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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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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.
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Major progress has been made to control the health problems caused by COVID. The antiviral drug remdesivir has improved recovery times, and the steroid dexamethasone has cut the number of deaths in severely ill patients.
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Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. is offering some relief that could keep thousands of at-risk COVID patients out of the hospital — if they can get the one-time infusion within their initial seven or so days of infection.
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“We are overwhelmed,” said a doctor who works at a large hospital in central Arkansas, one of eight medical providers interviewed for this story. Most asked to have their names withheld in order to speak candidly.
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An emergency alert was pushed to cellphones in 20 counties that have gone to "Red Level" warning status on Colorado's COVID risk level scale, said Micki Trost, spokeswoman for the state emergency management department.
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People who test positive for COVID-19 are being advised via social media to tell their close contacts to stay home, keep away from others and get tested for the virus.
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Imagine a group of 10 people had 10 tests. If two people received five tests apiece, the results wouldn’t necessarily give an accurate view of the group, because while 10 tests were provided, only two were counted.
