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COVID-19 - Elder Care Facilities - Golden Triangle - Southeast Texas

Wed, 2020-04-22 11:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A list of elder care facilities in the Golden Triangle area within Southeast Texas (Beaumont - Port Arthur - Orange) having residents and / or staff with COVID-19 infections . . .

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A third party vendor who was last at Calder Woods in Beaumont on April 10, felt ill on April 14 and received COVID-19 positive results on April 21.

CLICK HERE - KFDM - Facebook Post - Summary of Event

CLICK HERE - Buckner COVID-19 Transparency

CLICK HERE - Calder Woods Coronavirus Response Page (1 page .PDF document)

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic - SARSCoV2

Fri, 2020-01-03 20:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of information resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic. A link to Resources, Information, FAQs and Research on this pandemic will be provided (in red - here), and at the bottom of this post . . .

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - Coronavirus COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 Tracker - Microsoft / Bing

CLICK HERE - WHO - Map and Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 tracker - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

CLICK HERE - ESRI - Impact Planning for COVID-19 - Select your State and County

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Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19

Fri, 2020-01-03 08:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Local Health Entities - (Contacts)

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CLICK HERE - CDC - Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF)

CLICK HERE - CDC - Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)

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A small increase in measles vaccinations could prevent millions of U.S. cases--study

Wed, 2025-04-30 12:42 — mike kraft

Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how Amid the spread of measles across the U.S., new research shows even a small uptick in measles, mumps, rubella vaccination could prevent millions of infections. ABC News ABC News

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Mpox surge reported in Sierra Leone

Tue, 2025-04-29 10:22 — mike kraft

Health workers in Sierra Leone see surge in mpox cases Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told AFP. Science X Medical Xpress

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Trump's draft budget reportedly proposes billions of cuts in health, child care and other domestic programs

Tue, 2025-04-29 09:47 — mike kraft

Trump's 2026 budget proposal plans billions in cuts, New York Times reported

President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut billions of dollars from programs that support child care, health research, education and housing in its fiscal 2026 budget proposal, the New York Times reported on Friday.

The plan would also hit community development and housing assistance and is being finalized by the White House's Office of Management and Budget, according to the report, which cited preliminary documents.

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Measles cases soar in Europe and the Americas--WHO

Tue, 2025-04-29 09:37 — mike kraft

Measles cases in Europe, the Americas skyrocket Measles cases across Europe were up 10-fold in 2024 compared to 2023, while cases in the Americas so far this year are 11-fold higher, according to updates today from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). CIDRAP

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About 87% of the European cases were reported in Romania, which had the highest notification rate, at 1,610.7 cases per 1,000,000 population, followed by Austria (59.5), Belgium (44.9) and Ireland (39.6).

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Women's health research gets reprieve from Trump administration's proposed budget cuts

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:39 — mike kraft

Women's Health Initiative gets reprieve from HHS cuts The WHI is the largest and longest study of women's health funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tina Reed Axios

The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.

The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.

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