[ad_1] Last year, Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate found a way to punish Gov. Tim Walz for continuing to wield emergency powers in the fight against COVID-19. During the monthly special sessions the governor had to call to expand emergency powers, Republicans began to get rid of the commissioners Walz appointed and the Senate … Read more
[ad_1] Staff at a Southern California hospital system experienced a small resurgence of coronavirus infections this summer, although more than four-fifths of its workers have been fully vaccinated. The findings join a flurry of recent reports of so-called “breakthrough” infections in those vaccinated. Earlier this summer, Provincetown, Massachusetts, reported an outbreak of Covid among many … Read more
[ad_1] The United Nations warns that Afghanistan could face a food crisis within a month, leaving one in three people hungry, as the country’s Taliban leaders try to form a new government to rule the country. “The situation … from a humanitarian point of view continues to be extremely tense,” Ramiz Alakbarov, UN humanitarian coordinator … Read more
[ad_1] ATLANTA – More than just a health risk, a COVID-19 hospitalization will now cost you more financially than at the start of the pandemic. Researchers from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that last year, 88% of the nation’s top insurers voluntarily waived out-of-pocket expenses for hospitalizations related to COVID-19. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for … Read more
[ad_1] Heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused the loss of power to all Yale residential colleges and some other buildings and some were flooded. Isaac yu, Rose Horowitch & Julia Bialek 01:01, 02 Sep 2021 Staff reporters Butter JE with two inches of standing water. Courtesy of James Richardson As the remnants … Read more
[ad_1] TOPEKA, Kansas (WIBW) – The number of active COVID clusters in elementary schools across the state has tripled over the past week, according to a weekly update from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Information released Wednesday shows a total of 172 active clusters in Kansas, up from 151 last week. Among them, … Read more
[ad_1] Above: A gallery exhibit showing the ripple effect of mentoring is now on display at the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Fairmont. Jen Kahler, executive director of Kinship of Martin County, is pictured with two letters that will be featured on the show. FAIRMONT – A unique gallery exhibit that highlights the … Read more
[ad_1] Workers disinfect a COVID-19 field clinic in the parking lot of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, August 13, 2021 (Rory Doyle / The New York Times) The United States has entered the fourth wave of the pandemic – or the fifth, depending on which expert you ask. As the vaccination … Read more
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Health officials are warning residents of Wisconsin to get vaccinated, wear masks and avoid indoor gatherings over Labor Day weekend because the variant delta brings the state’s average COVID-19 cases to levels not seen in months. Wisconsin’s seven-day case average stood at 1,699 Wednesday, the highest average since Jan. 15, … Read more
[ad_1] The Mu COVID-19 variant, which some scientists fear may escape vaccines, has been detected in the vast majority of states in the United States, although it accounts for less than 1% of total cases in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) called the Mu strain a variant of interest on Monday, the … Read more