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Nym Health raises $16.5 million for its auditable machine learning tools for automating hospital billing

October 12, 2020

A little less than two years after raising its seed round, the Israeli-based Nym Health has added another $16.5 million to its cash haul so it can roll out its technology developing auditable machine learning tools for automating hospital billing.

The new financing came from investors including GV (the investment arm of Google previously known as Google Ventures) and will be used by the company to expand its technology development and sales and marketing efforts across the U.S.

Billing has been a huge problem for healthcare systems in the U.S., thanks to complicated coding that needs to be entered to ensure insurance providers pay for the services medical professionals give to patients.

Nym claims to have solved the problem by developing technologies that can convert medical charts and electronic medical records from physician’s consultations into proper billing codes automatically. The company uses natural language processing and taxonomies that were specifically

Pawtucket learning center champions equity through arts, sports, and technology

October 12, 2020

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Question: When was ASTRO founded and what is its mission?

My cousin Michael and I founded ASTRO in 2014. Our mission is to champion equity among diverse populations by innovating health-promoting programs that improve the way people live, learn, work, and play.

Q: On Oct. 5, the Social Enterprise Greenhouse announced that it was providing ASTRO with a $25,000 loan. What will you use the money for?

Funds acquired through this loan will provide working capital for ASTRO to expand our operations and offer day care services to adult populations. We originally started out in adult services, but the community need that took precedence was providing a safe place for kids to be during the out-of-school time, and this is where we have focused the majority of our efforts over the years.

Now that many adults have been displaced from their day programs due to COVID-19 restrictions on numbers, there

Pierce County Health: Schools Should Prepare For Remote Learning

October 10, 2020

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PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Depending on how the county handles the coronavirus pandemic over the next two weeks, Pierce County schools may be forced to completely close all their classrooms once again near the end of October, according to the latest update from the Tacoma – Pierce County Health Department.

Recently the number of daily coronavirus infections in Pierce County has been on the rise, and Wednesday, the county passed a worrying threshold: reporting 75.6 new coronavirus infections per every 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. That’s just over the cutoff rate of 75 cases, pushing Pierce County from a “moderate risk” county to a “high risk” county under state guidance. That guidance strongly recommends that all high risk counties hold classes completely remotely, which Pierce County’s top health official says they will do if high case counts persist.

“You asked to avoid rapid back-and-forth changes (“yo-yoing”) and for

Kristen Bell is ‘prioritizing’ her children’s mental health amid distance learning

October 9, 2020

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Kristen Bell is ‘prioritizing’ her children’s mental health amid distance learning

With children having spent more than eight months in quarantine, Kristen Bell has taken it upon herself to make sure her children’s mental health is not suffering during these challenging times.

With 40 years of expertise now behind her, Bell has been passing on her advice towards her young kids Delta and Lincoln.

During her interview with PEOPLE magazine, the Frozen actress was quoted saying, “I’m going to prioritize her mental health, just like I prioritize my mental health, and if she is too overwhelmed, I’m going to shut the computer and take a 5-minute break.”

Amid her struggles to maintain positivity in her house, Bell has even taken some pages from her partner Shepard’s book and believes, “‘One day or one year is not going to break anyone’.”

After all, “when we can all take off our student

Work Or Online Learning? Homeless Families Face An Impossible Choice : NPR

October 7, 2020

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Freda and her 9-year-old son visit the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati. She and her five children have been living in the front room of a friend’s apartment, sleeping on pads of bunched-up comforters.

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Freda and her 9-year-old son visit the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati. She and her five children have been living in the front room of a friend’s apartment, sleeping on pads of bunched-up comforters.

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The closure of school buildings in response to the coronavirus has been disruptive and inconvenient for many families, but for those living in homeless shelters or hotel rooms — including roughly 1.5 million school-aged children — the shuttering of classrooms and cafeterias has been disastrous.

