Introducing Bloom Institute of Technology – Giving Students the Skills They Need To Land a Job in Tech

AUDIO: Mari Nazary, Chief Learning & Product Officer
(San Francisco, CA, Tuesday, November 16, 2021) – Lambda School, the online technology school dedicated to breaking down systemic barriers to economic mobility, will now become Bloom Institute of Technology. Under the new name, they...

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Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health Gives Updates on COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children and COVID-19 Testing

AUDIO: Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health Gives Updates on COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children and COVID-19 Testing Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, discusses vaccines for children ages...

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The Global Meetings Industry Is Recovering From the COVID-19 Pandemic

AUDIO: Michael Massari, Chief Sales Officer, Caesars Entertainment, and Co-Chair, Meetings Mean Business
(Washington, D.C., Monday, November 15, 2021) – Prior to the pandemic, the global meetings industry supported 5.9 million American jobs and spurred hundreds of billions of dollars in annual revenue. With IMEX America having just concluded last...

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New Research on Continued Use of Online Learning and Concern for Student Privacy

AUDIO: Elizabeth Laird, Director, Equity in Civic Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology
(Washington, D.C., Monday, November 15, 2021) – Education technology continues to occupy a large, evolving role in K-12 instruction even as schools make steps toward leaving the pandemic behind. Many technologies adopted to accommodate remote...

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FDA and CDC Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine for Children – What Parents and Guardians Need to Know

Dr. Ada Stewart, Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Family Physicians

(Washington, DC, Wednesday, November 10, 2021) – The FDA and CDC have granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. With this decision, the vaccine will now be available…

Pennsylvania’s Election Review Scams

AUDIO: Scott Seeborg, Pennsylvania State Director, All Voting is Local
(Harrisburg, PA, Wednesday, November 10, 2021) – After Pennsylvania voters turned out in record numbers despite the pandemic, the same politicians attacking our freedoms are now pursuing an anti-voter election review scam in Pennsylvania and...

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CDC’s New Education Campaigns Aim to Prevent Drug Overdoses

AUDIO: Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, DrPH, MPH, acting director of CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, November 10, 2021) – Drug overdoses have claimed nearly 900,000 lives in the United States over the past 20 years, and recent studies show that drug overdose deaths have accelerated during the COVID-19...

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Federal Employment Lawyer/Expert Commentator Discusses the Legality and Importance of COVID-19 Mandates

AUDIO: John P. Mahoney, Esq., AV-Preeminent Rated and Award-Winning Federal Employment Law Attorney and Expert Commentator & Founding & Managing Partner, The Law Firm of John P. Mahoney, Esq., in Washington, D.C.
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 4, 2021) – Most private sector employees are “at will,” meaning their employment can be terminated at any time, for any reason, no reason, even a factually mistaken reason, as long...

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Microsoft Launches National Campaign to Expand Cybersecurity Workforce in the United States

AUDIO: Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager, Digital Inclusion and US Community Engagement, Microsoft Philanthropies
(Redmond, WA, Friday, October 29, 2021) —Microsoft has announced a new national campaign to help skill 250,000 people in cybersecurity by 2025—starting with community college and nonprofit partnerships—to cut the U.S. talent gap by 50 percent.  This builds...

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