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Mental health support systems for coping with pandemic
As college students and faculty members face an onslaught of stressors related to the disruptions in their lives caused by the coronavirus pandemic, they are relying on each other for connection and coping strategies to help ease the weight of the public health crisis on their mental health. While administrators and other employees are undoubtedly …
Colorado Springs King Soopers employee tests positive for coronavirus, health alert sent out to the community
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – An employee at a Colorado Springs King Soopers has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee works at the location at Academy and Woodmen and was last there on the 28th. The El Paso County Health Department wants to alert anyone who may have been in the store on the following …
Trump’s path to extending coronavirus guidelines was led by health experts and the scenes at one New York hospital
Images from the besieged hospital, only seven miles from where Trump was raised in Jamaica Estates, had a sobering effect on the President this week as he was mulling options for returning Americans to work, people familiar with the matter said. Even as members of Trump’s task force offered models showing potentially millions of Americans …
Spain’s hospitals at breaking point as infections pass China
MOSCOW – Bells tolled in Madrid’s deserted central square and flags were lowered in a day of mourning Monday as Spain raced to build field hospitals to treat an onslaught of coronavirus patients. In the U.S., the government’s top infectious-disease expert warned that smaller cities are about to see cases “take off” the way they …
The Health 202: Joe Biden is likely to draw on Obama health experts if he wins the White House
THE PROGNOSIS Former vice president Joe Biden during a virtual press briefing. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Polling indicates the coronavirus pandemic could make it harder for former vice president Joe Biden to beat President Trump. But Biden’s team is arguing the opposite: That the virus and subsequent economic landslide highlight precisely why Americans should elect the …
Spain’s hospitals at breaking point as infections pass China
MADRID (AP) — Spain overtook China on Monday in confirmed coronavirus infections as the pandemic stretched scores of Spanish hospitals to their breaking point. As confirmed virus deaths in New York surpassed 1,000, President Donald Trump extended stay-at-home recommendations for a month in an abrupt turnaround. With a population of only 47 million people to …
China reports 31 new coronavirus cases in mainland
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a hazmat suit walks on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 31 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including one locally transmitted infection, the country’s National Health Commission said, dropping from 45 …
Coronavirus Live Updates: 200,000 Americans Could Die, Warn Top Health Officials
200,000 Americans could die even if the U.S. takes aggressive action, Fauci says. Two of the top doctors advising President Trump on the coronavirus pandemic warned on Sunday that as many as 200,000 Americans could die during the outbreak, even with much of the country already under stay-at-home orders and practicing social distancing. Dr. Anthony …
Mental health advocacy group uses technology to help those with anxiety, depression during pandemic
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — As the coronavirus spreads, so does stress and fear. Peer support groups serve as a place of comfort and connection for people with mental health conditions. But with a stay-at-home order across Sacramento, the National Alliance on Mental Illness can’t host its weekly meetings …
German health institute warns pandemic could overstretch system -paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s health system could face strains similar to those in Italy if the coronavirus outbreak in the country worsens, the head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the federal agency responsible for disease control, told a newspaper. A general view of the almost empty street Kaiserdamm, as the spread of coronavirus disease …
