COVID
State lawmakers discuss COVID vaccine distribution with health officials, providers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The PA House Health Committee held a public hearing Wednesday about the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. Among the goals was to figure out what the state can do to make the process easier for health care providers and people looking to get vaccinated. Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, …
Perth: Single Covid case in Western Australia leads to 5-day lockdown for 2 million
The Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions of the Australian state are now under “full lockdown,” Premier Mark McGowan announced Sunday, with residents only able to leave their homes for essential shopping, medical needs, exercise, and for jobs that cannot be done at home or remotely. Schools, most businesses, entertainment venues …
mRNA technology may be able to keep up with COVID variants | Covid-19
With unfamiliar variants of the COVID-19 virus making their rounds, some wonder if the vaccine being rolled out will be effective enough. New strains of the Coronavirus have been detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil in recent weeks, raising concern. The Dean of Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, Dr. Steve …
Thousands break COVID rules at Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik’s funeral
Soloveitchik’s condition worsened on Friday evening and, after extended efforts by medical staff to save his life, he passed away on Sunday morning. Thousands of people took part in Soloveitchik’s funeral on Sunday, despite the coronavirus lockdown and efforts by police to work with yeshiva leaders to lower the number of participants and to set …
Covid rules dead and buried: UVF chiefs caught breaking regulations at loyalist funeral
UVF leaders are at the centre of a PSNI probe after they breached coronavirus regulations by attending a sizeable paramilitary funeral in Belfast. error bosses John ‘Bunter’ Graham, Harry Stockman and Jackie Anderson face possible prosecution after they were pictured among the 100-plus mourners, many of whom were unmasked, who walked behind the UVF flag-covered …
New skin temperature technology enforces COVID safety at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake — A normal school day at O’Rourke Middle School used to just start with a bus ride, school breakfast and morning announcements. But with a new gadget now welcoming them at the double doors, kids must align their foreheads with a height-adjustable machine in order to get the green light to learn. This …
Biden poised to wind down executive actions next week to focus on Covid relief
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is planning to wind down his initial burst of executive actions by the middle of next week and shift his focus to getting key parts of his legislative agenda passed, with the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as the top priority, according to three administration officials. Biden has been quietly …
Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as COVID surge threatens health service ‘collapse’
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian doctors are demanding a nationwide lockdown and threatening to stop taking in new patients as a surge in COVID-19 cases, which they say is killing an average of one medic per day, strains hospitals to breaking point. New daily coronavirus infections in the Andean country, which received its first batch …
Oldham County sees record breaking year for EMS calls in 2020
Oldham County EMS responded to more service calls in 2020 than ever before. Although the year started off fairly slow, things changed rather quickly as the COVID-19 virus began to spread in the area.Leaders say it was one of their toughest years yet as the adjustments came at the drop of a hat. Beginning with …
Biden turns to US healthcare access in face of worrying Covid projections – live | US news
The role that race should play in deciding who gets priority for the Covid-19 vaccine in the next phase of the rollout is being put to the test in Oregon as tensions around equity and access to the shots emerge nationwide, reports Gillian Flaccus for the Associated Press. An advisory committee that provides recommendations to …
Commentary: The latest Worship War: obey or disobey public health orders?