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  • Colorado health officials to provide update on COVID-19

    Colorado health officials to provide update on COVID-19

    State leaders are also closely following possible recommendations of medical-grade masks from the CDC.

    DENVER — While cases of COVID-19 remain on an upward trend in the state, modeling shows that hospitalizations could peak soon, health officials said Wednesday.

    As of Wednesday, there were 1577 people hospitalized with COVID-19, which is one more than the most recent peak the state saw in November, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said. 

    There had been an average of 13,083 new virus cases per day over the past seven days, but state modeling shows that hospitalizations could peak soon.

    “If we look at that modeling data or, look at that data where we kind of fit the Colorado curve to other locations, you know, it does look like that time to the peak number of hospitalizations could be sometime around in the next week or so,” Herlihy said.

    The number of ICU beds available also remains steady, according to COVID-19 Incident Commander Scott Bookman.

    A larger percentage of people hospitalized with COVID-19 are in the hospital for something else rather than just COVID-19, health officials said.

    Out of the total number of COVID-19 associated hospitalizations, typically about 80 to 90{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of them were individuals who had a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. In other words, the main reason for their hospitalization was COVID-19.

    “That remaining percentage of 10 to 20{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} are in the hospital with something else potentially being the main cause and COVID-19 may be contributing or maybe an incidental finding,” said Herlihy.

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    However, in the last week, Herlihy said, the percentage of patients having COVID-19 as a primary diagnosis fell to about 65{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}. Herlihy said for the remaining patients, COVID-19 still complicates their care and recovery.

    “In many cases, COVID-19 is continuing to complicate their hospitalization, extend their hospitalization and even for those that may have something else causing their hospitalization and mild COVID-19 infection that is still complicating their hospitalization because those individuals need to be in isolation,” she said. 

    “And so that does continue to put a significant strain on our healthcare system and caring for those individuals who are actively infectious with the COVID-19.”

    Herlihy said there were similar findings across the country.

    This week the Washington Post reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering updating its mask guidance to recommend that people opt for the highly protective N95 or KN95 masks worn by healthcare personnel.

    RELATED: Yes, surgical masks offer better protection against COVID-19 than cloth masks

    “We are carefully looking at the updated recommendations at the federal level about moving away from cloth masks to medical-grade masks,” Bookman said when asked about the possibility of the state supplying those masks, which can be expensive.

    He said they’re “having conversations,” and that would be “more to come” on that issue. Colorado residents can already sign up to receive free at-home COVID-19 testing kits through the state.

    As of Jan. 11, 72.6{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of Colorado’s population had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 65.4{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} was fully vaccinated, according to the latest data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).

    Since vaccines have become widely available, doctors have said the vast majority of new COVID-19 hospitalizations are people who have not received a vaccination shot.

    RELATED: Colorado likely weeks away from omicron peak, health officials say

    RELATED: Denver’s COVID case rate highest since pandemic began

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  • Health Tips: How to make sure your masks provide max protection

    Health Tips: How to make sure your masks provide max protection

    When Antonio Banderas starred in the 1998 movie “The Mask of Zorro,” audiences were being glad to go alongside with the fantasy that covering the mysterious hero’s higher deal with and nose with a small black mask manufactured it extremely hard to determine out who he was. But we now know that his identity — and his safety — would have been improved guarded if he experienced worn two masks.

    That is what the newest investigation released in the American Journal of Infection Handle suggests when it comes to shielding your self from COVID-19. Researchers from the Countrywide Institute for Occupational Basic safety and Overall health analyzed different masks and strategies of masking and observed suit modifications improve security from an infection.

    Unmodified masks (cloth or clinical) block about 56{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of cough aerosols and all-around 42{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of exhaled aerosols. But if you double mask, with a fabric mask in excess of a health-related mask, you block close to 85{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of coughed and 91{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of exhaled aerosols.

