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As the Coronavirus Surges, a New Culprit Emerges: Pandemic Fatigue As the Coronavirus Surges, a New Culprit Emerges: Pandemic Fatigue. Exhaustion and impatience are creating new risks as cases soar in parts of the world. "They have had enough," one U.S. mayor said of her residents.
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'A harrowing time.' Ten states reported their highest number of new coronavirus cases on Friday Ten states Friday reported their highest one-day case counts: Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, according to Johns Hopkins.
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As coronavirus surges across the US, only 2 states are trending in the right direction (CNN) There is nearly no place in America where Covid-19 case counts are trending in the right direction as the country heads into what health experts say will be the most challenging months of the pandemic so far. The US is averaging more than 55,000 ...
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2102 more COVID-19 cases in North Carolina Saturday; 6.6% positive test rate reported throughout state RALEIGH, N.C. -- Here are the latest updates about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in North Carolina. What can we help you with? View our COVID-19 information and resources page here. SUNDAY 7:30 a.m.. According to data from ...
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Another Maine Church Grappling With Virus Outbreak Here is a look at pandemic-related developments around New England: MAINE. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed an outbreak in a church in the town of Brooks. At least 17 cases are linked to the Brooks Pentecostal Church ...
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I'm allergic to the flu shot. What can I do to take precautions during flu season? Even people with such a severe allergy that they have "required epinephrine or another emergency medical intervention" from a previous reaction to eggs can still get any licensed flu vaccine, according to the CDC. It should ...
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Minnesota health officials hoping for COVID-19 wake-up call State health officials hope a sobering week of COVID-19 growth in Minnesota will shake people out of the "mitigation fatigue" that has some people ditching masks, gathering close for happy hour, and increasing their risk of viral transmission. In the seven-day ...
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Skiing during pandemic means new routines at US resorts DENVER (AP) — Helmet, goggles, skis? Check. Hand sanitizer, face covering, reservation? Check. Roughly seven months after the coronavirus cut the ski season short at the height of spring break, resorts across the United States and Canada are slowly ...
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Coronavirus live updates: Here's what to know in North Carolina on Oct. 18 This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. We're tracking the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus in North Carolina ...
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Maine CDC reports 49 new cases of coronavirus, one death The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday reported 49 cases of the novel coronavirus, and one death, ending a week where York County's school pandemic preparedness meter moved from yellow to green. The new designation will ...
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Minnesota health officials are hoping for a COVID-19 wakeup call State health officials hope a sobering week of COVID-19 growth in Minnesota will shake people out of the "mitigation fatigue" that has some ditching masks, gathering close for happy hour, and increasing their risk of viral transmission. In the seven-day period ...
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Child Attacked By Rabid Raccoon In Arlington ARLINGTON, MA — A raccoon that attacked a child in Arlington earlier this week tested positive for rabies, town officials said. The attack happened Wednesday, Oct. 14 in the backyard of a home on Fountain Road. The child, who is under the age of 5, ...
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Pennsylvania nursing homes brace for more covid outbreaks amid supply shortages As Pennsylvania's public health chief warns of a second wave of covid-19 community spread, nursing homes are bracing for a potential correlative wave of nursing home outbreaks and deaths. Nursing home operators and staff are looking for more protective ...
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SC nursing home COVID-19 death rate tops nation, new AARP study finds In state-by-state comparisons of COVID-19 deaths per 100 nursing home residents for a recent one-month period, South Carolina ranked highest of all the states, according to a just-released study AARP made with other health groups. And in the same ...
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Coronavirus hospitalizations break another record in Utah as case spike wears on In total, the state reported that there have been 93,297 positive cases of the virus in Utah, an increase of 1,340 from Friday. There have also been three new deaths, bringing the total number of people who have died from the virus to 540. The deaths included:.
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LA County health officials report 953 new coronavirus cases, 10 related deaths Beverly Hills officials banned trick-or-treating earlier this week, and L.A. County Mayor Eric Garcetti has pleaded residents to modify their candy and costumed revelry this year for their own health. Ferrer urged county ...
