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Champaign native, health care professional becomes newest Habitat homeowner | Housing

January 13, 2022 Sharika Soukup

URBANA — At long last, Breiona Marrissette has her home. It’s here, more than two years after she filed the real-estate agreement and put in hundreds of hours laboring with Habitat for Humanity staff and local volunteers to bring it to fruition. “It’s been a long process,” said the Champaign native. “It’s just a happy…

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Beaumont says health care at ‘breaking point’ as COVID cases rise

January 10, 2022 Sharika Soukup

(WXYZ) — Beaumont Health says health care is at “a breaking point” as the system is currently treating more than 750 COVID patients across eight of its hospitals. According to a press release from Beaumont, 62% of COVID patients are unvaccinated and they said they’ve seen a 40% increase in the number of COVID patients…

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A Maine health care provider is seeing multiple COVID-19 cases among staff every day

January 8, 2022 Sharika Soukup

It is only six days into 2022, and the John F. Murphy Homes organization has seen an average of two new COVID-19-related staff absences a day. That may not seem like much in a company with 835 workers centralized in Auburn. But CEO Todd Goodwin said the compounding number of absences is enough to destabilize…

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Northern Virginia health care system makes urgent appeal in wake of ‘unprecedented’ hospitalizations

January 7, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Sentara Healthcare said a 300% increase in hospitalizations in Northern Virginia in 10 days as of Thursday is being driven by the omicron variant — and the health care system’s top doctor is appealing to people to get vaccinated, wear masks in public and adhere to good pandemic practices. Sentara Healthcare said a 300% increase…

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Health care workers are worried about the COVID surge. They think you should be, too

January 4, 2022 Sharika Soukup

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Surging COVID numbers in Hawaii have led to both dire predictions and complaints that the threat is being overblown. So what are health care workers thinking? They say they’re worried ― and that the public should be concerned as well. They’re also hopeful that vaccinations and a less severe variant could reduce…

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How the pandemic changed Japan’s health care system

January 3, 2022 Sharika Soukup

At first glance, the humble office of Heart — an aptly named nursing station in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward — seems like any other. The scene appears unremarkable: the morning humdrum of nurses discussing patients or chatting about weekend plans as they prepare for the day’s home visits, methodically packing supplies into timeworn backpacks while drivers…

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The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care

December 30, 2021 Sharika Soukup

People wait in long lines at a Covid-19 testing center within the Lincoln Park Recreation Center, Los Angeles, California. (Xinhua/Xinhua via Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation,…

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Local health care leaders weigh in on new CDC guidelines

December 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

DENVER (KDVR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Christmas week, to help health care workers return quicker to work following COVID isolation. “I think to change it from 10 to seven days could be helpful,” Dr. Carrie Horn, the chief medical officer at National Jewish Health said. According to the…

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