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Coronavirus latest: Markets rebound as investor concerns over outbreak ease
Hong Kong stocks rally 1% as investor sentiment recovers Hong Kong and Chinese equities markets and commodities climbed on Tuesday, building on a rebound from recent lows as investors weigh the economic and corporate hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led the way, climbing 1.2 per cent in its first gain …
Santa Clara County Declares ‘Local Health Emergency’ Amid Novel Coronavirus – NBC Bay Area
Santa Clara County declared a local health emergency Monday which will be in effect for 30 days. This does not mean that residents are at greater risk of infection with the novel coronavirus, authorities said. Instead, will allow health authorities to be better prepared to respond to an outbreak. The declaration will also allow the …
North Central Health Care youth psychiatric hospital will keep care closer to home
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) — Soon, youth in crisis needing inpatient care will be able to get it closer to home. North Central Health Care is in the process of building Wisconsin’s first county-owned youth psychiatric hospital on its main campus in Wausau. A rendering of North Central Health Care’s new youth psychiatric hospital gives a …
Adventist Health hospitals in Mendocino County take steps to protect community against Coronavirus – The Ukiah Daily Journal
While there are only 12 confirmed cases of the deadly Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in the U.S., more than 30,000 people worldwide have been infected with the disease. In California so far, there are only six confirmed cases and none in Mendocino County, as of this writing. But in working with public health officials and with …
Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows
Health and medicine | News releases | Public Health | Research | Social science February 10, 2020 Results of a new University of Washington study shine a spotlight on segments of the population that need to be studied in relation to rising minimum wages.Josh Appel/Unsplash In the decade-long absence of federal action, many states, …
McKesson Launches Exchange Offer to Split-Off Its Interest in Change Healthcare
McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) today announced the commencement of an exchange offer for the split-off of its wholly-owned subsidiary, PF2 SpinCo, Inc. (“SpinCo“), which will hold all of McKesson’s interest in Change Healthcare LLC (“Change Healthcare”), as part of McKesson’s previously announced agreement with Change Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq:CHNG) (“Change“) to merge SpinCo with and into Change. …
5 diet tweaks that can help mental health, according to a psychiatrist
Dr. Uma Naidoo is a psychiatrist, professional chef, and founded the first hospital-based service in nutritional psychiatry in the United States. She’s also the director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, and the author of the upcoming This Is Your Brain on Food. …
WV MetroNews Health officials keep eye on coronavirus
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — There remain no confirmed cases of coronavirus in West Virginia. Several people have self-quarantined in Monongalia County, according to Monongalia County Public Health Officer Dr. Lee Smith. “We have a few people here in Morgantown, one is a person from the School of Public Health, a chemical engineer and a student are self-quarantined,” Smith …
Would parents be told if students in mental health crisis?
Image copyright Getty Images Universities need to be much clearer about whether they will contact parents if students have a mental health crisis, says a social mobility charity. My Big Career, which helps poorer youngsters apply to university, says families being informed is a “lottery”. Following concerns over student suicides, some universities ask students if …
Hepatitis outbreak linked to downtown Long Beach steakhouse, health officials say
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Long Beach health officials announced Friday they confirmed “several” cases of hepatitis A in customers who ate at the same downtown restaurant in late December, and they warned that others who dined at the eatery may have also been exposed. According to the Long Beach Department of Health and Human …