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    As Omicron spreads and Delta carries on to bring about major complications, straining the overall health care process to the max, it’s intelligent to undertake the most-effective masking procedures when you are in crowded regions outdoors and in all indoor areas — it is just superior typical feeling.

    Nordic strolling can assistance you lay declare to better well being

    Norseman Leif Eriksson spotted North The us 500 decades in advance of Columbus — and, not like earlier sailors who had seemed at the rocky terrain from the safety of their sailing vessels, he and his crew established foot on Baffin Island, Labrador and Newfoundland, wherever they wintered. Those people Nordic walks through uncharted territory offered the adventurers with a lot of bodily and psychological stimulation — and tales to convey to when they properly returned household to Greenland.

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  • Holcomb, Indiana health leaders provide COVID-19 update

    Holcomb, Indiana health leaders provide COVID-19 update

    Gov. Holcomb said he has extended the public health emergency as the omicron variant spreads causing COVID-19 tests to be in short supply and overwhelming hospitals.

    INDIANAPOLIS — As the omicron variant rapidly spread across the state, leaving hospitals once again overwhelmed, Gov. Eric Holcomb and state health officials met Wednesday to update the public on how they plan to address the spread and to highlight roadblocks, specifically a shortage in COVID-19 tests, that Hoosiers should be aware of. 

    There was a lot to unpack from Wednesday’s update. Here’s some key takeaways for you and your family. 

    The omicron variant is in Indiana. The first omicron case in Indiana was discovered just 11 days ago.

    According to state health leaders, delta is still the dominant variant among Indiana’s COVID-19 cases, but that’s expected to shift quickly because of how contagious omicron is shaping up to be.

    Citing the CDC, Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana’s health commissioner, said even those who are fully vaccinated and have their booster can spread the omicron variant, even if they show no symptoms.

    “As the omicron variant sweeps across the U.S., it is more important than ever that people use the tools available to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We have the tools in ample supply, masks, hand hygiene, staying home if you’re sick and getting vaccinated and boosted,” said Box.

    The state also announced it is receiving more therapeutics to treat COVID, but in limited supply.

    The anti-viral drug from Merck, Molnupiravir, just got emergency use authorization from the FDA. It is used to treat mild to moderate COVID symptoms in people 18 and older. To get it, people will need to have tested positive for COVID, be at high risk of serious illness and have a doctor’s prescription.

    Almost 5,000 courses of the drug arrived Thursday at select CVS and Walmart stores across the state. Those locations will be announced Thursday on the state’s website.

    Pfizer’s antiviral pills, Paxlovid, are also available for high-risk patients ages 12 and older. Just over 1,000 treatments went to hospitals across Indiana but are also in short supply.

    AstraZenaca’s monoclonal antibody treatment, Evusheld, has gone out to transplant centers and will soon be available at cancer centers. This treatment is for patients 12 and older who have a compromised immune system because of a medical condition or immunosuppressant medicines. Right now, it’s also in limited supply, with about 1,000 doses being delivered this week.

    “There is simply not enough medicine to go around right now, and do not bank on being able to get a therapeutic when you need it,” said Dr. Lindsay Weaver, the state’s chief medical officer. “It will take time to increase supplies and distribute these treatments, and none of them are 100 percent effective. Vaccines remain our number one defense at preventing severe illness.”

    Finally, when it comes to your kids heading back to school in 2022, there’s no official new guidance on quarantining from the CDC. The state will hold a webinar Thursday with school officials, school nurses and local health departments to discuss what could come next with the impending surge of the highly-contagious omicron variant.

    According to state health leaders, COVID cases in school-aged children are at the highest level they’ve been at in months.

    State public health emergency

    On Wednesday, Holcomb announced he has signed an extension of the state’s public health emergency and emergency orders. 

    He emphasized that “considering the impact” COVID-19 is having right now in the state, this “shouldn’t come as a surprise.” However, he said he’s working with the Legislature and leadership to take action that he says will allow him to end these orders. 