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Maine CDC reports 49 cases of coronavirus, one death York County's "green" designation for school pandemic readiness was restored this week, and Maine officials on Friday submitted plans to distribute a vaccine when one becomes available. By Rob WolfePortland Press Herald. Email Writer · 207-791-6363.
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Is it COVID or is it the flu? What you need to know So you have a cold. Fever. Sore throat. Coronavirus? Or influenza? As we head into flu season, it can be hard to tell the difference -- even for doctors. "Both flu and COVID can cause headaches, they can both result in a cough, you can get fatigue and body ...
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Hospitalizations tick upward as LA County posts 953 new coronavirus cases Los Angeles County health officials reported 953 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths on Saturday, Oct. 17, bringing the county's totals to 288,136 cases with 6,863 fatalities. Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said ...
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Living As A 'Triple Threat' Breast Cancer Survivor I like to call myself a triple threat, but not in the way that you think. First, I am a registered nurse, having practiced oncology nursing for ten years and I currently work at a cancer center.Second, I am a survivorship program coordinator/nurse navigator, meaning I ...
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Mass. reports 550 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 21 more deaths The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Massachusetts grew by 550 on Saturday, bringing the total to 139,903 cases as public health officials announced the deaths of 21 additional patients diagnosed with the virus. The total number of deaths among ...
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Update: 16 additional McDowell residents test positive for COVID-19 In a week that saw COVID-19 cases increase across North Carolina, McDowell had 78 additional people test positive, health officials said. On Friday, the McDowell County Health Department said 16 additional McDowell County residents had tested positive ...
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COVID vaccine: In RI, first responders, healthcare workers go first The state Department of Health submitted a 51-page document to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that identifies three phases for delivering the vaccine, based on its availability. Although a vaccine for COVID-19 may be months away, Rhode ...
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Northern Utah hospital filled to capacity as Southern Utah sets another 1-day high for COVID-19 cases SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah's largest hospitals has no beds left in its regular intensive-care unit as the governor declared the state's weekslong rise in coronavirus cases "unsustainable." Meanwhile, while Dixie Regional Medical Center has still not ...
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Salem doctor says after 100 deaths in Marion County COVID-19 remains unpredictable SALEM -- For Dr. Omer Khan, treating patients with serious cases of COVID-19 hasn't gotten any more predictable since the hospital saw its first in March. But the Salem Health hospitalist, who cares for people admitted to the hospital but not sick enough for ...
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92 new cases, a record high, as Southwest Utah joins statewide COVID-19 surge The southwest Utah health district reported 92 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, a new record for a single day, as the St. George area has joined a statewide spike in numbers at the beginning of the fall season. Local health officials have ...
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Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: study The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The pathogen that causes the flu survives on human ...
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'A harrowing time.' Ten states reported their highest number of new coronavirus cases on Friday Ten states reported their highest single-day tallies of new Covid-19 infections Friday, and the country reported its highest one-day total since July, as experts say a dangerous fall surge of coronavirus infections is well underway. "This really is a harrowing time, ...
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More Than 1000 CDC Officials Ask: Why Bench the CDC During a Pandemic? Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wears a protective mask during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 31, 2020. Photo: Erin Scott / Pool (Getty Images). In an open letter published ...
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People with blood type O may have lower risk of COVID-19 infection, severe illness People with blood type O may be less vulnerable to COVID-19 and have a reduced likelihood of getting severely ill, according to two published studies. Experts say more research is needed. The research provides further evidence that blood type (also known ...
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DHEC: 810 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more deaths announced in SC COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 810 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 22 additional confirmed deaths. This brings the total number of people with ...
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Alaska is approaching 4 weeks of triple-digit daily COVID-19 case counts in an unprecedented surge Cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus are showing up in every corner of the state — with eight of the state's 11 regions in a high-alert zone — as Alaska reported one more death and 204 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to the ...
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Rabid raccoon attacks small child in Arlington A young child was attacked by a raccoon in Arlington earlier this week, and town officials are warning residents to keep an eye on their children and pets after announcing Friday that the raccoon had rabies. Police were called to a home on Franklin Road at ...
