Exposure
Schenectady County Health officials warn of possible COVID-19 exposure
SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County Public Health Services issued a news release on Saturday advising CDTA passengers that they may have been exposed to someone who has since been diagnosed with COVID-19. In the release, SCPHS confirmed that an individual later diagnosed with COVID-19 rode CDTA Bus Number 370 at 7:05 a.m. on August 12 and …
Wait 8 days after COVID-19 exposure to get tested if asymptomatic
SAN ANTONIO – Health experts in San Antonio are advising people to wait for more than a week to get tested for COVID-19 if they believe they were exposed to the virus but are not feeling the effects. UT Health San Antonio states if people have been exposed, but aren’t showing symptoms, then they should …
Anchorage Health Department lays out criteria for naming businesses with COVID-19 exposure
We’re making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. After releasing a list of establishments last week where people may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Anchorage …
Philadelphia Health Officials Recommend Residents Stay Away From Beaches During July 4th Weekend To Avoid COVID-19 Exposure – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia health officials are recommending city residents stay away from beaches over the 4th of July holiday to avoid coronavirus exposure. Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley says the biggest rise in COVID-19 cases is in teenagers and people in their 20s. The young people diagnosed appear to have been exposed at the …
Health Department Investigating Potential COVID-19 Exposure At Drive-In Graduation Ceremony In Westchester County – CBS New York
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering state health officials to investigate potential coronavirus exposure in Westchester County, after someone who attended a drive-in graduation ceremony for Horace Greeley High School students tested positive for COVID-19. The individual recently traveled to Florida and experienced symptoms after the ceremony on June 20 at the …
Springfield-Greene Co. Health Dept. announces potential exposure from Mexican restaurant
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has notified the public of a potential community exposure from an individual who recently tested positive for COVID-19. One recent case worked at La Hacienda, a Mexican restaurant located at 1370 S. Glenstone Ave., on Tuesday, June 16 from 2-9 p.m. The individual developed symptoms during that …
Texas Technology Company in a Race to Create COVID Notification App – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
In the fight to stop COVID-19, contact tracing is considered a key tool to helping contain the spread. Contact tracing involves working backward to identify people who may have been in contact with a sick patient, then notifying those at risk of transmission so they can isolate and get tested. But can that painstaking process …
Northern Virginia Business Testing New Disinfecting Technologies in Office – NBC4 Washington
A Northern Virginia business is testing state-of-the-art self-cleaning technology in its office to prepare for a safer work environment once stay-at-home orders are lifted. Christian Pinkston works for a digital marketing firm in Falls Church where he employs about 40 people. The office is testing a form of ultraviolet light called far UVC, which is …
‘They’re Killing Us,’ Texas Residents Say of Public Health and Environmental Rollbacks – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Danielle Nelson’s best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son. On some nights, the boy’s chest shudders as he fights for breath in his sleep. Nelson suspects the towering plants and refineries are to blame, rising like a …
UC San Diego Health Boosting Local COVID-19 Testing – NBC 7 San Diego
Scientists and physicians with UC San Diego are partnering with in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers to ramp up testing for COVID-19 within two to three weeks, a team at UC San Diego Health and its School of Medicine announced Friday. Partnering with five in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers, UCSD’s Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM) said it is increasing …
