Month: May 2021

Pennsylvania's Bucknell University is investigating after students who live at an on-campus LGBTQ house said a group of male students they believed were former fraternity brothers tried to break in Thursday night. In a letter to the university's president, John Bravman, student Tyler Luong, residential adviser for the LGBTQ home known as Fran’s House, said nearly 20 former members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity yelled, "Let us in," "This isn't your home,” and “This is our home” as they banged on the windows and doors, swung a metal bar at the pole that displays their pride flag, exposed themselves, and urinated on the front porch. “Tell me President Bravman, what would I do if they had managed to get into our home?” asked Luong. “President Bravman, I was never trained t...

Dr. Susan MooreScreenshot: Susan Moore/ Facebook On Dec. 20 of last year, Dr. Susan Moore died from COVID-19 complications just weeks after she posted a viral Facebook video in which she complained that her doctor and the staff at Indiana University North Hospital dismissed her pain, refused her adequate care and failed to believe that she knew what care she needed as if she wasn’t a whole family medicine physician who had practiced medicine in Indiana since 2009. On Wednesday, an investigation concluded that while Moore received care that was lacking in “empathy and compassion,” her treatment at the hospital didn’t contribute to her death. The Chicago Tribune reports that a “panel of six outside experts” who reviewed Moore’s case determined that she “suffered from a lack of cultural...

Advice from federal health officials that fully vaccinated people could drop their masks in most settings came as a surprise to Americans, from state officials to scientific experts. Even the White House got less than a day’s notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the press secretary, Jen Psaki, said at a news briefing on Friday. “The C.D.C., the doctors and medical experts there, are the ones who determined what this guidance would be based on their own data, and what the timeline would be,” Ms. Psaki said. “That was not a decision directed by or made by the White House.” For months, federal officials have vigorously warned that wearing masks and social distancing were necessary to contain the pandemic. So what changed? Introducing the new recommendations on Thursda...

MISSION — The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases among children, prompting officials to schedule more vaccination clinics and cancel events. The Tribes reported on Wednesday that 14 people had tested positive for COVID-19 on the reservation over the past two weeks, The East Oregonian reported. Tribal officials said the outbreak came after six weeks without one case reported among tribal members and patients eligible for care at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The 12 children who have the illness reportedly experienced symptoms and one adult was hospitalized in the outbreak, officials said. “The virus is spreading among our youth and we need to respond immediately,” Lisa Guzman, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center chief executive offic...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued an update on COVID-19 guidance for schools and childcare providers. In a letter from Kelly Garcia, Director of the Departments of Public Health and Human Services, she writes that the IDPH has adjusted “its guidance to recommend that schools and childcare settings approach COVID-19 like other child illnesses.” According to the new guidance, the IDPH is now recommending that “while COVID-19 positive and symptomatic children should be excluded, exposed children should no longer be required to stay home, regardless of mask usage.” The new guidance advises that parents “should be given information around exposure to COVID-19 in order to make their own informed decisions regarding risk.” Garcia writes th...