Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising. Full coverage of the […]
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Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising. She was already at […]
Visit the News Hub Vaccine may strengthen immune response to viral infections; trial to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers Getty Images Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is the clinical coordinating center for an international trial aimed at evaluating on a large scale whether the MMR […]
REGINA — The province of Saskatchewan announced it is expanding the eligibility for its Temporary Wage Supplement Program. The program’s expansion will include all integrated healthcare employees who work in short and long-term care facilities. The wage supplements will be provided regardless of income level. A new application form will […]
PLAINFIELD, IL — The U.S. Census Bureau representatives will visit Plainfield households next week to follow up on those that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census, the village said in a release Thursday. When visiting homes, census workers will ask basic questions including how many people live in […]
Children stop for a socially distanced lunch at St Alban’s Catholic Primary School – David Rose SIR – My daughter has not been at school for more than four months. The evidence points to school-age children being among those least at risk from coronavirus. However, children’s charities have seen a […]