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As US grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase

Sun, 2020-07-12 14:54 — mike kraft
As US grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state's... AP NEWS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in positive cases.

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Daily Virus Death Toll Rises in Some States

Fri, 2020-07-10 21:25 — mike kraft

By Farah Stockman, Mitch Smith and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio

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3 things the U.S. can do to stop coronavirus

Fri, 2020-07-10 13:50 — mike kraft
3 things the U.S. can do to stop coronavirus What strategies have been shown to work, but that the U.S. has not adopted on a wide scale? Public health experts say these tactics could still make a difference in saving lives. PBS NewsHour

 

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Texas - Flood - Heavy Rain - Information - Resources

Fri, 2015-10-30 18:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF FLOOD-RELATED INFORMATION

CLICK HERE - National Weather Service - Alerts - Forecasts - Radar - Rivers, Lakes, Rainfall

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of Public Safety - Emergency Management - Situation Reports

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of Transportation - Map - Road Closures

CLICK HERE - City of Austin - Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

CLICK HERE - Hays County Emergency Information

CLICK HERE - City of San Marcos - Flood Resources and Situation Update

CLICK HERE - City of Houston - Emergency Information - AlertHouston

CLICK HERE - Harris County Flood Warning System

CLICK HERE - FLOOD STATUS - Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

CLICK HERE - The Weather Channel - UPDATES

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When Ebola hit U.S., CDC guidelines were weaker than those 15 years ago

Sun, 2014-12-28 10:31 — mike kraft

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  by Sue Ambrose                                     Dec. 27, 2014

DALLAS, Texas --When Ebola surfaced in the U.S., federal guidelines to protect medical workers here were weaker than the ones that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had in place 15 years earlier, The Dallas Morning News has found.

It’s not known exactly how nurse Nina Pham contracted Ebola while caring for patient Thomas Eric Duncan. Shown here at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, she was later successfully treated at a National Institutes of Health hospital in Maryland. Agence France-Presse

A review of CDC documents and archived Web pages shows that a 1998 protocol originally written for health care workers in Africa had more protective measures than the one for U.S. caregivers when Thomas Eric Duncan became the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in this country.

Two Dallas nurses were infected with the deadly virus while treating Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he died in early October....

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INTERVIEW: Montgomery County Health Director on Mystery Illness, H1N1

Wed, 2013-12-18 23:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

khou.com - December 18, 2013

HOUSTON – At least one of the eight patients being treated for a mysterious illness at Conroe Regional Medical Center has tested positive for H1N1, according to Montgomery County health officials.

It's the same strain of H1N1 that caused a pandemic in 2009. Doctors have been seeing hundreds of new cases recently in Texas and nationwide.

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Mystery Illness Claims Four Lives in Montgomery County

Wed, 2013-12-18 23:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

         

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY - by Drew Karedes/KHOU 11 News and www.khou.com

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- Officials with the Montgomery County Health Department are on a mission to find out more about a mystery flu-like illness.

So far, half of the people who have come down with it have died.

According to the health department, all of the patients have had flu-like and/or pneumonia like symptoms.

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