Tag Archives: covid-19

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Eviction Moratorium Extended

National Eviction Moratorium Overview On September 1, 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary national moratorium on most evictions for nonpayment of rent to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. The CDC...

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COVID-19 Vaccine & People with Disabilities – FEMA

The most recent newsletter from FEMA's Office of Disability Integration and Coordination on January 4, 2021 highlights a Question & Answer session between Linda Mastandrea (director of FEMA's Office of Disability Integration and Coordination)...

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Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests

New Mexicans may now order free, at-home, self-administered COVID-19 saliva tests, with accurate laboratory-confirmed results returned within 24-48 hours of receipt of the sample. You can order your free, at-home test from Vault Health....

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Face Masks & People with Disabilities

Georgia Tech's Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation has put together a webinar that outlines CDC’s face mask guidelines and explores solutions to challenges some people with disabilities experience in attempting to follow the guidance....

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COVID-19 Accessible Materials Microsite

The Georgia Tech Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI), with funding from the CDC Foundation and technical assistance from CDC is adapting COVID-19 materials into accessible formats for people with disabilities. The project has created...

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Using Hand Sanitizer

How to Select and Use Hand Sanitizer To prevent the spread of germs, including COVID-19, CDC recommends washing hands with soap and water whenever possible. But if soap and water are not readily available, using a hand sanitizer made with at...

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