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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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The National Football League has said it will make all 30 of its stadiums available as vaccination sites, but spokesmen for the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati[s Bengals did not respond to requests for comment on whether they will participate.
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Looming over the response of state and local public health agencies is a question that has plagued them since the start of the pandemic — whether they will have the resources to take the measures they think are needed.
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Some Connecticut hospitals this winter are seeing a second wave of deep reluctance to get medical treatment, at least partly because concerns about the second wave of coronavirus infections. Often, it’s the patients most at risk of COVID-19 complications who are staying home too long.
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The United States needs to expand its capacity for genomic surveillance "rapidly and exponentially," said Kristian Andersen, who directs a program of infectious disease genomics at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
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"Most everyone has a smartphone in their hand, so to be able to text an alert regarding snow emergencies or water main breaks in specific neighborhoods, that's something that makes a lot of sense to be able to provide that option to our citizens.
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National Guardsman were making phone calls to ensure those who were on the waiting list would be vaccinated at the event. If someone canceled or didn't show up, health department staff moved on to the next person the waiting list.
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“We're seeing an absolutely unethical gaming of the system: 'If you don't find loopholes to help yourself,' people say, 'you're the sucker.' " There's no doubt that when demand is high and supply is limited, people are capable of outrageous self-regard.
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For weeks, Americans have watched those who are well connected, wealthy or crafty “jump the line” to get a vaccine, while others are stuck, endlessly waiting on hold to get an appointment, watching sign-up websites crash or loitering outside clinics in the often-futile hope of getting a shot.
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According to the CDC, with immunization and continued mitigations strategies, herd immunity to COVID-19 could be achieved with a 70 to 75 percent immunization rate. That rate rises if variant strains become dominant.
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The Spokane Fire Department Community Assistance Response Team works to connect frequent 911 callers to much-needed resources that can help address the root cause of their calls for emergency services.
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Guidance for how to set up second doses is supposed to be streamlined. New lanes are being planned to augment capacity at drive-in sites where lines have been so long that some seniors have run out of gas waiting.
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“We vaccinated people on snow machines, on four wheelers, in trucks, in airplanes, standing on tarmacs in -20 windchill, in clinics, in houses — basically anywhere we could to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible.”
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The findings confirm concerns medical professionals expressed in December and illustrate much more work needs to be done to alleviate fears driving down participation, said Dr. Radhika Gharpure, the study's lead author.
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Hundreds of nursing homes and more than 100 hospitals received the waivers since the program began in December, when surging cases of COVID-19 led to a severe nursing shortage up and down the state.
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The move comes after FEMA abruptly changed course last summer, notifying municipalities they would not be reimbursed for the cost of COVID-19 supplies such as personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies.
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California employers reported only 1,600 serious worker illnesses or deaths to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, from the start of the pandemic through mid-December.
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The new clinic was hailed as another hopeful sign of nearing an end to the pandemic, especially welcome after the single deadliest month so far. More than a third of COVID-19 deaths in the Bay Area occurred in January.
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The mission of the alliance, based at African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, is to address “systemic barriers to Black communities’ access to care with an integrated, faith-based, health care advocacy network.”
