Los Angeles County has sued an area megachurch after it blatantly violated the state’s mandate at major social gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic after it filed with the county in an attempt to lift the restrictions. The complaint against Grace Community Church was filed in the Superior Court in Los …
Read More »Canada says new waves of coronavirus could sweep the healthcare system, sending stellar storms
By David Ljunggren and Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is planning a “fairly worst-case scenario” in which new waves of coronavirus would eventually hit the public health system and send the death toll, officials said on Friday. Under the scenario, there would be a major peak later this year, …
Read More »Several COVID-19 cases linked to marriage, reception in Barton County
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Barton County Department of Health said on Friday it had identified several positive cases of COVID-19 involving people attending a wedding at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Olmitz and the wedding reception at the Great Bend Convention Center on Saturday, August 8th. People attending the …
Read More »Research shows a way to sanitize N95 masks at home
Travel cakes and crockpots are not only convenient kitchen tools. One study found that they may also be an effective way to sanitize N95 respirators – coronavirus-fighting tools for health care workers who are deficient. Researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign found that 50 minutes of dry heat in …
Read More »McKenzie-Willamette employee tests positive; 27 under supervision
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. A total of 27 employees at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center are under ‘supervision’ on Friday after another staff-positive test for COVID-19. According to hospital spokeswoman and marketing director Jana Waterman, the employee tested positive after a trip to Mexico. Waterman could not say how the other 27 people came …
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