For Rachel, a 17-year-old sharing a hotel room in Cincinnati with her mother, the disaster has been academic. Her school gave

Beverly Public Library Earns Holistic Wellness Learning Grant

October 6, 2020

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BEVERLY, MA — Beverly Public Library will use a $7,500 grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to fund a program supporting holistic wellness and learning.

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners awarded the grant under the federal Health & Wellness Library Services and Technology Act. Beverly’s Holistic Wellness For All program will provide holistic health education, tools and wellness opportunities to those who need them most.

“I am super excited to get this project rolling,” said Lisa Ryan, Head of Reference and project coordinator, “especially during these times of COVID-19 when mental health and self-care is so important.”

Beverly Library Director Allison Babin added: “We look forward to expanding the ways we serve our community through this timely endeavor.”

The commissioners developed this direct grant program using federal funding to help libraries meet local community needs.

“We are thankful for this grant award from the Massachusetts Board of

Microban 24 Introduces New 24-Hour Science Experiment to Help Students Learn about Bacteria, No Matter Where They’re Learning

October 6, 2020

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A New Survey from the Brand Reveals the Need for Ongoing Science Education

More than 9 in 10 of parents of school-aged kids (91%) feel that having the whole family learn about how to prevent the spread of bacteria would result in a healthier household, according to a new survey from Microban 24, a revolution in home sanitizing that protects surfaces against bacteria for 24 hours*. As children across the country settle into their new school year routines – whether in person or virtually – there is no better time to teach them about bacteria, and how to protect against them.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201006005305/en/

To download the Microban 24 24-Hour Science Experiment, please visit ptotoday.com/bacteria. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Microban 24 commissioned a survey** conducted online by The Harris Poll in September 2020 amongst over 500 parents of school-aged children (ages 6-17) to

‘We are learning to live with Covid’: Trump makes misleading comparison between coronavirus and the flu

October 6, 2020

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In fact, the most deaths to have resulted from a flu season in the U.S. over the past decade is estimated to be roughly 61,000 in 2017-2018, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 200,000 Americans have died from Covid since the virus emerged early this year.

And while flu strains change from year to year, varying in severity, most people have some underlying immunity based on prior exposure. But the coronavirus was only identified late last year.

Trump himself appeared to tell The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward in a February interview that the coronavirus was five times more lethal than the flu, saying that Covid-19 is “deadly stuff” and “more deadly than … even your strenuous flus.”

Public health experts have warned that that the fall and winter months could significantly strain the nation’s health care system as it grapples with both a

West Orange-Cove schools to require virtual learning students with failing grades, too many absences to return to campus

October 1, 2020

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The West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District amended its virtual learning policy, and the changes may force dozens of students to return to campus.

Some parents angry as West Orange-Cove schools change virtual learning policy for students with failing grades, too many absences

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It’s a move that isn’t sitting well with some parents as they weigh the dangers of face to face learning during a pandemic.

The policy has sparked outrage among some students and parents of WOCCISD, and many feel like they’re having to choose between health and an education.

Virtual learning has become a way of life during the pandemic. The prospect of it not being available concerns parent Ryan Melancon.

“This decision doesn’t just affect money, it doesn’t just affect kids’ education, it affects the lives of parents and the grandparents these students will come and contact with,” Melancon said.

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Lakewood Schools Plan Return To In-Person Learning

September 30, 2020

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LAKEWOOD, OH — The Lakewood City Schools could return to partial or full-time in-person learning starting Oct. 19.

The district’s education model will be determined by Cuyahoga County’s COVID-19 transmission classification. If the Ohio Department of Health classifies the county as “yellow,” then Lakewood Schools will have full-time in-person education. If the COVID-19 threat is “orange,” then there will be a partial return of in-person education.

“We know that there may be concern regarding the safety of this return so we wanted to share the extensive safety protocols we have developed in line with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, Ohio Department of Health and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health that can be viewed on our COVID-19 Building Safety Protocols page,” school officials said on the district website.

According to the district, the new health and safety protocols in schools include:

Health assessment, including temperature, at home before