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Virginia Task Force One heads to Haiti to search for quake survivors Virginia Task Force One heads to Haiti to search for quake survivors 08/15/2021 02:51pm • After Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti that left hundreds dead, team members from Virginia Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue got word they might be going, so they got ready for deployment. Now, they’re on the way as part of the United States Agency for International Development COVID survivor: 'Have to start my life all over again' COVID survivor: 'Have to start my life all over again' 08/07/2021 03:13pm • ATLANTA (AP) — As her father lay dying last August from the coronavirus at a Georgia hospital, Lindsay Schwarz put her hands on his arms and softly sang him lines from their favorite songs. Eugene Schwarz had been admitted three weeks earlier, but the hospital had not allowed his daughter to vi How the pandemic killed a record number of rural hospitals How the pandemic killed a record number of rural hospitals 07/31/2021 03:42pm • A couple dozen nurses stood together on the hospital lawn in rural Randolph County, Georgia. They wore black T-shirts that read "Patterson Hospital 1948-2020" over their hearts. The phrase "We Gave All" was written across a broken heart on their tired backs. Many had spent their entire careers at California learns costly pandemic lesson about hospitals California learns costly pandemic lesson about hospitals 07/31/2021 01:03pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California spent nearly $200 million to set up, operate and staff alternate care sites that ultimately provided little help when the state's worst coronavirus surge spiraled out of control last winter, forcing exhausted hospital workers to treat patients in tents and cafe DC restaurateur: There’s no staffing crisis. There’s a wage crisis. DC restaurateur: There’s no staffing crisis. There’s a wage crisis. 07/26/2021 09:51am • Veteran D.C. restaurateur Mark Bucher thinks his industry is spending too much energy bemoaning the problem bars and restaurants are having finding people to fill the job openings they have, and not enough energy making those jobs ones that people want. Bucher, who operates three locations of his Company says expansion will shore up US medical supply chain Company says expansion will shore up US medical supply chain 07/15/2021 04:03pm • WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina-based pharmaceutical manufacturer is launching a $100 million expansion, something officials say is part of a broader effort to develop a domestic medical supply chain missing during months-long waits for imported medical materials during the coronavirus How the Pandemic Has Impacted Care for Other Health Conditions 06/16/2021 12:00am • Dr. Megan Ranney Title: Emergency physician at Rhode Island Hospital and associate dean of public health at Brown University Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island As an emergency room physician, Ranney sees how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the diagnosis and treatment of patients with other Warning: Summer Olympics Must Ramp Up COVID-19 Prevention 06/14/2021 12:00am • Dr. Michael Osterholm Title: Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota Location: Minneapolis With the Summer Olympics in Tokyo rapidly approaching, serious health concerns loom for international athletes and their hosts alike. The scaled-down games NIH Head Francis Collins Sees 'Hope for Humanity' in Pandemic Response 06/04/2021 12:00am • Dr. Francis Collins Title: Director, National Institutes of Health Location: Bethesda, Maryland The National Institutes of Health is the largest biomedical research agency in the world. In April 2020, NIH launched a public-private partnership to coordinate a research strategy for speeding develop Pandemic Intensifies Mental Health Pressures in Alaska Capital 05/28/2021 12:00am • Bradley Grigg, 46 Title: Chief behavioral health officer, Bartlett Regional Hospital Location: Juneau, Alaska Alaska was among states less affected by COVID-19 in terms of actual cases. However, in the remote capital city of Juneau, mental health problems spiked. Necessary pandemic precautions le Travel is back — and so are travel scams Travel is back — and so are travel scams 05/26/2021 04:54am • With more widespread vaccinations and relaxed travel restrictions, many people are making long-awaited vacation plans. But scammers are making plans of their own to separate eager travelers from their money via too-good-to-be-true vacation packages, fake airfare deals and other shady schemes. Con Lifeguarding amid a pandemic: Ocean City lifesavers get ready for 2021 beach season Lifeguarding amid a pandemic: Ocean City lifesavers get ready for 2021 beach season 05/24/2021 03:58am • When Memorial Day weekend begins later this week, a team of close to 200 lifeguards will be back on duty, at 97 lifeguard stands set up along 10 miles of beach in Ocean City, Maryland. “We’re really expecting a boom year for the Town of Ocean City,” said Butch Arbin, who is captain of the O PPE shortage could become a challenge in case of another pandemic, expert says PPE shortage could become a challenge in case of another pandemic, expert says 05/23/2021 09:37pm • With vaccinations causing COVID-19 cases to drop, one U.S. hospital president is warning the country may not be adequately prepared for another pandemic. Dr. Shereef Elnahal, president and chief executive of University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, was asked to speak to the Senate Homeland Secu As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit 05/21/2021 10:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century health crisis. “This is not the time for anybody to be profiting off of selling ventilators, vaccines, drugs, treatments, PPE (personal protective equ DC schools plan for 5-day a week in-person learning DC schools plan for 5-day a week in-person learning 05/13/2021 08:04am • D.C. Public Schools said it plans to welcome all students back for five-day a week in-person learning when the 2021-2022 school year begins on Aug. 30. Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said DCPS isn't requiring COVID-19 vaccinations at this time, but for other vaccinations, he said, "it's critica
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