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The Delta variant was first detected in Greene County, Mo., in May. At the time, COVID-19 hospitalizations there had been hovering around 34. But by June 21, there were 155 patients in the county’s hospitals, and by July 8, that number had climbed to 192. That includes 70 patients being treated in critical care units. The county with a population of about 297,000 people reported 19 COVID-19 deaths in June, and health officials expect that number to double or triple in July. Advertisement �...

  LONDON, ONT -- After three decades of servicing vulnerable members of the St. Thomas Ont., community, the doors at Psychiatric Survivors Network of Elgin (PSNE) are closing. "Im sorry its happening, I really am because I enjoyed being there with them," says Patricia Rusk, a member of PSNEs board of directors. The peer-to-peer lived experience support group recently celebrated its 30 year anniversary. Theyve helped those with addictions, homelessness and those in crisis but the drop-in ce...