Covid 19

Greensburg State Police first responded to a call about a woman, 48, of Huntingdon who allegedly coughed on employees through a drive-thru window in Hempfield Township around 9 a.m. Friday. According to police, she had become upset that her drink was served in a to-go cup holder, despite the employee explaining the cup holders were necessary due to local, state and federal social distancing guidelines. The woman tried to return the cup holder, which could not be returned due to the store’s new policies created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about “I Hope You Get COVID-19 And Die”: State Police Arrest Two People Who Allegedly Coughed On, Harassed Workers

Of course, energy is also fundamental to provide for the needs of urban medical centers and modern public health programs — from cleaning medical instruments, to providing electricity for manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE), to keeping the lights on and powering life sustaining ventilators in large hospitals, or to supporting communications for emergency services.  … [Read more...] about COVID-19 — the Global South must not be forgotten

A full list of online coronavirus resources Everything we know about the coronavirus in San Antonio From the Spanish flu to zika: How coronavirus compares The worst myths and misinformation about coronavirus How to tell if you have a cold, the flu, or coronavirus The two most common symptoms in coronavirus patients How long coronavirus lasts on hard surfaces … [Read more...] about Citywide clapping celebration planned to thank San Antonio’s COVID-19 frontline workers

Yet the Europeans, especially Italy, also were slow off the mark, and while their contexts were somewhat different, they had neither a self-absorbed leader nor a dysfunctional public health system. What gives? Heeding warnings requires doing something, and the something is usually expensive or politically uncomfortable, or both. Mix that with a little wishful thinking — sure, H1N1 came here and killed, but only by a third of an annual flu season’s total — and you get dithering. Before the fact, the consequences are unpredictable, another reason to delay. Yet, by the time the consequences are clear, as now with COVID-19, it is too late.   … [Read more...] about COVID-19: We had the warning but we lacked the leadership

The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Three people have died in North Dakota from COVID-19. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 confirmed cases exceed 200 in North Dakota