Health

Detroit, devastated by the 2008 Financial Crisis, declared bankruptcy in 2013. New Orleans, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, accounts for nearly half of all coronavirus cases in Louisiana. Some attribute it to Mardi Gras celebrations that occurred at the end of February. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute […]

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It is a cool, still morning in Seeta Nazigo Village, Central Uganda. The heavy seasonal rains have ceased and the sun begins to glint through the cracked windowpanes of the local health center’s Anti-Retroviral Clinic. Fourteen community health workers are packed into the small room. Community health workers, who have formed the bedrock of Uganda’s […]

“There are some people who, you’re looking at something and they’ll come right up to you and they’re not being inconsiderate or nothing, they just don’t realize what they’re doing,” said grocery shopper Barbara Paulo. “I just move away politely.” ——— Website source

“We extend our deepest sympathy to the patient’s loved ones for this profound loss,” said Bruce Bailey, president and CEO. “We grieve with them, even as our health care professionals continue to work tirelessly and provide extraordinary care to those in our community who are afflicted with this dangerous virus.” ——— Website source

The deaths included a woman in her 60s from Essex County who had preexisting conditions and was hospitalized; a Suffolk County woman in her 80s who was hospitalized with preexisting conditions; a man in his 80s from Worcester County who had preexisting conditions and was hospitalized; a Norfolk County woman in her 80s; a man […]

Dr. Josh Deere, the Grand Forks hospital’s director of primary care, said staff there have 747 tests available for community testing. The hospital has conducted 487 tests in the broader Grand Forks area since March 13, he said at a virtual press conference on Friday afternoon, and are waiting on the results of 109 more. […]

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com)– The Missouri Health Department is expediting coronavirus testing and test results for those working on the front lines to protect residents. First responders and health professionals can process their test through Missouri State Public Health Laboratory at faster pace to ensure they are healthy and to allow them to remain on the job. The […]

“As we move into this next phase of work, we will start to do tracking of the virus very much in the way that we track the flu every season,” Cohen said. “It is not about positive lab tests. Instead, our epidemiologist will create a new surveillance system going forward.” ——— Website source

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