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31 states have growing rates of new Covid-19 cases, and ‘we know what’s coming next’

October 12, 2020

Once again, most of the country is in trouble.

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A man performs a self-swab at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Eastern Florida State College on October 9, 2020 in Palm Bay, Florida. The Florida Department of Health reports that COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are on the rise while U.S President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Sanford, Florida after contracting the disease. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

As of Monday, 31 states have reported more new Covid-19 cases this past week compared to the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

And nine states reported record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, according to the Covid Tracking Project: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

“These are extremely alarming trends, and there should be warning bells going off around the country,” emergency medicine physician Dr.

Mobile health unit to provide COVID-19 testing across the Lehigh Valley in coming weeks

October 12, 2020

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A mobile site for COVID-19 testing developed for neighborhoods where traditional health care locations aren’t readily accessible will visit locations around the Lehigh Valley over the next few weeks.

The CATE Mobile Response Unit — CATE stands for Community Accessible Testing & Education — was developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Highmark Blue Shield, Independence Blue Cross, and Latino Connection.

In collaboration with St. Luke’s University Health Network and other community partners, the unit will conduct COVID-19 testing for people who are showing symptoms or who have been exposed to the pandemic illness, while also educating the public on how to stay healthy and safe.

The unit’s tagline is “Sharing knowledge to erase fear,” which it accomplishes through widespread community health care and health education offered for free and with no insurance required.

CATE’s schedule is as follows:

Allentown (Flu shots also available): Buck Boyle Park, 10 Pump

Basecamp Fitness Coming to Houston, Texas

October 12, 2020

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WOODBURY, Minn., Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Houston, Texas is about to get HIIT. Basecamp Fitness, the hot new boutique fitness franchise with a unique brand of high-intensity interval training (HIIT)-based workouts, has expanded its nationwide footprint with the sale of several new locations that will be developed in the Houston area.

“We are delighted to introduce Basecamp Fitness and its singular style of workout to Houston,” said Chris Merchant, owner of the new Basecamp Fitness. “We offer an effective and efficient workout for adults of all ages and abilities, with a team approach to torch calories and build strength.”

At 35 minutes long, a Basecamp class is one of the most intense yet effective workouts on the market. Members alternate between 60-second bursts of strength exercises and 60 seconds of cardio on assault bikes. An optional core segment follows every workout, which means participants benefit from

Health Nut Coming To Downtown Manhattan Beach Jamba Juice Space

October 11, 2020

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MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — For the first time in over 20 years, the retail space at 332 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in downtown Manhattan Beach will have a new occupant as Health Nut moves into the space formerly occupied by Jamba Juice.

Heavily featured in “Keeping up with the Kardashians” as a favorite of the Kardashian-Jenner family, Health Nut offers fast-casual, healthy fare ranging from salads to sandwiches, wraps to noodle dishes, smoothies, and of course their world-famous dressings. Their menu features many vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. Health Nut has been a family-owned business since 1988, beginning primarily as a vitamin and supplement store. and has a location in Woodland Hills and Sherman Oaks.

Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™, one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial
real estate firm, secured the location for Health Nut. Michael Pakravan, senior vice president and national director of retail leasing at Matthews™ and Nick Day,

Trump’s war on Obamacare is coming back to bite him

October 11, 2020

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Americans don’t yet know whether doctors have protected President Donald Trump from the effects of Covid-19. They do know his gold-standard care is beyond their reach.

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And that moves to center stage an issue beyond the Trump administration’s fumbling response to coronavirus: the President still wants to eliminate his predecessor’s signature Affordable Care Act.

Three years after the late Sen. John McCain turned thumbs down on the effort to repeal Obamacare in Congress, Trump offers a three-part health care pitch:

Part 1: he has all but eliminated Obamacare already.
Part 2: His cheaper alternative preserves Obamacare’s most popular features.
Part 3: as a result, a Supreme Court decision to erase the entire law would represent “a big win” for the country.

Unfortunately for Trump, voters have seen that parts one and two are both false. And that makes

Coronavirus testing site coming to South Milwaukee Bucyrus building

October 8, 2020

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Three South Shore health departments are working together to offer a coronavirus testing site in one of the old Bucyrus buildings in South Milwaukee.

The health departments of Oak Creek, Cudahy and the South Milwaukee/St. Francis joint department are creating the site. Oak Creek’s common council passed a memorandum of understanding for the testing site at its Oct. 6 meeting.

The decision to proceed with the site comes as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the state.

Oak Creek City Administrator Andrew Vickers said the partnership is much more efficient than any one community setting up a testing site alone. Federal and state funds are “streaming in” to help fund the facility, he said.

Oak Creek City Attorney Melissa Karls said South Milwaukee was chosen as the location because the old Bucyrus site will offer a drive-thru which will be especially useful with the colder months approaching.

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Healthy dose of rain Bay Area was hoping for this weekend is not coming after all, latest forecast shows

October 7, 2020

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — If you are wondering if rain is still on the way for the Bay Area?

ABC7 News Meteorologist Mike Nicco says it looks like chances of wet weather for this weekend are drying up, bringing little relief for firefighters battling wildfires in the region.

Nicco is tracking two forecasts, right now. Unfortunately, he says the European model, which was the wettest, is trending dry.

Future radar shows “at midnight Friday, the storm system is a lot farther to the west and it just kind of falls apart as we head through the morning hours and into the evening.”

You can expect cooler temperatures in the afternoon hours.

“There’s a slight change of some drizzle,” said Nicco. But it’s not much.

“Our next system is looking like a Saturday event, but not the good healthy rain that we were hoping for,” added Nicco.

As we head through

Rapid COVID Testing Coming To Airport Near You, XpresCheck Test Could Boost Air Travel

October 7, 2020

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XpresCheck rapid COVID tests began at JFK and Liberty airports Wednesday
The company hopes to expand nationwide
The test delivers results in 13 minutes

The airline industry, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, is about to get a boost: Health and wellness company XpresSpa Group Inc. began conducting rapid COVID-19 testing at Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey, with plans to expand the program nationwide.

With the pandemic still raging across the United States, Americans have been reluctant to get on airplanes, with the total number of passengers averaging about 25% of last year’s levels.

More than 7.5 million Americans have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 211,000 have died from COVID-19.

Though the virus doesn’t spread easily on flights because of air circulation systems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns exposure to people in close quarters and

As Trump tweets false flu claims, here are the facts about the ‘twindemic’ that could be coming

October 7, 2020

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Stop comparing the coronavirus and the flu — and start preparing to face them both this fall.

That’s the message from many doctors and public health experts after President Trump downplayed the coronavirus threat on Tuesday by tweeting that Americans should learn to live with COVID-19 as they have adapted to deal with seasonal influenza.

“Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu,” Trump tweeted, less than a day after returning to the White House following his hospitalization for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center over the weekend. “Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!”

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Free Mammogram Van Coming To Washington Heights

October 2, 2020

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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, a nonprofit organization will provide free mammograms in Washington Heights.

Project Renewal, a homeless service provider, will take its ScanVan to Washington Heights on Monday to offer free mammograms to low-income residents.

The ScanVan will be part of a larger event at the Community Healthcare Network at 511 West 157th Street. Anybody that wants to will be able to get a mammogram from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The ScanVan is no normal van.

It’s a 40-foot-long state-of-the-art vehicle, with a full clinic, which generally travels to more than 200 locations throughout the five boroughs each year. However, it shut down during the peak of coronavirus in New York City, and returned to the road in July.

The emphasis on mammograms has added weight in 2020, as there has been a 94 percent decrease in breast-cancer screenings

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