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Breast cancer knows no limits Lorie Ewing knew something wasn't right. "It was 2010, and I was working at Stepping Stones (day care) in Beckley and a little child leaned back and hit my chest with his head and it really hurt," she said. "Like it always hurts when something hits your chest, ...
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As coronavirus surges across the US, only 2 states are trending in the right direction There is nearly no place in America where Covid-19 case counts are trending in the right direction as the country heads into what health experts say will be the most challenging months of the pandemic. The US is averaging more than 55,000 new cases a day ...
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Living Well: Sentara Makes Comprehensive Breast Health Accessible and Convenient Cancer doesn't wait. One out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. The American Cancer Society recently published a troubling study estimating the impact of delayed preventative screenings as a ...
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PRMC urges flu shots Area residents are already on alert for everything to know and do about the COVID-19 virus; and Pam Burton, RN, infection prevention specialist at Peterson Health, now has plans and recommendations about influenza, the "Flu season," to add to her work.
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COVID-19 Update: New cases equal recoveries; Batavia BOCEScampus student tests positive BATAVIA — The number of new positive cases of COVID-19 equaled the number of new recoveries reported Friday by county health departments in the four-county GLOW region. There were seven new cases, bringing the total in Genesee, Livingston, ...
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COVID-19 surge prompts warnings that anticipated 'third wave' is now here COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are increasing again with no sign of stopping, sparking fears that the fall and winter wave experts had warned about all year is already here. Over the past week, according to The New York Times COVID-19 tracker, ...
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Utah health care providers concerned about ICU capacity SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is continuing to see an increase in hospitalizations due to the novel coronavirus. Intensive care units across the state are full or nearly full because of the influx of patients. For example, the ICU at the University of Utah Hospital was at ...
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7 ways to stay healthy (and sane) during the fall coronavirus surge Get ready for the most difficult months yet in this pandemic. The fall Covid-19 surge is here, fueled by colder weather, reopened schools and pandemic fatigue. The flu season could make the coronavirus pandemic even worse. For the next several months, ...
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'I Had COVID, Now Food Tastes Rotten and Wine Tastes Like Oil' Towards the end of March, I was still going to work as normal in my hometown of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. I had been feeling bad, but I thought it was a sinus infection as I get those with the change of seasons. Then, on Saturday April 4, I was sitting in my ...
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17 COVID-19 cases reported in Beaufort Co. Saturday as incidence rate remains 'moderate' An incidence rate measures how quickly a disease is spreading through a given population. Dr. Scott Curry, an infectious disease specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina, said counties should aim to have a ...
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COVID-19 testing capacity outpacing desire to get swabbed BY: DEVIN DWYER, ABC NEWS. (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, so are the number of options to test for coronavirus infection. The Trump administration says more than 120 million tests will be available in October nationwide. But far ...
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'Troubling' COVID-19 Trends Push Region 9 Closer To Restrictions MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTIES, IL — A spike in coronavirus cases and hospital admissions could mean Lake and McHenry counties could see an end to indoor dining or restrictions placed on sports activities as early as next week, health officials said ...
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South Africa passes 700000 coronavirus cases The number of people in South Africa who have tested positive for coronavirus has topped 700,000, official figures showed overnight, another grim milestone for the continent's worst-hit country. Statistics released by the health ministry showed 2,019 new ...
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Three Scoops of Good COVID News We all agree there is a new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 that causes a disease called COVID-19, from which people have died. That's pretty much where the agreement begins to wobble as new information is discovered, building on the science and ...
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Cancer caught early for 29-year survivor EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the one in a continuing series of articles focused on breast cancer that will be published during October as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cassidy Kendall. The Sentinel-Record. With little family history of the disease, but ...
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Influencer who thought coronavirus 'does not exist' dies after catching Covid-19 Dmitriy Stuzhuk, aged just 33, had been discharged from hospital in his native Ukraine but was rushed back just hours later and his condition rapidly deteriorated. After becoming ill, he wrote to his ...
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