Health departments in Collin and Denton counties reported a combined 238 new COVID-19 cases and two more coronavirus-related deaths Saturday. Collin County Health Care Services reported 171 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday, raising the countywide total to 7,439. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in Collin County stands at 89. There are an estimated…
County and state officials Saturday reported a combined 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Denton and Collin counties. Denton County Public Health reported 19 new cases, raising the countywide total to 1,486. Two of the new cases were reported at the Denton State Supported Living Center, which has seen eight additional COVID-19 cases since May…
Health officials in Denton County reported Sunday 18 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more recoveries from the coronavirus. In total, Denton County Public Health has reported 1,069 cases of COVID-19, 557 recoveries and 28 deaths. Of the 18 new cases, there are four each in Denton and Lewisville, three in unincorporated parts of the…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have