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North Carolina ERs reported hundreds of visits for gastrointestinal illnesses such as diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain in the weeks during and after Hurricanes Florence in 2018 and Matthew in 2016. A new study published last…

By LISA RATHKE, Associated PressThe Peace Corps will resume sending volunteers overseas in mid-March after evacuating them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government program announced…

Fifteen Nunavut communities will be placed under less restrictive public health measures starting Monday as their number of COVID-19 cases decline. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson announced the changes Tuesday morning…

Students walk to class through the once crowded hallways of Brockton High School in Brockton, Massachusetts, in March 2021. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Amid a wave of COVID-19 cases due to omicron variant, a…

University Health Services is working with University of Wisconsin Health to encourage the UW and Madison community to get vaccinated as Omicron cases increase and students return to in-person classes. In 2021, the Wisconsin Department of…

Here's what the editors of Physician's Briefing have picked as the most important COVID-19 developments for…

Oswego County opens online portal to report positive COVID-19 home test results OSWEGO COUNTY — Residents of Oswego County can now self-report positive COVID-19 home test results and COVID-19!-->…

A man with painfully swollen legs from congestive heart failure lies on a stretcher outside the emergency room, staring at a leaden sky that threatens rain. A woman helps her husband in a triage tent, after his dialysis center refused to…

Two years ago, as phrases such as “social distancing” and “flattening the curve” became more common, the healthcare industry worked at breakneck speed to increase capacity.Overflow units were established in schools, parking lots and…

Community Health Services to offer COVID testing, appointment requiredFREMONT – On Friday, Community Health Services will offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing at their main office at 2221 Hayes Ave., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Clients must have an…

Communities in Verde have seen a spike in COVID cases over the past three months, according to data compiled…

Where we live determines how long we live. Read that again. Health disparities, in large part, are determined by where we live. In Nashville, a city that prides itself on being a renowned healthcare center, life expectancy increases 5…

The last: Atlantic Canadian health officials say hospitals approach or exceed capacity as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Nova Scotia reported 1,145 new laboratory-confirmed cases on Saturday. The…

OTTAWA - The chief of Bearskin Lake said the remote community of northern Ontario is "almost at a breaking point" after half of its population tested positive for COVID-19, as he renewed his call for immediate federal…

The Annapolis, Md., Military Bowl, featuring Boston College and East Carolina University, will not be played on Monday, officials said. The first Fenway Bowl in Boston between the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University,…

You are never too old to get vaccinated! In this report SADE OGUNTOLA, experts at the launch of West Africa's policy statement on adult immunization say getting vaccinated is a lifelong step that protects adults and adults need to…

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Today, members of the Wolf Administration reminded Pennsylvanians of the resources available this holiday season for individuals and families affected by mental health and addiction disorders (SUD).The…

The United States registers an average of 118,717 new cases of Covid-19 every day - 40% more than a month ago - according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and 1,326 deaths from Covid-19 are reported every day on average. This is an…

MOST Australians count back to a holiday season with newfound freedom surrounded by family and friends. Meanwhile, frontline health workers are preparing for a possible summer increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. They are also…

While COVID-19 cases have stabilized in Genesee and Orleans counties, the numbers are still much higher…

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - The overcast, misty sky matches the somber mood at Tshwane University of…

The global outlook for COVID-19 is grim. Medical centers in the Upper Midwest, including Minnesota and Michigan, are grappling with a wave of hospitalizations for coronavirus. A concerning the new variant was discovered in…

It was there that he read about a high survival rate among people who had had Covid-19, and where he saw people questioning whether the masks were effective. Sells said he and his friends didn't think tackling the pandemic was…

In summary Communities and school districts need to take proactive measures, such as pool testing, to keep COVID transmission low and children in school. By Karen Smith, Special at…

Two large regional hospital systems in the central Hudson region, WMCHealth and Nuvance Health, recently launched extensive post-Covid recovery programs, with more than a thousand local patients between them. WMC started its…

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, so does the response to residents' vaccinations.What the vaccination rate looks like in your community depends on where you live, according to data gathered by the St. Clair County Health…

After a virtually non-existent flu season last year, health officials across Pennsylvania and the country…

By Anne Blythe Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, a Duke doctor who raised Latin American voices from humble lunch tables to halls of power throughout the coronavirus pandemic, testified before members of the United States Congress in late…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $ 7.5 million in grants to the Allegheny County Health Department to strengthen its public health workforce and address covid-19 and related public health disparities in the…

After weeks of rising COVID-19 cases and a wave of hospitalizations that have strained state hospitals, 20 healthcare facilities in Alaska are now operating to crisis care standards.Switching to crisis standards is often seen as the…

