University of Minnesota study examines serious injuries caused by less-lethal police weapons
By Mitti Hicks
A University of Minnesota study examines how certain less-lethal weapons can cause serious injuries.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - During the protests over the death of George Floyd last spring, local doctors began to witness an influx of patients at area hospitals and urgent care wanting to be seen for what they call traumatic injuries.
Health care professionals said they saw an increase in the number of head, neck, and eye injuries.
We saw a massive increase right away, said Sam Cramer, a neurology resident at the University of Minnesota.
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Hillsborough County Nursing Home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Pebblebrook at Park Springs in Stone Mountain, Georgia
Turning a complete “lock-in” into a more sustainable community
On June 13, a team of 33 aides, administrators and other employees at the Pebblebrook long-term care facility emerged through a zippered plastic barrier to music and cheers. It marked the return to their own lives after 11 weeks of sacrifice. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, these staffers agreed to move into the care center within the sprawling Park Springs Life Plan Community in Stone Mountain, Georgia, near Atlanta.
Donna Moore, chief operating officer of Isakson Living, the company that owns Park Springs, was among those who chose to lock in. She pitched a tent in the community hall; others claimed beds in empty rooms and slept on air mattresses and in sleeping bags in offices or common areas. Nadia Williams, the health center administrator, promised
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Early evidence with COVID-19 suggests that children are less susceptible to infection and have a lower risk for symptomatic and severe disease. However, pediatric patients are not immune from the virus and can become dangerously ill from it. New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) and Carlson School of Management highlights the need to be prepared to treat children for COVID-19 by showing that hospitalization rates for pediatric cases can differ widely by state.
The study was led by SPH Ph.D. student Zachary Levin and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. The research was co-authored by a team at the Carlson School led by Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic.