COVID

Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines

12:16pm April 23, 2021

by Tamara Keith

In the next phase of the race to vaccinate Americans, the Biden administration knows the government is not the best messenger. So it's asking communities for help.

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Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English speaking patients and staff.

Health & Safety

The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

5:00am April 23, 2021

by Martha Bebinger

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.

Barbara Gaught stands outside the home she's now renting in Billings, Mont., with her 5-year-old son, Blazen, and their dog, Arie. Gaught and her family were evicted from the mobile home they had owned outright and lived in for 16 years because they fell

Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

10:45am April 16, 2021

by Chris Arnold

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.

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Men take a holy dip in the Ganges River on the occasion of first royal bath of Shivratri festival during Maha Kumbh Festival in Haridwar, India.

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike

9:28am April 13, 2021

by Sushmita Pathak

Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.

Doviaza's maps overlay the daily number of COVID cases reported by the health ministry (depicted as the spike protein of the virus, shown in red) with locations of indigenous communities (dark green).

Health & Safety

How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama's COVID-19 Crisis

4:43pm April 06, 2021

by Sofia Moutinho

When COVID-19 hit, cartographer Carlos Doviaza wanted to help his "brothers" — members of the indigenous community. He decided to help by doing what he does best: making maps.

Radio B'alam founders Henry Sales and Crecensio Ramirez check out Radio B'alam's sound booth at Homies Empowerment the day before the shows first broadcast, December 2020.

Indigenous-Language Radio Show In Oakland Promotes Vaccine Effort

7:00am March 27, 2021

by Sara Hossaini

Amid the pandemic, a new audio program is trying to reach residents who speak the Guatemalan language Mam. The show's founder Henry Sales hopes to help combat the COVID-19 crisis in his community.

Paul DeLorenzo is general manager at Danversport, an event venue featuring a 10,000-square-foot ballroom with a 900-person capacity. He thought 2020 was going to be their best year ever until the pandemic forced him to close. DeLorenzo is hopeful capacity

National

After A Year Of Mostly Cancellations, Bookings Are Back For Many Event Venues

8:01am March 21, 2021

by Craig LeMoult

Phones are once again ringing at event spaces that were largely closed during the pandemic. And venues are starting to navigate the new normal as people being to plan long-postponed celebrations.

Tenants' rights advocates demonstrated in Boston in January, calling on the Biden administration to extend the CDC eviction moratorium.

CDC Likely To Extend Eviction Moratorium With Millions Of People Behind On Rent

6:41pm March 19, 2021

by Chris Arnold

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.

Landlord Stephanie Graves walks to the main office at one of her properties in Houston with a resident. She's going door to door offering to help residents apply for rental assistance money approved by Congress that's just starting to flow to landlords an

Landlords Struggling To Stay Afloat See Lifeline In COVID-19 Relief For Renters

7:35am March 17, 2021

by Chris Arnold

The latest COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress has upward of $27 billion for rental assistance to prevent evictions. With so many renters not paying, many landlords are struggling.

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Five bonobos at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Science

Zoo Vaccinates Apes To Protect Both Animals And Humans From COVID-19

4:07pm March 16, 2021

by Eva Tesfaye

As the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations for people speeds up across the country, some zoos are considering giving shots to animals that are susceptible to the virus.

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