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Frontline health care workers reflect on early days of COVID 5 years after WHO declared pandemic

(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Kimberly Shriner remembers the first COVID-19 patient who came into Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, in March 2020.He was a 35-year-old man who arrived at the hospital short of breath."He went straight to our intensive care unit. We were very ...
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5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Heres a look at the disease by the numbers

(WASHINGTON) -- Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic.Since then, millions of Americans have been hospitalized, and more than 1.2 million people have died.Additionally, millions of adults and children are still ...
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What we still dont know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic

(WASHINGTON) -- Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at-home orders and shutdowns across the U.S. and world.The nation looks much different since then, and scientists and researchers have learned a lot about ...
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Doctors visits for flu highest in 15 years, most since swine flu pandemic: CDC

(NEW YORK) -- Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Nearly 8% of outpatient health care visits for respiratory illnesses are due to flu-like illness, ...
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves described college football even amid the coronavirus pandemic as “essential”

Gov. Tate Reeves adjusts his face mask as he prepares to leave his COVID-19 press briefing, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. The governor, who has admitted to disliking the wearing of a face mask, nevertheless wears one in public, and Tuesday issued ...
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Jackson, Ms (ben Caxton) — Governor Tate Reeves Has Nominated New Commissioners for the Departments Of Public Safety and Corrections. Mississippi Court Of Appeals Judge Sean Tindell Is Reeves’ Pick for Public Safety Commissioner; He Served in the State Senate from 2012 Until He Was Appointed to the Bench by Governor Phil Bryant in 2017. Marshall Fisher Held the Job from 2017 Until He Retired at the End Of 2019. the Commissioner Heads the Department Of Public Safety Which Includes the Highway Patrol, Mississippi Bureau Of Investigation and Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics; Dps Also Handles Driver’s License Services Which Have Had Problems with Long Lines and Long Waiting Times in the Past and Have Been Closed for Weeks Because Of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Following a National Search, the Former Warden Of Louisiana’s Angola Prison Has Been Tapped to Lead Mississippi’s Prison System. During 21 Years at Angola Buri Cain Was Credited with Improving Conditions and Decreasing Violence. if the State Senate Confirms Cain He Would Replace Former State Representative Tommy Taylor Who Has Been Acting Commissioner Since Reeves Became Governor in January. Mississippi Has One Of the Highest Incarceration Rates in the Nation and the U.s. Justice Department Is Investigating the System After Several Inmates Were Killed or Injured in Outbursts Of Violence in Late December. at Least 42 Inmates Have Died Since Then, Many After an Illness. Previous Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps Is in Federal Prison; He Plead Guilty in 2015 to Money Laundering and Filing False Tax Returns. Prosecutors Also Say He Took Nearly $1.5 Million in Bribes.

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Drive-ins Suited to Pandemic Panic Times

NEW YORK, NY (AP) -- The drive-in theater, long a dwindling nostalgia act in a multiplex world, is experiencing a momentary return to prominence. With nearly all of the nation's movie theaters shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some drive-in owners think they're in ...