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Survey Tracked Time Spent on Childcare

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The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics posted an Economic News Release titled: “American Time Use Survey Summary.” Part of the summary includes statistics on the amount of time parents spent on childcare between May 2019 and December 2020. On average, among adults living with children under 18, time spent providing primary childcare on a given day was about the same in 2019 and 2020 (1.2 hours and 1.3 hours per day, respectively). Primary childcare is childcare that is done as a main activity, such as providing physical care or reading to children. Fifty-three percent of adults living in households … Continue reading →

Preparing for Bird Flu

The recent coverage of the possible coming pandemic of Avian (bird) flu has been wide spread. Many are frightened by the threat of this dangerous illness. Others do not seem to take the possibility seriously. This is a rather frightening illness, which does have a high fatality rate. However, currently it is not spread from person to person. You can contract the disease from the infected birds themselves. You can learn more about bird flu here. There are steps that we can take in order to protect our families from a possible outbreak of bird flu. One site that you … Continue reading →

What Is An Influenza Pandemic?

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An epidemic is a disease that attacks many individuals in a particular area at the same time. A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. In just the last century, we have seen three influenza pandemics: 1918: 500,000 deaths in the United States; 40 million deaths worldwide 1957: 70,000 deaths in the United States; between one and two million deaths worldwide 1968: 34,000 deaths in the United States; 700,000 deaths worldwide As medicine, education, and communication abilities advance, the death toll has gone down dramatically. What causes a pandemic? Viruses are constantly changing. A new strain of the influenza virus may … Continue reading →