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Long-Haul COVID Renews Push to Expand Palliative Care
A nurse visits a hospice patient in his Dubuque, Iowa, home in 2019. Palliative and hospice care are similar, but palliative care patients don’t have a terminal illness and rarely can get the care at home. Palliative care providers and medical organizations are pressing the Biden administration to increase such care.
Jessica Reilly
Telegraph Herald via The Associated Press
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has left an estimated tens of thousands of Americans with long-term debilitating symptoms, has prompted a renewed push to provide full palliative care services to seriously ill patients in their homes.
The town council has objected to plans that would see a chiropractor’s clinic converted into a dwelling as part of an ongoing saga. 3 Church Close was formerly the home of Chiros, now located on East Street. Following the move, Ian and Christine Waight submitted plans to convert the Grade II property into a dwelling. Councillors objected to the plans on the grounds of parking and potential covenants on the property. Councillor Barbara Long said that parking in the area was “getting a bit ridiculous”. She said: “There seem to be only two parking spaces being allowed for the dwelling they’re going to create and it’s going to have at least five bedrooms. Of course, it’s in the town centre so they don’t need to have full parking there which I think is getting a bit ridiculous with how many residences are being granted in the town centre.
It has been several months since former President Donald Trump lost the presidential election, but his Republican base is still reeling over the upsetting defeat. And the aftermath appears to be most evident in the state of Georgia.
According to Politico, the Republican Party s problem in Georgia signals a shift in politics for many voters across the state. Although the party has dominated the state s voting landscape for decades, it appears its popularity is eroding in suburban areas.
The shift has also led to intraparty battling with the political party s base taking aim at the state s Republican leaders. DeAnna Harris, who serves as chair for the Cobb County Young Republicans, expressed concern about that approach as she noted the dangers of constantly reliving the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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