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Tamar Braxton Rushed To Hospital After Possible Suicide Attempt – The Blast
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Tamar Braxton Rushed To Hospital After Possible Suicide Attempt – The Blast

UPDATE 12:44 AM: Sources tell The Blast, Tamar is in stable condition but still unconscious. She is currently under 24-hour watch at the hospital. Tamar Braxton was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after being found unresponsive and sources believe it was a possible suicide attempt. According to sources, Tamar was staying at the Ritz Carlton Residences in Downtown Los Angeles, near LA Live, with her boyfriend David Adefeso. We’re told David found Tamar “unresponsive” and called 911 to report his girlfriend had been drinking and taken an unknown amount of prescription pills. Sources say he believed it was a possible suicide attempt. Sources say ambulances arrived at the hotel and have transported the reality star to California hospital in Downtown L.A. LAPD confirmed to The Blast...
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Safe Pregnancy As COVID-19 Surges: Whats Best For Mom And Baby? : Shots – Health News – NPR
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Safe Pregnancy As COVID-19 Surges: Whats Best For Mom And Baby? : Shots – Health News – NPR

Pregnancy is a time of hope and dreams for most women and their families — even during a pandemic. Still, their extra need to avoid catching the coronavirus has meant more isolation and sacrifices, too. Leo Patrizi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leo Patrizi/Getty Images Pregnancy is a time of hope and dreams for most women and their families — even during a pandemic. Still, their extra need to avoid catching the coronavirus has meant more i...
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South Carolina dog put down after testing positive for coronavirus: report – Fox News
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South Carolina dog put down after testing positive for coronavirus: report – Fox News

A dog in South Carolina had to be euthanized after it tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Clemson University on Thursday. The canine was the first animal in South Carolina to be infected with COVID-19, said Dr. Boyd Parr, state veterinarian and director of Clemson Livestock Poultry Health (LPH). Parr said a private veterinarian decided to test the 8-9-year-old shepherd mix for the virus after one of its owners was confirmed to have COVID-19. Veterinary findings determined the dog had a chronic health condition, which was the reason the animal was put down, he added. TEXAS DOG FIRST ANIMAL IN STATE CONFIRMED TO HAVE COVID-19 “Based on current knowledge, there continues to be no evidence that pets play a significant role in spreading SARS-CoV-2 to people,” Parr said. “It ...
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Australian researchers invent 20-minute coronavirus blood test – Yahoo News
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Australian researchers invent 20-minute coronavirus blood test – Yahoo News

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine novel coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is a world-first breakthrough. The researchers at Monash University said their test can determine if someone is currently infected and if they have been infected in the past. "Short-term applications include rapid case identification and contact tracing to limit viral spread, while population screening to determine the extent of viral infection across communities is a longer-term need," the researchers said in a paper published in the journal ACS Sensors on Friday. The research team was led by BioPRIA and Monash University’s Chemical Engineering Department, including researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Converge...
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Colorado reports 1st human plague case since 2015, officials say theres no increased risk to public – The Denver Channel
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Colorado reports 1st human plague case since 2015, officials say theres no increased risk to public – The Denver Channel

A southwest Colorado resident was infected with plague after exposure to sick squirrels earlier this summer, the first confirmed case of the disease in humans in the state since 2015. But health officials emphasized that the public only needs to take normal precautions. Plague, a bacterial disease that’s typically carried by fleas but also can spread through respiratory droplets, has been in Colorado since the 1940s, said Dr. Jennifer House, state public health veterinarian for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Infected wild animals have been found in Jefferson, Adams and Broomfield counties this year, though the disease can circulate in rodent communities around the state. “While we see most plague activity during the summer, the disease can be found in rodents ye...
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Coronavirus surges in the suburbs – WISN Milwaukee
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Coronavirus surges in the suburbs – WISN Milwaukee

JOYCE: 12 NEWS’ CAROLINE REINWALD IS LIVE IN OAK CREEK, WITH THE SUBURBAN SURGE. CAROLINE, HOW MANY SUBURBS ARE SEEING A GROWTH IN CASES? >> SEVERAL AND THEY’RE SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. OFFICIALS SAY THIS SHOWS EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TAKING THE VIRUS SERIOUSLY, WEARING A MASK , AND KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE FROM OTHERS. FOR MONTHS MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN THE HOT ZONE FOR CORONAVIRUS. NOW SUBURBS ARE TURNING UP RED ON THE INCIDENCE RATE MAP. SPECIFICALLY OAK CREEK, THE BORDER OF WEST ALLIS AND WEST MILWAUKEE, HALES CORNERS AND BROWN DEER. IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF INFECTED PEOPLE. >> I WANT TO NOTE MOST ALARMINGLY WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAN HAVE THROUGHOUT THE FOUR MONTHS OF THE PANDMEIC THUS FAR AND THA...
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3 reasons why Tennessee is seeing lower COVID-19 death rates than other states – WKRN News 2
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3 reasons why Tennessee is seeing lower COVID-19 death rates than other states – WKRN News 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As state health officials release daily COVID-19 numbers, data shows how Tennessee stacks up to other states in the rise of cases and deaths. “Certainly while we are watching those numbers each day, we know that each of those numbers is a real person,” said Dr. Melinda Buntin, chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. As of Thursday, Tennessee had 2,749 new cases and 13 new deaths in a 24-hour period. So far, 796 people have died because of coronavirus in the state of Tennessee. That death toll is a fraction of the number other states are experiencing. For instance, Georgia has seen more than 3,104. “In Georgia, they have had about 29 deaths per hundred thousand Georgians. Whereas in Tennessee, we’ve on...
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Early COVID-19 Vaccine Results Look Really Encouraging, Says NIH Boss Dr. Francis Collins – MSN Money
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Early COVID-19 Vaccine Results Look Really Encouraging, Says NIH Boss Dr. Francis Collins – MSN Money

It isn’t often that one hears the word “pandemic” and “inspired” in the same sentence. But the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, says that, for all the suffering and grief that COVID-19 has wrought around the world, he has at least witnessed an unprecedented level of cooperation between private industry and the alphabet soup of government agencies who are urgently seeking a vaccine for the devastating virus. “We’ve never had that before. In this case, I guess the global pandemic has inspired us to do things that maybe we should have done before,” said Collins. “I hope we don’t let that crumble when we get through this.” Collins has had a first-hand view of how this gargantuan coalition came togeth...
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Australian researchers invent 20-minute coronavirus blood test – Reuters
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Australian researchers invent 20-minute coronavirus blood test – Reuters

Members of a research team, led by Monash University, pose for a photo in Melbourne, Australia, in this screen grab taken from an undated handout video. MONASH UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING/Handout via REUTERS SYDNEY (Reuters) - Researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine novel coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is a world-first breakthrough. The researchers at Monash University said their test can determine if someone is currently infected and if they have been infected in the past. “Short-term applications include rapid case identification and contact tracing to limit viral spread, while population screening to determine the extent of viral infection across communities is a longer-term need,” the res...
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