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Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
Read full article: Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO saysThe beginning of the Change Healthcare cyberattack happened when hackers entered a server that lacked multifactor authentication.
Developer building affordable housing in Houston amid climbing rent costs
Read full article: Developer building affordable housing in Houston amid climbing rent costsThe CEO says on June 1, 30 tenants will move into the new Citadel Apartment Complex on Elgin Street near the downtown area, adding that the 74 units will be available to seniors ages 55 and older.
Pandemic Pivot: Changing careers during a pandemic
Read full article: Pandemic Pivot: Changing careers during a pandemicBut with millions of people laid off and out of work, changing careers may seem out of the question. Money and work-life balance –these are the top two reasons people change careers. Two big questions to ask yourself first—do you really want to change careers or do you not like working during a pandemic? If you still want to change careers, know why? On average, it takes four years to successfully change careers and regain your credibility at your job.
Group pushes for teachers to get coronavirus vaccine
Read full article: Group pushes for teachers to get coronavirus vaccineHOUSTON – A national group of education leaders wants school workers to be a higher priority for the COVID-19 vaccine. Chiefs for Change is calling on federal and state officials to release all doses of the vaccine right away and make all teachers and school staff eligible for vaccination now. “We know that not only do they learn better in their classrooms, millions of students are also safer in their classrooms,” Magee said. The teachers who meet those guidelines are eligible for the vaccine but others are not. “We believe teachers should be at the top of the tier,” said Glenda Guzman Macal, president of the Fort Bend American Federation of Teachers.
TSU’s Center for Justice Research creates action brief banning chokeholds
Read full article: TSU’s Center for Justice Research creates action brief banning chokeholdsThe school’s Center for Justice Research will release a report on Monday that will provide tools to local state and national legislators. It will ensure that they understand that there is evidence out there to begin banning chokeholds across the country. “All around the country you find that over 70 percent of the country’s largest cities have begun to put policies in place to ban chokeholds,” Dr. Henderson said. Since May, Dr. Henderson and others across the country have been working to develop policies to eradicate the problem. Dr. Henderson says the next action brief will focus on the duty to intervene.