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Seven more youth have tested positive for the coronavirus at Gainesville State School, officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department announced Sunday. The report comes just days after the agency announced its first youth who tested positive – bringing the total active youth cases to eight.  A TJJD press release states all youth who have …

Mississippi came closer to changing its state flag Saturday when more than two-thirds of the state Legislature voted to suspend rules to allow a vote on removing the Confederate battle emblem from its design. For the first time Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said he would sign a bill to change the flag. He previously …

TUPELO • The number of COVID-19 cases was already trending upwards when the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported the highest single day increases this past week. Thursday saw the highest single day total, with 1,092 new cases. Previous highest totals also occurred in that time period, with 611 cases reported Tuesday and 550 …

The newly passed resolution suspends the rules so that lawmakers can consider a bill that would change or remove the flag. First, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed the measure in a vote of 85-34 amid loud cheers in the chamber, followed by the Senate in a vote of 36-14. The passage of the measure …

Ahead of the historic vote, Speaker Pro Tem Jason White (R) argued forcefully against keeping the old flag, saying that it had come to be viewed as a symbol of hate. “By changing our flag, we don’t abandon our founding principles,” he said. “We embrace them more fully by doing what is right. We’re not …

Rhodes State College is helping train health career students around Ohio. Rhodes is part of a health education consortium, which is made up of partner schools from around Ohio. The partnership gives students the chance to specialize in areas like respiratory care, even though their local college doesn’t offer that program. Source link

For the first time since it began lifting stay-at-home restrictions earlier this month, San Diego County has hit one of three COVID-19 triggers that require public health officials to re-examine their previous decisions to reopen a range of businesses and activities after months of forced inactivity under COVID-19 shut-down orders. At an impromptu press conference …

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now)- CEO of Array School of Technology in Cheyenne, Eric “et” Trowbridge founded the Wyoming Technology Coronavirus Coalition (WTCC), which looks to bring technology-oriented people together to help fight COVID-19. “Our goal was if someone in Wyoming wanted to get tested for covid-19, active or maybe given previous infection, how could …

There are now 31,830 COVID-19 cases in the state. More than 2,100 people have been hospitalized and just over 20,000 people have recovered. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There are now 31,830 COVID-19 cases in the state. More than 2,100 people have been hospitalized and just over 20,000 people have recovered. COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 30% since …

Alberta’s state of public health emergency lapsed Monday. Minister of Health Tyler Shandro said “it’s an important day for Albertans,” while encouraging people to continue to stay vigilant. “While the public health emergency formally expires today, COVID is still with us.” The public health emergency was instigated in the province March 15. “We have faced …