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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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Lubbock County, Texas, is in danger of possible reinstatement of some restrictions to limit the spread. As of last week, there were 184 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, almost twice as many as the beginning of October.
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At one point, the shelter housed more than 700 people either in vehicles in the parking lot or indoors, and more than 1,000 large animals at the Linn and Benton county fairgrounds, not counting numerous dogs and cats.
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Starting Thursday, when the health department will publish its town risk map weekly, “the Command Center will identify if a municipality's positive cases have been significantly impacted by a clearly identified cluster.”
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Since Monday, officials have been monitoring an outbreak amongst 11 sheriff's department employees, Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said. "We have a lot of personnel out because of the outbreak.”
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More than 1 in 10 parents of young children in New Jersey said they quit their jobs to help with childcare since the pandemic began, with women six times more impacted than men, according to a poll released last month.
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The coronavirus outbreak at Attalla Healthcare and Rehab hit a tipping point on July 10. The number of cases inside the nursing home jumped from two early that week to 79, including 42 among staff members.
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Nearly 5 million molecular tests have been administered since the start of the pandemic, but half as many Massachusetts residents make up the total number tested, according to the Department of Public Health.
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Already reeling from Hurricane Laura, parts of Louisiana suffered through in Hurricane Delta as the American Red Cross and other responders coped with both recoveries and the lingering coronavirus outbreak.
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The trial is an extension of the plasma therapies that have received federal emergency use authorization to treat COVID-19 but with uneven results because antibody levels vary in the plasma donated by people who have recovered from the disease.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s new restrictions include reducing maximum hotel occupancy, lowering the allowable size of mass gatherings, and forcing establishments serving alcohol to close at 10 p.m. every night.
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The tests are set to arrive in two to three shipments by December and be used in schools, nursing homes and correctional facilities and during large outbreaks in emergencies, the Health Department said.
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As temperatures increase, rising seas will affect coastal communities and a large amount of the area's population. Volusia, St. Johns and Flagler counties will see 2% of current property end up below the high tide line.
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Sacred Heart Care Center, a 59-bed nursing home in Austin, Minn., requested National Guard assistance late last week with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly a third of its staff and about 60% of its residents.
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The Lantern UV Disinfection System is a transportable UV-C generator designed for health care, laboratory, or research use with emphasis on emergency response vehicles. It will be housed at the EMS station.
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The National Guard will continue testing from 11a.m.-7 p.m. every day this week at the ballfields, said a Janesville spokeswoman. Testing officials have 2,500 tests to administer and a goal of testing 500 people per day.
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“We’re cautious. We’re absolutely more careful,” said First Lt. Mike Shaw of the Michigan State Police. “This is one of the tactics these anti-government, domestic terrorism groups use. if you’re mad at the government, you’re mad at the police.”
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Housing advocates have long feared the area is one storm away from disaster; nearly a third of structures built before 1990 are at risk of wind damage, mold contamination or even complete devastation from a hurricane.
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(TNS) - While much of California shut down this spring, Robbie Hall stitched masks for 12 hours a day in a sewing factory at a women's prison in Chino. For several weeks, Hall and other women said, they churned out masks by the thousands but were forbidden from wearing them.