LANSING, MI - The governor's office urges county health officials to retain K-12 mask warrants amid confusion over state budget provisions 2021-22 that seek to ban health services to issue COVID-19 rules.The budget bill passed earlier this…

Booster dosesThe Southern Nevada Health District continues to provide booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to eligible individuals. The health district follows the Nevada State Immunization Program's Immunization Manual…

Governor Doug Burgum and the chief medical officers and physicians of several of the state's largest hospitals today warned that hospital capacity in North Dakota is reaching critical levels and urged the public to help reduce the need for…

At the University of Minnesota, hundreds of faculty and staff say the school system has not taken sufficient precautions as the state sees an increase in cases related to the delta variant. Assistant Professor Bobak Ha'Eri has spent the…

Regional health restrictions will be introduced in the eastern Fraser Valley as the region faces a spike in COVID-19 cases and low vaccination rates, health officials said on Tuesday. The new regional public health order covers…

LAS VEGAS - More than 70% of people 12 and older in Clark County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines. This milestone means more southern Nevadans have taken steps to protect themselves and others from COVID-19.The…

A recent initiative led by Deloitte in collaboration with the Haryana State Government in India, offers a potential remedy for the underinvestment in public health infrastructure that has exacerbated the impact of COVID-19;…

No subject is forbidden.El Enjambre provided detailed coverage of the remarkable July 11 anti-government protests in Cuba and the harsh criticism of the ruthless crackdown that followed. Hosts also dissected the dismal state of the…

“We hope this will be the last year we have to host a virtual RidgeWalk,” said event president Jim Helms.From reports | The Wellsville Daily ReporterWELLSVILLE - Jones Memorial Hospital announced…

WELLSVILLE - Jones Memorial Hospital has announced that the 29th annual RidgeWalk & Run will be a…

Testing for COVID-19 is an important strategy to detect and slow the spread of the coronavirus, and OUs Monitoring and evaluation program has helped provide quick and easy testing for the entire community.“Even with high…

By Brendan LaChance on August 31, 2021 Shutterstock CASPER, Wyo. - Some Wyoming hospitals are re-enforcing visitor restrictions as COVID-19 cases increase. SageWest Health Care, which operates!-->…

With 119 of Kentucky's 120 counties now in the "red zone," Governor Andy Beshear visited the health heroes at Franklin County Health Department and signed a proclamation to recognize the start of Appreciation Week. health…

This daily roundup brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, along with tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected. Headline news: extended confinement in Melbourne, Australia;…

McLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 10 AUG 2021 McLeod Health, in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today announced that it has…

WASHINGTON - With the United States recording its largest daily load of COVID-19 cases in six months, a senior public health official warned on Sunday that the country was "in check." “We should never have gotten…

NEWS TO KNOWOur daily roundup of headlines from Virginia and beyond. • The Virginia Senate has insisted on making some changes to the budget bill that the General Assembly plans to allocate billions in…

After six months of steep decline, COVID-19 cases in Virginia are on the rise again, stimulated by the spread of more infectious variants and a tray in new vaccines. With just over 53 percent of the…

The first major hospital chain to release second-quarter results surprised Wall Street on Tuesday with its growth from a rapidly spreading pandemic that slashed surgeries and other care last year. HCA Healthcare, based in Nashville,…

HONOLULU (AP) - A few months after the start of the pandemic, data showed Pacific Islanders were suffering the highest infection rates in Hawaii. But what early figures haven't shown publicly is which Pacific Islanders in the diverse…

NEW YORK (CBSNew York) - While there has been a lot of progress in the fight against COVID, an Upper West Side community is reminding residents that it is not over yet. Blowing whistles and waving from balconies, the neighborhood was one…

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan health officials have confirmed 672 new cases of coronavirus and 26 additional deaths since Tuesday.Over the three days, the average number of new confirmed cases is 224 per day.Eighteen of the deaths announced…

ROANOKE, Virginia - As the number of COVID-19 cases declines, there are growing concerns about the emerging new Delta variant. It also raises questions about whether people should start wearing masks again.Experts from the Virginia…

Since the first confirmed death of COVID-19, a 61-year-old man who frequented the Hunan Wet Market in Wuhan, on January 11, 2020, at the time of this writing, 541 days and 3,996,185 lives (according to the table on board the Worldometer)…

More than 156 million people in the United States have been fully immunized. But even though Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective against all known variants of the coronavirus, including the highly transmissible delta variant which…

The United States is unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating 70% of Americans by July 4. Vaccination rates have fallen since the start of the effort, and the incentives to increase them have…

Cases, deaths and hospitalizations have declined over the past week PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) - There are four new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, including Jefferson County's 40th death, bringing the state's death toll to…

Americans are eagerly blocking record mortgage rates, but falling interest rates aren't really saving…