst Daniel Ives said regarding Apple’s 2 percent, or $11.2 billion, profit loss last quarter, which was much better than the predicted 6 percent decline. (AP News — April 30, 2020)
The number of public events (including sports, concerts, races — individual, series and tours) verified by the Washington Post as cancelled, postponed or rescheduled because of the coronavirus even as states work toward reopening local economies.
Several California towns that have small populations and low, or zero, COVID-19 cases are desperate to lift shelter-in-place orders. “We’re very rural and naturally socially distanced in our everyday lives.”
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