Posts Tagged Food Banks
Legislation Would Help With Food Insecurity, During and After the Pandemic
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 19, 2021
More Virginians are having trouble getting access to food because of COVID-19. A bill before the General Assembly is looking to offer food banks assistance. But the bill also has implications after the pandemic. Jahd Khalil has details.
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
From NPR News- Schools Are Deciding What The New CDC Mask Guidelines Mean For The Classroom May 14, 2021It is unclear what impact this will have on teachers, staff and students in the near term. In some states, masks in schools are already optional.
- Shopping Without A Mask Depends On Where You Live, Despite New CDC Guidelines May 14, 2021CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said," We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some kind of normalcy." But local authorities are making their own decisions on relaxing the rules.
- Here's What Is (And Isn't) Changed By The New CDC Mask Guidance May 13, 2021Some parts of public life in the U.S. still operate according to restrictive rules, and that includes planes, trains and buses.
- Far Fewer Young Migrants Are In Border Patrol Custody, DHS Secretary Says May 13, 2021Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers that unaccompanied minors are moving more quickly out of custody and into facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows May 13, 2021The majority of false claims about COVID-19 vaccines on social media trace back to just a handful of influential figures. So why don't the companies just shut them down?
- Schools Are Deciding What The New CDC Mask Guidelines Mean For The Classroom May 14, 2021
- From BBC News
- Indian variant: Second jabs could be brought forward to tackle rise May 14, 2021Local restrictions have also not been ruled out in areas worst affected by the Indian variant.
- Covid in Bolton: What's causing the spike? May 14, 2021The town has seen a sharp spike in Covid cases - driven by the emergence of the Indian variant.
- Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day May 14, 2021More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza and seven have died in Israel since Monday.
- Covid: Wales residents urged to hold off foreign holidays May 14, 2021People should only go abroad if "essential" for at least three more weeks, Welsh ministers say.
- Howard Beckett: Labour suspends union official after Patel tweet May 13, 2021Howard Beckett had apologised for posting that Home Secretary Priti Patel "should be deported".
- Indian variant: Second jabs could be brought forward to tackle rise May 14, 2021
