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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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Using exterior fire-resistant materials and establishing noncombustible zones around buildings are top priorities for reducing the impact of wildfire on residences, but home hardening strategies aren't one-size-fits-all.
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CVS, which owns health insurer Aetna, said the vaccine could become generally available as soon as late March. But how quickly it will be distributed to the general public will depend on timetables established by states.
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"We are anticipating receiving doses as soon as either end of this week or beginning of next, and we are already in the process to begin the scheduling for mass vaccination of our health care workers.”
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The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings — indicating ideal wildfire conditions — in portions of Southern California through noon Tuesday, with the agency warning residents to be prepared to evacuate.
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A poll released last week shows unease among Massachusetts residents about their willingness to get a COVID shot. Though a vaccine is not yet available, FDA approval and the first round of vaccines are expected in weeks.
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The freezer in a pharmacy storage area at Hartford Hospital can fit about 280,000 vaccine doses. In accordance with a requirement from the CDC, someone will continuously monitor the freezer and log the temperature.
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Around New York City, public health leaders and health-care workers say they are watching the trend lines as intensive care units fill up around the U.S. and the world. They say it gives them flashbacks to the spring.
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From prioritizing who should get vaccinated first to finding trained health-care workers to care for sick COVID patients and run vaccine clinics, Dr. Khaldun called it "the most massive vaccination effort in a century."
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A declaration permitting hospitals to implement crisis standards of care, which the Grisham administration is expected to announce, is the latest sign the state's hospital system has reached its breaking point.
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Restrictions in Elkhart County were already in place. Commissioners said that the fine ordinance was a strong measure to try to get people to comply with ways to mitigate the COVID-19 infections straining hospitals.
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Supplies are likely to remain limited, and it will take months before the state can make vaccines widely available. That will be too late to head off spikes caused by holiday and winter weather that keep people indoors.
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Dr. Edwin Michael, University of South Florida College of Public Health professor and epidemiologist studying the spread of global infectious diseases, shared that projection with Hillsborough County commissioners.
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The first delivery will come from the federal government and is based on population. It will be enough for 170,000 New Yorkers and will be prioritized for people like health-care workers and seniors in nursing homes.
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Surveys suggest many doctors and nurses don’t want to be among the first to get an immunization that was rushed to market. Can hospitals mandate COVID vaccination as a condition of employment, as they do flu shots?
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is testing every student, faculty and staff member for COVID-19 twice per week, and the positivity rate is just 0.45 percent as the nation grapples with a surging virus.
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"The goal with this report is to bring transparency and closure to the incarcerated individuals and their families who lived through the outbreak, and to provide a roadmap of recommendations to DOC."
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The patchwork system of COVID testing that emerged this spring resulted in vastly different outcomes depending on where Pennsylvanians live, how they get tested and what their economic circumstances are.
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The federal CARES Act sent $150 billion to state and local governments to help buffer the economic and public health damage caused by the pandemic. But the Dec. 30 use it or lose it deadline is fast approaching.