    RELATED: Gov. Holcomb willing to lift COVID-19 public health emergency if lawmakers agree to 3 things

    School quarantines

    On Monday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. 

    “The CDC plans to come out with additional school guidance for K-12 sometime in the near future. We know our kids are going back to school on Monday so, basically, we will have a seminar… tomorrow with school nurses and also with our local health departments and be rolling out our recommendations based on the [CDC’s] recommendations for quarantine and isolations,” Box said. 

    COVID tests in short supply

    Meanwhile, the rise in omicron has put a strain on the state’s supply of COVID-19 tests. 

    Box said due to a national shortage, the state is only guaranteed 11,000 tests. The state’s health leaders are working to acquire more. But in the meantime, they ask Hoosiers to be patient while waiting in line at testing sites and to not go to the emergency rooms to get tested. Dr. Weaver said this just further strains an already-overwhelmed health care system. 

    Indiana hospitalizations and fatigue within the health care industry

    Weaver explained the current total hospital census is the highest it has been in five years. 

    “We’re over 1,000 patients higher than we were last year,” Weaver said. 

    She said patients are being held in emergency rooms for hours and sometimes days until a bed is available. She also said, “Patients are being cared for in hallways and waiting rooms.” 

    To address this issue, the state health department has deployed six-person teams to dozens of hospitals to help with operations. But state leaders said they fear this is not enough, fatigue within hospital staff is leading to widespread staffing shortages within the health care industry. 

    RELATED: IU Health reports ‘all-time high’ number of COVID patients being treated

    RELATED: IU Health requests assistance from Indiana National Guard as hospitalizations reach all-time high

    Box said she’s remaining positive that this profession will recover from the pandemic, but it will take time. And right now, health care professionals are more necessary than ever. 

    What leaders say you can do to help

    Box pleaded to the public to help Indiana’s health care professionals by wearing masks, getting tested and getting vaccinated. 

    If you’ve already checked all these boxes, Holcomb said there’s more that you can do to help. 

    “If you’ve gotten vaccinated and got your booster, that’s not all that you can do. If you can appeal to a person that’s skeptical about the vaccine and its efficacy, please do that. You could make the difference in someone else’s family’s future,” Holcomb said. “Equip folks with compelling evidence. The [best] way to get through this… is to get vaccinated.” 

    “The next several weeks to a month are going to be difficult. We need to all do what we can and try to communicate with our friends and families to try and get them on board,” Holcomb continued. 

    RELATED: CDC’s shorter isolation period to ease burden on short-staffed industries, experts say

    Latest Indiana COVID-19 numbers

    On Wednesday, the Indiana State Department of Health reported 4,305 more Hoosiers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the total number of people vaccinated in Indiana to 3,549,956. 

    The number of people getting booster shots is also going up across the state amid the omicron variant surge. ISDH said there were 20,134 booster doses administered Tuesday, bringing the total number to 1,342,036.

    ISDH updated the most recent COVID-19 cases and deaths on Dec. 27 at 11:59 p.m. There were 5,815 new positive cases reported between Dec. 26-27 and 170 additional deaths that happened between Dec. 16-27.

    As of Monday night, there have been 1,227,005 positive cases of COVID-19 in Indiana and 18,280 deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic.

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  • New Mexico health leaders to provide update on COVID-19

    New Mexico health leaders to provide update on COVID-19

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    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – In the course of a remote information meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 22, New Mexico’s wellbeing leaders supplied an update on the state’s endeavours to address COVID-19.

    In the course of Wednesday’s update, Dr. Christine Ross – the Division of Health’s Point out Epidemiologist – and Dr. Laura Parajon – Deputy Secretary of the Office of Overall health – urged individuals to get safety measures throughout the holidays. The delta variant is even now the dominant pressure in New Mexico but the new, contagious Omicron variant is the rationale wellbeing officials say to just take safety measures. “We have not seen this just before the place the growth advantage of this variant is very putting,” mentioned Dr. Ross.

