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Mental health awareness breakfast will address need for access to treatment in Iowa Unmute Some very personal stories will highlight the 2nd annual Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center awareness virtual breakfast Friday morning, May 14. The 7:30 a.m. event is still accepting online reservations for individuals and businesses. https://www.unitypoint.org/waterloo/bhgmhc-breakfast.aspx The annual event had to be cancelled due to COVID last year, but returns virtual...

On day vaccine is released, U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 300,000 Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 In this May 11, 2020, file photo, Leonardo Cabana cries over the casket of his father Hector Miguel Cabana, who died of COVID-19 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday, Dec. 14, just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. (John Minchillo, Associated Press file photo)...

2020/12/15 04:41 When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream. The pandemic, though, is a nightmare -- one that has now claimed 300,000 lives in the U.S. and counting. “Wake up, my little girl, wake up!” Palomos mother, Maria Palomo Salinas, screamed, her grief echoing through ...

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 Americans who have died from coronavirus By ADAM GELLER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH The Associated Press,Updated December 14, 2020, 3:53 p.m. Email to a Friend Pharmacy Manager Shannon Baker prepares a syringe for the new COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to a Lifespan Health Care worker.Elise Amendola/Associated Press When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All...

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead by Adam Geller And Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press Posted Dec 14, 2020 3:42 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 3:44 pm EDT When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream. The pandemic, though, is a nightmare — one that has now claimed 300,000 lives in the U....

U.S. tops 300,000 deaths from virus, as vaccinations roll out The nation accounts for nearly 1 out of 5 confirmed virus deaths worldwide, far more than any other country despite its wealth and medical resources. By ADAM GELLER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press Share When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dr...

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead The real number of lives lost is believed to be much higher, in part because of deaths that were not accurately recorded as coronavirus-related during the early stages of the crisis When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream. The pandemic, though, is a nightmare — o...