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Former PA State Rep and Christian Nationalist Rick Saccone Stormed the Capitol During Jan 6 InvasionJanuary 9, 2021 at 11:12 PM Rick Saccone is a former state representative and adjunct professor at St. Vincent College in PA. He once ran and lost an election against a current member of the House of Representatives from PA, Conor Lamb. He also once sought the GOP nomination to run for Senate in PA and had Christian nationalist icon David Barton’s endorsement. More recently, Saccone showed up on January 6th as a part of the crowd that stormed the Capitol. In fact, he filmed himself describing it.
He then issued a statme...Tags: Health, Facebook, Senate, America, PA, Gop, House Of Representatives, Christian, St Vincent, Donald Trump, Infertility, Trump, Capitol, David Barton, KDKA, St Vincent College 14 people like this. Like Locked-down Brisbane records no new Covid cases as NSW enters 'mopping up' phaseJanuary 9, 2021 at 10:10 PM Hopes high that three-day snap lockdown in Queensland can be lifted on Monday night Queensland recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on day two of Brisbane’s snap three-day lockdown, and a new case linked to the New South Wales northern beaches cluster has not stopped tough stay-at-home restrictions being lifted.Fears about the spread of a highly transmissible United Kingdom variant of the virus in Queensland have, so far, not translated into any new locally acquired cases. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Australia news, United Kingdom, Queensland, New South Wales, Brisbane, Victoria, NSW, Coronavirus, COVID 21 people like this. Like Liberal MP Craig Kelly attacks Facebook for warning him over unproven Covid treatment postJanuary 9, 2021 at 9:22 PM Stoush comes as market research suggests 80% of Australians willing to take coronavirus vaccineFederal Liberal MP Craig Kelly has accused social media companies of attempting to “purge” comments about unproven Covid-19 treatments after he received a warning from Facebook over his claims regarding the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin.Labor’s health spokesman, Chris Bowen, seized on the controversy, arguing the social media giant had “called out ‘Conspiracy Craig’s’ medical disinformation campaign” ...Tags: Health, Facebook, Australia news, Coalition, Australian politics, Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison, Liberal, Craig, Chris Bowen, Craig Kelly, Coronavirus, Ivermectin Labor 50 people like this. Like Winter Wonder Festival 2021 Cancelled Due to CoronavirusJanuary 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM Organizers of Japan’s biggest garage kit event have officially cancelled the 2021 Winter Wonder Festival due to new emerging cases of the Coronavirus in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The synopsis of why the organizers decided to officially cancel the event, citing new restrictions imposed by the government and prioritizing attendee safety: The event organizers were […]Tags: Health, Japan, Events, Anime, Announcements, Cancellations, Anime Figures, Anime Goods, Wonder Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan, Coronavirus 13 people like this. Like When an epidemic of violence against health care workers meets a pandemic [PODCAST]January 9, 2021 at 7:00 PM “The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated factors that cause violence in the workplace. At no time in recent history will you find clinical health care workers under this degree of stress. Physicians and nurses are operating under high alert in hospitals and clinics while facing COVID deniers and abusive treatment (name-calling such as “disease spreaders”) in […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Podcast, Psychiatry, PA NP, Anesthesiology, CRNA 96 people like this. Like L.A. County surpasses 900,000 coronavirus cases and 12,000 deathsJanuary 9, 2021 at 7:53 PM Eclipsing two sad milestones on the same day, Los Angeles County surpassed 900,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 12,000 deaths, public health officials reported Saturday, Jan. 9.
The county posted 221 new deaths and 16,982 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. As the post-holiday surge appeared to be at full strength, health officials confirmed that the county had lost more 1,000 lives to COVID-19 in the past four days and posted more than 100,000 new cases in the last week.
With overtaxed local ...Tags: Health, Business, New York, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Hospitals, Public Health, University, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Community, Associated Press 44 people like this. Like State Desperate For More Medical Workers As California Health Corps Volunteers DwindleJanuary 9, 2021 at 6:33 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — California desperately needs more medical workers at facilities swamped by coronavirus patients, but almost no help is coming from a volunteer program that Gov. Gavin Newsom created at the start of the pandemic. An army of 95,000 initially raised their hands, and just 14 are now working in the field.
Very few volunteers actually met qualifications for the California Health Corps, and only a tiny sliver has the high-level experience needed to help with the most ser...Tags: Health, California, California News, Sacramento, Cbs, Gavin Newsom, David Simon, Butler, Moore, Roberson, Corps, Sacramento Calif, University of California San Francisco, Charles Moore, XYZ, Newsom 1 people like this. Like California Reports Nearly 700 COVID Deaths Friday – Another Daily RecordJanuary 9, 2021 at 6:08 PM LOS ANGELES (AP/CBS13) — California health authorities reported Saturday another record one-day total of 695 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads.
California’s death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 29,233, according to the state Department of Public Health’s website. The state website also added another 52,636 positive cases on Friday.
Meanwhile, hospitalizations are nearly 22,000 and state models project the number could reach 30,000 by Feb 1.
A...Tags: Health, News, California, California News, Sacramento, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Ap, Sacramento County, Cbs, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health, state Department of Public Health, Coronavirus, COVID 18 people like this. Like Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphoneJanuary 9, 2021 at 5:41 PM By FRANK BAJAK
BOSTON (AP) — One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion.
Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach, led by the far right-friendly Parler — even if Google removed it from its app store Friday and Apple threatened the same.
