The Nursing Shortage Crisis

Nearly all U.S. nursing homes are currently facing a staffing shortage.  In 2020 and 2021, the U.S. has reached the lowest nursing home employment rate due to the COVID pandemic.  The staffing situation has grown even worse for 86% of nursing homes between June and September 2021.  Out of the 99% of nursing homes now … Read more

The Cannabis Job Market

In 2025, the legal marijuana industry will employ up to 600,000 full time workers across the United States.  Cannabis is one of the few industries that has significantly grown during the pandemic; in 2020, the industry added 77,300 full time jobs.  That’s 32% year-over-year job growth!   Support for legalization continues to grow.  1 in … Read more

Why Weight Loss is So Complex

Weight-loss ads make it seem that losing weight can be easily achievable, but don’t let those ads fool you. Losing weight is more complicated than you think. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown this to many as 60% of American adults have stated that losing weight became more difficult during the pandemic. Additionally, only 56% of … Read more

Protecting the Water You Drink

In the past 10 years, more than a fifth of all Americans have been exposed to contaminated drinking water.  We use water every day from cleaning and bathing to cooking and drinking, so we sometimes forget that fresh water is a rare resource.  Less than 0.5% of the Earth’s water is usable and consumable, which … Read more

The Rise of the Mocktail

Over the past decade, sales of soda drinks and alcoholic beverages have declined while sales of non-alcoholic beverages have increased.  This could be attributed to various governments placing taxes on sugary drinks to discourage consumption.  As a result, the beverage market is experiencing innovation and change favoring non-alcoholic alternatives.    One alternative is functional waters, … Read more

Blockchain and Health: Increasing Trust

During the pandemic many patients began using telehealth services in order to receive care while also complying with stay at home orders. Telehealth is the subset of healthcare that is provided online through remote doctors appointments or private messaging. The problem with telehealth though is that with so much information being shared remotely, patients are … Read more

Supply Chain Challenges: Can You Get the Tech You Need?

Supply chain challenges such as a limited supply of desired gifts, shorter holiday shipping windows, and longer shipping times are hindering holiday shopping for many consumers.  Supply chain disruptions and costs are especially affecting the tech industry with prices rising as much as $50 per device and the top tech gifts like gaming consoles and … Read more

Why Businesses are Turning to Cyber Insurance for Protection

Storing data electronically is convenient for businesses across industries.  While the storage abilities of the Internet benefit many, the drawback is that online data is always at some level of risk for cybercrime.  As internet access expands worldwide, so too does the volume of business taking place online.  Sharing data across multiple apps and clouds, … Read more

Are Your Emails Safe?

Important as emails are to everyday business, most of the messages people receive are considered spam. In some cases, this means the messages are irrelevant or annoying, but in others, it means they’re dangerous. At least 3 billion phishing emails (fraudulent emails meant to steal personal information) are sent every day. Phishing emails come in … Read more

Dialysis In Nursing Homes

More and more people in the U.S have been experiencing kidney failure. In 2018, 768,000 Americans were living with ESRD, or end-stage renal disease. Most of the patients living with ESRD are seniors, 80% being over the age of 65. The most common treatment is dialysis, which mainly occurs in a medical setting, outside a … Read more