'We have cases in every corner of Pierce County,' says the county health officer. If the trend continues, Pierce County risks going from Phase 2 back to Phase 1. TACOMA, Wash. — When Pierce County applied for Phase 2 in early June, its total cases over two weeks was 16 per 100,000 residents. But as…
The Dallas County Health and Human Services Department along with Parkland Health & Hospital System announced the launch of an automatic contact tracing system. It's called the COVID-19 Confidential Contact Tracing and Reporting System and was developed by Parkland and the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. News of the partnership and project was announced Thursday…
June 24, 2020, 9:40PM Updated 6 hours ago The elderly man who died Sunday after contracting the new coronavirus was a resident at a Sonoma skilled nursing facility, one of the senior living sites where 40 infections have emerged since June 1, according to county health officials and state health department data. On Wednesday, county…
Public Health press briefing for June 24, 2020.Posted by Maricopa County on Wednesday, June 24, 2020Alison Steinbach, Arizona Republic Published 12:45 p.m. MT June 24, 2020 | Updated 4:29 p.m. MT June 24, 2020Maricopa County public health officials held a briefing Wednesday to outline the latest information on COVID-19 hospitalization rates, contact tracing efforts and how…
LA County now has over 88,000 residents diagnosed with COVID-19.June 24, 2020, 3:00 PM5 min read Los Angeles County has more cases of coronavirus than any other county in the U.S. as of Wednesday morning. LA has over 88,500 residents diagnosed with COVID-19, followed by 87,700 cases in Cook County, Illinois, and 64,000 cases in…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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