    Data present higher transmission in all New Mexico counties. The Department of Wellness is encouraging everybody to mask up and get vaccinated and boosted ahead of collecting for the holidays. About 82{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of COVID hospitalizations and 84{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of COVID-linked deaths are amongst unvaccinated.

    They are also encouraging everyone to just take at-home tests ahead of gathering with persons outdoors their house. The condition suggests it has 20,000 household assessments it’s supplying out for free of charge in really hard-to-access, low-money, and superior circumstance count spots.

    “If we can make assessments much more readily available and give obtain to people today who really do not commonly have entry. Let us say you do the job all working day, this will assist that man or woman so as a community, we can exam ourselves and provide more duty to ourselves,” reported Dr. Parajon.

    A Pfizer tablet treating COVID-19 getting authorised by the Fda, the condition claims it is operating on the distribution of that. They say the condition will originally get “very few” doses and will check out to distribute it in more rural areas and locations wherever monoclonal antibody remedies are much less obtainable. There’s no phrase still o when New Mexico may well get its 1st doses of the Pfizer pill.

    NMDOH is specifically encouraging more mature New Mexicans to get vaccinated, stating 94{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the state’s fatalities are in folks above 65. It suggests completely-vaccinated, older grownups minimize their threat of hospitalization by 94{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} and COVID-linked deaths by 91{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}.

    During previous week’s update, point out overall health officers stated that it was also early to inform what the Omicron variant meant for New Mexico’s case rates or the severity of the ailment. On Sunday, Dec. 12 a female adult in Bernalillo County was identified as the state’s first circumstance of the variant. It is unidentified if any other cases have been recognized considering the fact that then.

    Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, the New Mexico Section of Wellbeing documented 733 new COVID-19 conditions and 48 more COVID-19 relevant fatalities. That brings the statewide totals to 340,604 overall scenarios and 5,662 overall deaths.

    Last 7 days marked a person of the reduced complete numbers of virus-associated hospitalizations more than the very last many weeks as New Mexico has not too long ago confronted a continued high level of new COVID-19 circumstances that stressed the state’s healthcare facility units.

    Serving as a mass vaccination web site, Expo New Mexico final week noted that it was averaging about 300 patients a day. Furthermore, UNM announced on Monday that The Pit would have to have vaccines or a destructive COVID-19 exam for admirers attending online games.

  • Local health care systems provide update on compliance with NYS COVID-19 vaccine mandate

    Local health care systems provide update on compliance with NYS COVID-19 vaccine mandate

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Regional wellbeing treatment units have furnished an update on compliance with the New York State COVID-19 vaccine mandate for well being care employees.

    In August, previous New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health treatment workers in the condition.

    In early October, a federal choose dominated the condition experienced to make it possible for wellbeing care staff to find exemptions as a lawsuit challenging the necessity proceeded in court docket.

    In late Oct, a federal appeals panel upheld the state’s vaccine mandate for overall health treatment workers and reversed the federal judge’s choice.

    In November, the New York State Section of Well being despatched a letter to well being care suppliers throughout the state that explained starting November 22, those who ended up previously granted religious exemptions had been necessary to have documentation of a very first dose COVID-19 vaccination or a valid health-related exemption.

    Monday evening, Catholic Wellness and Kaleida Wellbeing provided updates on compliance with the mandate.

    Catholic Wellbeing said about 185 associates, or less than 2{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the workforce, stay unvaccinated.

    “Any unvaccinated Catholic Wellness associate coated underneath the vaccine mandate who has not obtained a health-related exemption or deferral, is remaining terminated based on the needs of the condition mandate,” a launch says.

    We carried out an aggressive training marketing campaign, which include having our infectious disease specialists and other vaccine advocates go device-to-unit and office-to-section to deal with any questions or fears our personnel experienced about the COVID-19 vaccine. Dozens of men and women were being vaccinated in the previous week by yourself, and we are grateful to all those who stepped up to shield by themselves and our patients and extended-phrase care inhabitants.

