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Apr 08 2024
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Farmingdale Gets $1M Grant For Water Treatment
The money is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and is meant to help improve communities in public health, negative economic impacts, water, sewer, broadband infrastructure, natural disaster relief and other emergency situations. "This check will specifically help the village in the $18 million upgrade to the water treatment system and removal of 1,4-dioxane and other contaminants
Patch.comApr 25 2024
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Pelican flies free in San Pedro following treatment for slashed pouch
• None Two rehabilitated adult brown pelicans were released to their natural habitat in San Pedro on Thursday April 25, 2024. Blue, nicknamed for her temporary leg band, was brought to the Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles Wildlife Center in San Pedro in early March suffering a slashed pouch that required multiple surgeries and over 500 stitches. The female adult pelican spent 45 days in care, and
Long Beach Press-TelegramApr 24 2024
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Another State Passes Legislation to Give Hope, Treatment to the Terminally Ill
Mississippi has become the third state to pass legislation to allow potentially lifesaving care to the terminally ill and allow these patients access to individualized treatments that bypass federal government red tape. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed the “Lifesaving Treatment Act” this week, and there was unanimous bipartisan support for the bill in both chambers of the state Legislature
The Epoch TimesMay 08 2024
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Riviera's dilemma: $115 million in bond money can't fund much-needed water treatment facility
RIVIERA BEACH — Riviera Beach moved closer toward issuing $115 million in bonds for various projects despite lingering worries about how the city will pay for a new water treatment facility. The Riviera Beach City Council took the first of two required votes Wednesday, May 1, to move forward with a series of bond issuances that could raise $25 million for a new fire station, $35 million for a
The Palm Beach PostApr 26 2024
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CDC describes how unlicensed ‘vampire facial’ treatment infected women with HIV
Three women likely were infected with HIV after undergoing “vampire facials” at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, the first known instance of the virus being transmitted through cosmetic injection services. The investigation shows the dangers of unlicensed establishments that mix medical procedures with beauty treatments. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released
The HillApr 26 2024
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Virtual reality headsets ease treatments for young patients at Advocate Children’s Hospitals
As one of 27 certified child specialists employed by Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn and its sister hospital in Park Ridge, Annie Myren employs a variety of creative strategies to help children with serious illnesses cope with treatments and testing. For “Child Life Month” last March, Myren and others organized a weeklong celebration that included a Teddy Bear Clinic. “We set up teddy
Chicago TribuneApr 16 2024
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HIV crisis in Atlanta made worse by racial disparities in treatment
“The larger political context matters,” Justin C. Smith, who directs the Campaign to End AIDS at Positive Impact Health Centers in the Atlanta area, told the AJC. “We know Medicaid matters a great deal for the effective provision of medical services. The fact that Georgia is still refusing to expand Medicaid harms us. There’s a correlation between the locations that have not expanded Medicaid
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMay 05 2024
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Spokane Regional Health District to study spinning off its Opioid Treatment Services into an independent organization
For over 30 years, the Spokane Regional Health District has provided direct health care services to the city’s residents struggling with addiction. Now, the public health agency is conducting a study to see if the public might be better served if its Opioid Treatment Services division is independent. Health district board members approved the study last week at the request of Administrative
Spokesman ReviewApr 14 2024
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Junkieland: Hochul administration is flooding Harlem with drug treatment clinics
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is oversaturating Harlem with drug treatment facilities — and it’s got to stop, fed up Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-13) said. “It’s too much for the community. It’s totally out of control,” Espaillat told The Post. There are currently 13 such clinics — many running along or near the spine of 125th Street — with 75% to 80% of patients coming from outside
New York Post (News)