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The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week. -
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.
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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 city unveiled its color-coded system to inform the public of their risk of contracting the virus based on the number of active cases in the community. With more than 250 active cases, Laredo is currently at a Level 4 risk, or the highest level of Red on the scale.
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During the stretch that ended Monday, 176 new cases were confirmed across Jefferson County. That is 69% higher than during the seven-day period that ended April 25, the previous local peak before the mid-June surge.
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Wearing masks isn’t just a message Avery and Orange County are sending the public, but also Orange’s employees as protecting its emergency personnel is one of its top priorities. COVID-19 has already spread among crucial workers who would be working in the event of a storm.
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The coronavirus has exposed some of society’s most shameful weaknesses, most notably its disproportionate attacks on communities of color. It’s cut through nursing homes and prisons and homeless shelters.
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Health officials say the recent case spike is not due to increased testing, but to greater community spread and a rising percentage of positive test results. Friday's weekly report from the state epidemiologist showed a 140% increase in new cases over the week before.
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Cape Cod, Mass., with a high population of tourists and people over 65, is expecting a major hurricane one day. If it occurs this year, the response will have to be well-planned, using new methods to keep everyone safe.
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He recalled being at the hotel where parents had gathered to learn whether their children had lived or died in the Stoneman Douglas shooting. “All of that haunts me,” he said. “I didn’t hear crying. I heard screaming.”
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She works 12-hour shifts at an Arizona medical center tending to the gravely ill, dozens of whom she has watched die, all while knowing that her mask, gown, gloves and face shield don’t guarantee that she won't be infected.
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After EMT Edgardo Diaz tested positive for COVID-19, doctors monitored him closely. When his kidneys began failing, he was hospitalized. Doctors were able to give him plasma before he became sicker or needed a ventilator.
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While a Napa, Calif., hospital contends it’s doing the best it can to protect its workers, many employees feel differently. The issue recently came to a head after seven workers, not wearing adequate personal protective gear, were exposed to a coronavirus patient.
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The two deaths involved elderly individuals, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Based on the agency’s count, there have been 11 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in York County and seven confirmed in Lancaster County.
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Ventura will become the second city in the county to require face coverings, after Ojai, which implemented an order in early April. But Ventura County does not have a countywide order that requires the use of masks.
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Under an emergency order from the state Department of Health and Human Services, nursing homes and long-term care facilities must test all residents and staff weekly until a facility goes 14 days without a positive test.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is looking at hospital numbers, as are county commissioners as the state considers a partial Phase 2 reopening in the county. Only 23 percent of ICU beds are available in the county's 17 hospitals.
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The website Down Detector, which tracks network outages, reported widespread issues with T-Mobile service on Monday afternoon, with pockets of outages detected across the country. The company was working to resolve its problems.
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The artificial intelligence location positioning system runs off a Bluetooth mesh network that ensures privacy, and automatically locates positions of students, employees or guests, offering direct and indirect contact tracing.
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Former Health Department geographic data scientist Rebekah Jones has created FloridaCOVIDAction.com, which asserts that the state's widely read public-facing dashboard under reports how many people have tested positive for the pathogen
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“It’s as if you have a really bad sunburn on your back except it’s from the inside. It’s kind of the way your lungs feel when you go out on a cold day in the winter and you don’t have a scarf on. I’ve had that for the last 10 weeks. That’s the most frustrating symptom.”
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