Keeping up with the changes in public health guidance, employment safety and underemployment benefits and mental health guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic is nearly a full-time job for most English-speaking residents of Iowa. For residents without English skills, the nonprofit EMBARC (Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center) is stepping in to fill the […]
At the pandemic’s start, director Aubrey Alvarez and her two colleagues at Eat Greater Des Moines started to look at how their organization could fill gaps in access for metro residents. A barrier to sufficient service data meant the small staff had a limited view of how the community they serve is struggling, but the […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic clouded over, our colleagues at dsm Magazine launched the specialty panel series Lifting the Veil — Life Interrupted by COVID-19, a six-week virtual series. The last panel in the series could not be more timely: “Equity and Inclusion Interrupted,” which takes place June 5 from noon to 1 p.m. (registration is free and […]
At the start of March, MākuSafe of West Des Moines was prepared to see four years of work launch its wearable employee safety devices into a global market. Around 8,000 of the two-piece armbands were earmarked to initial U.S. manufacturing clients, who would use the armbands to collect environmental data surrounding industrial employees — using indicators such […]
An unexpectedly noisy and lovely tribute began in France Tuesday evening: While on lockdown, the French will be opening their windows every day at 8 p.m. to applaud medical personnel fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Reporter Agnes Poirier tweeted a video of the first night here (volume on, of course): http://bit.ly/38RDsZO. Expect a tear or two — […]
The Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed one additional case of COVID-19 in Dallas County and the State Hygienic Lab has added an additional shift to expand testing capabilities, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced at a news conference Monday afternoon. The additional shift means the lab will be capable of running 108 tests per day instead […]