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By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way. -
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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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 first doses were for health-care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes. But on Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said the program would open to those over 65.
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This vaccine supply does not include other vaccines that may become available in early 2021. The Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca adenovirus vaccines and the Novavax protein vaccine are all in Phase III clinical trials.
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“We want to see 100% of what’s received immediately administered in people’s arms, and so that’s a challenge … It’s a challenge across this country — it’s a challenge, for that matter, around the rest of the world.”
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The state started the day with 260,655 residents having received the first of two shots immunizing them against the deadly virus that had killed almost 22,000 people statewide. About 21.5 million people live in Florida.
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Hospitals have come under increased pressure as COVID cases continue to surge. In Santa Clara County, Calif., 682 patients were hospitalized as of Jan. 1 — more than double the 293 reported a month earlier.
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The state of Georgia, along with the rest of the nation, is being slammed. Los Angeles County, Calif., reported two record days of deaths over the previous week, and funeral homes there are unable to keep up.
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While the plans take shape, emergency officials are working without a clear idea of how many doses of the two authorized vaccines — manufactured by Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna — are coming, and when.
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The new vehicle, a 2019 Ford Braun Liberty ambulance with a Stryker Power-LOAD system, cost $224,230 and was purchased through the Luzerne County COVID-19 Relief Block Grant Program funded by the federal CARES Act.
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Stanford Medicine officials also studied guidelines — then built a mathematical algorithm that prioritized people who on paper were at high risk for COVID-19, such as older employees. But not all who came into contact with patients were doctors and nurses.
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The flooding could come from a rapid warmup Thursday, melting heavy snow from a week ago. The snowpack around Binghamton holds several inches of water, and 2-4 inches of rain on top of that could cause severe flooding.
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The first amateur radio transmission from space was in 1983 from astronaut Owen Garriott aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was a licensed ham who used his equipment in Houston to chat with his father in Oklahoma.
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About 12% capacity remains in Orange County ICUs, Sunday's update said. When officials adjust that number to reflect the stress COVID-19 patients are putting on the health-care system, they peg capacity at basically 0%.
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In July, Chester County reported the state's first pediatric death associated with COVID, according to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. The child was reportedly under the age of five.
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So far this month, hospital intensive care unit bed availability hovered between 1.5 and zero percent as hundreds of staffers from hospitals are quarantined from either being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19.
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As the first vaccine from Pfizer rolls out this week and one from Moderna looks poised to start reaching people on Monday, scientists say minor side effects, such as fever, are a sign that the vaccine is working.
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State health officials said Thursday that they are finally starting to see a decline in virus spread after a monthslong surge that has put pressure on the health-care system and caused record hospitalizations and deaths.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a guide to help emergency managers and community stakeholders ask the right questions to maintain and restore vital services after a disaster.
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How soon vaccinations will be available to the general public remains to be determined. Johnson County, Texas, Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore estimated late January/early February at the earliest.
