How midwives are supporting pregnant women during covid-19
Amidst the covid-19 pandemic, hospital visits are bringing greater and greater inherent risks, leaving many pregnant women searching for alternative places to give birth. As a result, many midwives are seeing an increase in clients looking to give birth at home or in birthing centers. According to the National Institute of Health, in the US, only about one percent of babies are born at home, but some prenatal care workers and experts predict that covid-19 encouraging women to deliver outside of the hospital might cause a spike in the percenta…
Students can choose a letter grade one higher than their third quarter mark or a “pass” for their transcript, MCPS announces
MCPS will allow high schoolers to choose how their second semester grades appear on their transcript, the Board of Education declared in a 7-1 vote today. Students can opt for their transcript to reflect a “pass” or one letter grade higher than what they received in the third quarter. A covid-19 marker will also be added to all transcripts for the second semester. The decision follows the county’s April 19 move to a pass/incomplete grading scale for the fourth quarter. The county has not yet announced the grade calculation procedure for studen…
US experiencing a blood shortage
The United States is experiencing a blood shortage due to mass cancellations of blood drives amidst concerns over large gatherings of people during the covid-19 pandemic. According to the FDA, every two seconds a patient needs a blood transfusion, and the Red Cross is expressing a need for lifesaving blood supplies. “At the beginning of the pandemic, thousands of blood drives were cancelled around the country which led to the call to action for blood donors and blood drive hosts,” Regina Boothe Bratton, Red Cross External Communications …
