CNN — The rapid spread of coronavirus has sent states scrambling to buy ventilators to prepare for a coming apex of cases. “When I tell people I’m a respiratory therapist, they look at me with a blank stare,” said Lisa Shultis, a respiratory therapist and director for Long Island University’s respiratory care program. Misha Friedman/Getty Images Respiratory therapists are the …
— Michael Brown’s mother was defeated Tuesday in her bid for a seat on the City Council in Ferguson, Missouri, where her son died in a police shooting that helped give rise to the national Black Lives Matter movement. I’m not going anywhere.” Brown, a black 18-year-old, was fatally shot by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, …