Trump may launch his own platform...Tags: Apple, Health, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Business, Technology, Media, Instagram, Congress, Youtube, Washington, White House, China, Germany, Boston 19 people like this. Like NHS counts cost of Christmas in lives and warns worst is yet to comeJanuary 9, 2021 at 4:26 PM As Covid death toll passes 1,300 a day, doctors and hospital leaders say services are on brink of collapseIn normal times, January is the month for counting the cost of Christmas. The credit card bills arrive. New year resolutions are made. The consequences of recent indulgence have to be faced.This year, however, the price of having celebrated Christmas with loved ones could be far steeper – and counted in lives. Doctors and nurses in the NHS report that they are seeing record numbers of admiss...Tags: Health, Science, Society, UK News, Hospitals, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Coronavirus 39 people like this. Like Why states need to develop rural health outreach programsJanuary 9, 2021 at 3:00 PM Disparities in rural health care have been well established with respect to socioeconomic status, race, and geography. COVID-19 brought these disparities to the surface within most rural communities in the United States, highlighting the limited access to health care specialists and subspecialists. As an otolaryngologist, I have had the privilege and unique opportunity of serving […]
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...Tags: Health, Policy, United States, PA NP, Public Health & Policy, CRNA 57 people like this. Like Medical school in a pandemic: Privileged or slighted?January 9, 2021 at 1:00 PM Moving across the country and beginning my medical training during a global pandemic is definitely a non-ideal way to embark on what will be a very long journey. I came to medical school expecting to do all of the activities that first-year students typically engage in, like shadowing, volunteering, and other forms of career exploration. […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Education, Infectious Disease, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 145 people like this. Like Ireland has contained South African Covid variant, say health officialsJanuary 9, 2021 at 12:32 PM ‘No onward transmission’ from three cases found on Friday but UK variant still surgingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth officials in Ireland, where a more infectious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in England has been surging, said on Saturday they believe three cases of another new variant found in South Africa had been contained.Ireland is grappling with a Covid-19 surge that has exceeded last year’s first wave. It confirmed the first cases of the m...Tags: Health, UK, England, Hospitals, Ireland, South Africa, Coronavirus 21 people like this. Like UK Covid deaths pass 80,000 and confirmed cases top 3 millionJanuary 9, 2021 at 12:17 PM A further 1,035 deaths are reported on Saturday, taking the official total to 80,868Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test, official figures show.The total number of lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has now also exceeded 3 million, according to the government’s dashboard, though the true figure of people who have been infected is likely to be much higher. Continue reading...Tags: Health, UK, UK News, Health policy, Coronavirus 5 people like this. Like The side effect of the COVID vaccine that no one is talking aboutJanuary 9, 2021 at 11:00 AM 7:42 a.m.: I got my first COVID vaccine today. I don’t feel a thing and almost wonder if I really got the injection. Then, within the first few minutes after receiving it, I feel a little lightheaded. But I realize I haven’t eaten yet for the morning. Luckily, the employee health staff had given me […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 80 people like this. Like My lockdown meltdown drove me to try therapy – did it help?January 9, 2021 at 8:00 AM When my Spice Girls-related coping mechanism stopped working, a friend suggested cognitive behavioural therapyTips on finding the right therapistColour me kooky, but I have not enjoyed living through a pandemic. For me, it’s basically been a social experiment in what happens when you take an already neurotic person and strip them of all semblance of routine. The results have been roughly as chaotic as Big Brother’s fight night, had the housemates been given hallucinogens.Initially, I did what I ...Tags: Health, Ebay, Life and style, Society, Mental Health, Health & wellbeing, Spice Girls 17 people like this. Like Chris Whitty urges people to stay home in new Covid campaign – videoJanuary 9, 2021 at 6:15 AM 'Once more, we should all stay home.' That is the message from England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, in a new coronavirus information campaign that warns the new variant is placing huge pressure on the NHS. Whitty is fronting adverts on radio, TV and social media from Friday which urge the public to ‘act like you’ve got it' to stop the spread of the virusChris Whitty to front warning ads as UK Covid deaths hit new daily peakCoronavirus live news Continue reading...Tags: Health, UK, England, UK News, NHS, Whitty, Coronavirus, Chris Whitty, NHS Whitty 47 people like this. Like Thriving in residency: tips for your personal, financial, and professional livesJanuary 9, 2021 at 7:00 AM The reality is just setting in: I’m months away from finishing my family medicine residency! I want to yell it from the mountaintops, but let me also channel my elation into some advice. This is for the next generation: all you phenomenal DO and MD students who are on the cusp of becoming physicians. In […]
Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.Tags: Health, Practice Management, Physician, PA NP, CRNA 116 people like this. Like Can you hack yourself happy? Five DIY health crazes put to the testJanuary 9, 2021 at 3:00 AM From cold baths to burning sage, there’s a self-improvement hack for everything. But do they work? This is a productivity fad that has become popular with Silicon Valley types, including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Dopamine is the brain’s “feelgood” neurotransmitter, released when we experience pleasure. The theory goes that we are constantly mentally aroused and so unable to focus. By denying ourselves such stimuli, we may be able to improve mental clarity and better appreciate pleasure when it co...Tags: Health, Life and style, Meditation, Alternative Medicine, Health & wellbeing, Beauty, Silicon Valley, Jack Dorsey Dopamine 46 people like this. Like Queensland Covid hotspots: list of Brisbane and regional Qld case locationsJanuary 9, 2021 at 12:58 AM Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and case locations in Queensland and what to do if you’ve visited themCovid hotspots in VictoriaCovid hotspots in NSWQueensland authorities have released a list of hotspots where Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.More detailed information is available on the Queensland government website. This list will be updated as more locations are added or removed. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, Queensland, Brisbane, Coronavirus 23 people like this. Like |
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