The digital camera is about to get some help from our friendly friend, the honeybee. Lately, the bee has been making headlines all across the world as honeybee populations disappear, putting a majority of our favorite foods at risk. In 2014 there were an estimated 2.7 million honeybee colonies in the United States, but this […]
Many people rely on their dentists the same way they rely on their primacy care doctors or any other medical professional: to keep them safe. However, one grieving New York family believes one dentist failed to “do no harm” by prescribing opioids to a patient with known substance abuse problems. The surviving relatives of Eva […]
Employee benefits tend to be pretty standard — health insurance, paid vacation, and some sort of retirement fund. But one new CEO is putting all these expectations to shame; he’s offering one benefit that is making many brides and grooms happy. The CEO of subscription service Boxed, Chieh Huang, has offered to cover his employees’ wedding […]
While many industries are facing an increase in layoffs thanks to advancing technology, one industry appears to be ditching technology in favor of human workers. Court reporters are an important part of how our courtrooms work, keeping a verbatim record of the conversations that occur both during, before, and after the trial. Not only that, […]
Anyone who has even casually been following along with politics over the last few months knows how much of a hot-button issue health care has become. But in all of the media coverage and pundit bickering, one important area remains largely undiscussed: dental care. AAPD recommends that kids and teens see a pediatric dentist every […]
Currently, there are somewhere around one million Americans living in senior living of some type, and that number is expected to double by 2030. But those estimations might be a little exaggerated with recent news concerning state budget cuts. Medicaid is one of the biggest payers for most of the 1.4 million individuals in nursing […]
According to the latest estimates, the U.S. has more than 50,000 storage facilities, which is an incredible amount of space just for holding people’s personal possessions. In fact, that’s more than five times the number of Starbucks across the nation. And each unit can hold something different, from clothes and shoes to collection items like […]
Plumbing is an old and honorable profession, working with ideas dating back to 2500 B.C. And in many careers, the people that worked them get honored in some special way after their passing — veterans with flags, maybe a ceremony with soldiers and words from fellow veterans depending on the rank. So it makes sense […]
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has announced a potentially groundbreaking new initiative designed to make it easier to apply for pardons. Like presidents, governors also have the ability to grant pardons. Now, an online application for a pardon is available through the South Dakota Department of Corrections, the first of its kind. The online application […]
Walter was just a German Shepard mix puppy who needed a good home. By the time he was a year old, Walter had gone from home to home trying to find a family that could handle his energetic self. According to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society in Menands, NY, Walter kept getting returned because of […]