    – William Pryor, Catholic Wellness Executive Vice President & Main Administrative Officer

    Kaleida Health and fitness explained it terminated 100 workers Monday who ended up earlier granted a spiritual exemption and selected not to get an initial vaccination dose by the NYS deadline of December 5. Combined with the November deadline, Kaleida Wellness stated it has terminated around 200 personnel in full because of to the mandate.

    “Kaleida Health intends to continue being open and provide entry to solutions throughout the business. We continue to increase means and submit positions so that we can go on to be there for the group,” a release claims.

    Owing to the reduction in workforce which led to a reduction of staffed beds, and a rise in COVID-19 circumstances, Kaleida Overall health is suspending non-necessary elective inpatient surgeries at Buffalo Standard Healthcare Middle and Millard Fillmore Suburban Healthcare facility.

    We keep on to consult with our doctor leadership as well as surgical leadership teams to handle the quantity of elective inpatient surgeries on a each day basis that demand an right away remain. This will guarantee that, as a well being technique, we are appropriately controlling affected individual treatment and local community need amid this current surge in COVID-19 scenarios.

    – Dr. Michael Mineo, main clinical officer for Buffalo Basic Healthcare Center and Millard Fillmore Suburban Healthcare facility

    7 Eyewitness News reached out to ECMC for remark on compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, we have not listened to back. In September, ECMC declared it put around 7{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of its full workforce on unpaid depart as a outcome of the vaccine mandate.

  • Longview police provide update on first three months with behavioral health unit | Government and Politics

    Longview police provide update on first three months with behavioral health unit | Government and Politics

    In the very first a few months the Longview Law enforcement Office has experienced a behavioral wellness group, the counselors have answered almost 200 calls from men and women going as a result of a crisis.

    Chief Robert Huhta gave a presentation to the Longview City Council on Thursday night about the gains the software has presented. Two users of the behavioral wellbeing unit attended the council meeting and shared a bit of their experience performing with the police.

    The Longview police work with three behavioral health and fitness professionals contracted by Columbia Wellness, two paid out for by the metropolis and 1 paid out for with a grant from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Law enforcement Chiefs. The grant also compensated for a behavioral wellness expert who is doing the job with the Kelso Police Division.

    In between Aug. 16 and Oct. 31, the behavioral wellbeing unit labored with 131 unique folks on 185 individual situations.

    Original responses to phone calls commonly entail law enforcement officers and the health and fitness device, but the the greater part of the counselors’ call with the group came via abide by-up visits devoid of law enforcement. Huhta explained those responses totally free up a large amount of an officer’s time when dealing with people today who are often the subject of 911 phone calls.

    “If (the wellness unit) wasn’t functioning carefully with this personal, those would be calls for service that patrol officers would be working with,” Huhta mentioned.

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    About a dozen of the people today make up a substantial share of the observe-up phone calls and contact visits with the behavioral health device. Laura Eastwick, a single of the psychological wellness responders, stated a lot of of these repeated contacts had serious psychological sicknesses, have been regularly homeless, or both.

    “It’s really tough because you are performing with an specific who does not have a residence foundation,” Eastwick mentioned. “We’re definitely facilitating that engagement with them to make guaranteed that link is taken care of.”

    Through the presentation, Huhta highlighted a handful of situations the behavioral health and fitness unit experienced worked on, including a single in September, the place the device assisted de-escalate a circumstance involving a person who threatened to commit suicide by cop. And, a psychological well being professional was included in the reaction to Sunday’s bomb danger referred to as into PeaceHealth St. John Medical Centre.

    Four further behavioral health and fitness authorities shortly will be included to companies across Cowlitz County as a result of a mental health tax. Huhta stated a small expansion of the device could be practical in order to have two behavioral overall health gurus accessible every working day.

    Longview law enforcement system to keep the to start with community stakeholder assembly for the device in December, enabling the council and members of the community to support shape how the psychological overall health responses will work likely forward.

    November 20, 2021