Public Safety
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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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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.
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Nationwide, that desperate shortage of personal protective equipment has ebbed some, and the headlines have faded. But the shortage isn’t over. Health-care providers from hospitals to doctors' offices to nursing homes are still having to search for PPE.
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California’s new health equity metric is one of three indicators it is using to determine when counties may advance reopening and roll back shelter-in-place restrictions, based on a color-coded, tiered assessment system.
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Mike Causey, North Carolina State Insurance commissioner and fire marshal, handed out $117,000 in grant money. "This funding is a necessity," Causey said. "Because of COVID the departments haven't been able to host fundraisers they normally would."
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Delta on Tuesday afternoon increased to a Category 4, with top winds of 145 mph as it approached Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and is expected to remain a major hurricane as it crosses the center of the Gulf of Mexico.
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The rapid tests manufactured by companies such as Abbott Labs show promise for accurate, widespread testing. Houston’s medical offices and labs would be able to process the rapid tests, which cost as little as $5.
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NOAA defines rapid intensification as an increase in the maximum sustained winds of a tropical cyclone by at least 34.5 mph in a 24-hour period. Hurricane Delta increased by 63 mph in 24 hours.
