Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land.
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The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will evaluate a $13 million rental agreement for the Sheriff’s Office to obtain new radios and accompanying equipment. The previous lease dates to 2015 and expired last year.
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The drought is expected to lead to a heightened fire season in a state that blasted records last year; decrease available water for agriculture; and present threats for fish and wildlife habitats.
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Central American and Haitian immigrant neighborhoods in Miami-Dade are disproportionately undervaccinated, according to an el Nuevo Herald analysis that used vaccination data from April 30.
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Deadly opioid overdoses — from prescription painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other similar substances — increased by nearly 40%, according to the data, more than triple the rate of any other increase in the past decade.
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Frustrated with the state health department and a “disjointed effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, seven counties in Pennsylvania are discussing forming their own regional health department.
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A new fire academy set to be unveiled this summer in Joplin, Mo., will offer candidates from several states the instruction they need to pursue a career in firefighting and give employers a pool of qualified candidates.
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The school district is the first in the region to offer on-site clinics, to make it easier for students to get the vaccine. Norfolk Public Schools is working with city, state health officials and FEMA to offer the shots.
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The hospital’s increasing number of patients plus its limited supply of respiratory equipment and limited hospital staffing means providers may soon need to start medically evacuating patients to other hospitals.
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We don't know how dangerous the vaccination gap may be. Science has not yet established the threshold level of immunity in the population that renders SARS-CoV-2 incapable of spreading. It could be 60% to 90%.
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The overall death toll has hit 218,959, with 3,417 new deaths reported. That means India has moved past Mexico to become the third-ranked country, after the United States and Brazil, in terms of COVID-19 fatalities.
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Overwhelmed public health departments and front-line workers have for months failed to record accurate health histories for COVID-19 victims, a review of California’s internal pandemic death records found.
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Since its launch, FEMA said via email that this program has received the largest number of funeral assistance applications in the agency’s history. FEMA has run into several roadblocks.
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Because these strains are considered more contagious than the "ordinary" coronavirus that set off the global pandemic in early 2020. about half of the variant cases are from the B.1.1.7 strain of COVID-19.
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The biggest allotment was $8 million for COVID-19 mobile testing, which was also part of the $10.3 million allocated to respond to the public health crisis. Emergency Management is getting $715,000 for storage space.
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The proclamation, approved unanimously, followed a similar move by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who last week declared a drought emergency for Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
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These extreme risk counties must shut down indoor dining in restaurants and bars and severely curtail the number of patrons to no more than six in gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and indoor swimming pools.
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Philadelphia’s Health Department will also have a renewed focus on racial disparities in health care, amid a pandemic in which Black and brown residents were most likely to get severely ill or die of COVID-19.
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Hospitals across the country have reported more hospitalizations and deaths of Black and Latino patients than whites. Black and brown patients may be more susceptible because they are more likely to have a chronic illness.
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Safe2Help Illinois — developed by the state’s emergency management department, terrorism task force and board of education, among others — is not intended to lead to the suspension, expulsion or arrest of students.
