[ad_1] By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Jury selection began Tuesday in a federal courtroom in San Jose for the long-awaited trial Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO and founder of Theranos. The day kicked off what is expected to last for months under intense media scrutiny. Central to the questioning of would-be jurors was fear that … Read more
[ad_1] The wave of coronavirus fueled by the Delta variant is putting pressure on hospitals and healthcare workers, especially in hard-hit southern states. About 75 percent of U.S. hospital beds were occupied on Tuesday. Of the 548,424 occupied beds, 101,548 were occupied by COVID-19 patients, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. … Read more
[ad_1] GRAY – U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-1st, told officials at a specialist electronics service maker in Gray that she would like to see their company get a share of the production business that is now going overseas. Following a visit from Industrial Electronics Services Inc., 122 Kwick Way Lane, the MP said she would … Read more
[ad_1] The Biden administration is working and staying in close contact with oxygen providers and home health care agencies, industry business groups, interagency partners and the private sector to closely monitor the situation and bring the support needed, said a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services. Over the weekend, health industry sources … Read more
[ad_1] By ELIZABETH MARCELLINO | City News Service The retired Los Angeles County senior lawyer will return to head the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness, which is due to meet for the first time next week. The supervisory board voted Tuesday, Aug.31, to approve the rehiring of Mary Wickham, agreeing to waive a 180-day waiting … Read more
[ad_1] People wearing masks wait to cross a road in the Shibuya district on February 2, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE – The world may not be prepared for an impending wave of dementia and the additional cases Covid-19 could bring, according to a group representing … Read more
[ad_1] Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton throws during NCAA college football practice on August 20, 2021 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee coach Josh Heupel named Milton, a transfer from Michigan, as his starting quarterback for the Volunteers season opener Thursday night. (Brianna Paciorka / News Sentinel via AP) By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – … Read more
[ad_1] A new COVID-19 symptom has emerged as a result of the delta variant of the coronavirus. Are earaches a new symptom of COVID? Several doctors told WFLA, a subsidiary of NBC, that their COVID-19 patients were suffering from a new symptom due to their COVID-19 infection: earaches. “People think they have a common earache … Read more
[ad_1] The Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on August 26 that it is providing a grant of nearly $ 331 million to BART to help the transit agency recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The $ 330.8 million grant comes from the American Rescue Plan, according to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, … Read more
[ad_1] The court heard testimony from another dog handler on Monday SAN LUIS OBISPO – The preliminary hearing for Paul (44) and Ruben (80) Flores resumed on Monday August 30. The father and son are charged with the disappearance and murder in 1996 of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old Cal Poly student. Paul has been charged … Read more