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Public health officials: Complexity of West Virginia HIV issue requires multi-prong effort, more funding | State Journal News
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Community Health Clinic celebrates two decades | Local News
As the community grows, the need for health care increases, local health officials say. The Community Health Clinic in Elizabethtown attempts to fill the gap for people struggling financially and has been doing so to the best of its ability for the past two decades, Executive Director Venus Cornette said. From the beginning, the clinic’s …
‘Please wait your turn.’ Health officials ask public not to skip vaccine line in Gallatin County | Coronavirus
Health officials in Gallatin County asked for the help and continued patience of the public as the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine continues. Health officer Matt Kelley said during a press conference Friday they are seeing a small number of people who don’t yet qualify for the vaccine signing up for clinics. The state …
BREAKING: 13-year-old Spokane girl disappears from her home overnight | News
SPOKANE, Wash. – A Spokane mother is desperate for answers after her 13-year-old daughter went missing in the middle of the night. According to Cassie Montgomery, her daughter had minor mouth surgery this week, and was taking over the counter pain medication for pain. Montgomery says her daughter, Bailey, woke up at 2am Thursday morning to …
Gallatin County health officials raise questions about new state vaccine plan | Coronavirus
By Perrin Stein Local public health officials have raised concerns about recent revisions to the state’s vaccine distribution plan , which prioritizes people over 70 and those between ages 16 and 69 with specific underlying health conditions over some essential workers and those living in group settings. The vaccination of older and more vulnerable Montanans …
The People’s Pharmacy: Reader worries mask restricts oxygen | Health
QUESTION: Why do the public health authorities keep telling us to always wear a mask? I have not seen any information showing that masks stop the spread. Instead, most of the info I have read says cloth masks do not block small aerosol particles. But they cut needed oxygen intake and raise CO2 intake. ANSWER: …
Randy Abbott: COVID-19, addiction and the health care coverage gap | Columnists
Addiction took the life of my daughter in 2015, just as it has so cruelly snuffed out so many other promising lights in North Carolina. By 2018, the efforts of devoted families, medical professionals and public servants to curb our state’s opioid crisis showed signs of traction. But the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt these efforts …
Mental health experts offer help for coping with COVID-19 | Local News
With positive COVID-19 cases topping 2,400 and counting, the physical toll the disease has caused Jefferson County residents is easy to quantify. The mental toll the pandemic is taking on people – with no apparent end in sight – is less obvious. Stay-at-home orders, the disruption to business, a decrease in recreational opportunities and worries …
A health care roundtable of ongoing trends in 2020 | Health
Health care has been constantly under fire in recent years due to increasing costs and politicization, much of which has eroded trust in the health care system. The Frederick News-Post spoke with several Frederick Health employees for a health care roundtable about ongoing trends in the industry in 2020 and what Frederick Health is doing …
House bill seeks parental permission for invasive birth control methods | Health
A bill filed in the Maryland House of Delegates could restrict how minors get access to some contraceptive devices. House bill 53 would make it so minors across the state would need parental permission before they could get an intrauterine device (IUD) or the implantable rod, a type of birth control that goes into the …
