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There s a retail shop in SF devoted to this vaguely legal drug. So I tried it.
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This picture taken Dec. 25, 2018, shows Indonesian kratom grower Gusti Prabu tending to his plants at a farm in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.Louis Anderson/AFP via Getty Images
Depending on who you ask, kratom is either a stimulant or a sedative.
In Thailand, day laborers have traditionally chewed the leaves of the kratom tree to boost energy and soothe muscle aches. Here in the U.S., powdered forms of the product are used to make an earthy tea used to treat pain, depression, anxiety and addiction.
More clinics, health staff planned as Norwalk preps for vaccine expansion
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Open Door homeless shelter case manager Melexies Mena gets a COVID vaccination on Feb. 12 in Norwalk.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
NORWALK The city plans to expand its partnership with local health care providers and offer more clinics, as the eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines grows to residents 55 and older starting Monday.
Officials are preparing for the expansion of eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to Connecticut residents 55 and older. The expansion, announced by Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday, goes into effect on March 1.
To date, the Norwalk Health Department has administered more than 3,100 vaccine doses, city spokesperson Josh Morgan said. About 12 percent of Norwalk residents have received at least the first dose of the vaccine, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
ReturnSafe Licensed to One of Nation s Largest Philanthropies for Use At Its Research Campus
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AUSTIN, TEXAS (PRWEB) March 01, 2021
ReturnSafe, the holistic software solution for infectious disease management (IDM) helping businesses reopen and stay open, today announces that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the largest private biomedical research institution in the United States, has licensed ReturnSafe’s daily health screening app for use at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.
ReturnSafe In Virginia
The state of Virginia has a unique set of workplace safety requirements that incorporate many of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and are stricter than most other states. Virginia requirements include daily screening for COVID-19 symptoms for certain employers. ReturnSafe’s app provides a solution for Virginia’s requirements.