Tennessee girl suffers from rare COVID-19 syndrome and needs blood donation

[ad_1] MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 6-year-old girl is in the intensive care unit at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in urgent need of blood platelets after contracting COVID-19. For about a month, Hattie Lucille Shell lived inside Happiness hooked up to breathing apparatus after developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare complication of COVID-19 in children, said … Read more

King County to require masks for outdoor events regardless of vaccination status – KIRO 7 News Seattle

[ad_1] SEATTLE – King County health worker Dr Jeff Duchin on Thursday released an update to the King County Mask Ordinance requiring masks at any outdoor event with 500 or more people present. The order comes amid the recent spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the delta variant and increasing pressure on the healthcare system, … Read more

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 2, 2021

[ad_1] Garden City RV Park in Skagway. (Mike Swasey / KHNS) The stories are published on the state news page. Send topical tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska’s public media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Supporters of a new … Read more

Lawmakers in the region vote against extending the moratorium on evictions | News, Sports, Jobs

[ad_1] By JOHN WHITTAKER [email protected] A Chautauqua County landlord has approximately 50 tenants eligible for Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds through New York State. This landlord can count on two hands the number of tenants who are considering applying. The lack of incentive for tenants to apply for the funding is one of the … Read more

Recall data from Israeli coronavirus vaccine gives hope in US

[ad_1] Preliminary Israeli data shows that coronavirus booster injections quickly increase a person’s protection against serious illness and infection, suggesting that the additional injections could help mitigate the spread of the virus in the United States – although the ‘we do not know to what extent. Why is this important: The Biden administration said the … Read more

Valley News – With artists from afar, White River Junction galleries bring the outdoors in

[ad_1] At tonight’s First Friday receptions at White River Junction, two recently opened galleries will be doing something local art viewers don’t often see. Both Tourist, a gallery on South Main Street that open in january, and Kishka Gallery & Library, which open this summer on Gates Street, exhibit works by artists from far beyond … Read more

‘Delta Plus’ variant confirmed in Nueces County

[ad_1] CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – Local health authorities report that Nueces County has received a notification from the State Department of Health Services of the first case of the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19. Doctors said the patient, a woman aged 50 to 60, had fully recovered from the virus. Health experts said she had … Read more

274 little Ida evacuees disembark at Opelousas

[ad_1] Nearly 250 people evacuated from Hurricane Ida have found a new home in a nursery in Opelousas. New Orleans resident Christy Davis was preparing to leave for Florida ahead of the storm when she noticed a monarch butterfly laying eggs outside. Davis is one of the many people who try to raise caterpillars on … Read more