Explains How nerve blocking works it s done after general anesthesia patients are very concerned about having another procedure and the pain associated with that we do it after their sleep so when they wake up comfortably they get the benefit of the nerve block without any discomfort of having the nerve block placed this new approach worked for one patient who recently had spine surgery at Hartford healthcare s St Vincent s Medical Center I haven t had a bit of pain since the operation I never took one pain pill at all for more information at w npr dot org slash elevating health this is Connecticut Public Radio. N.p.r. H.d. One Meriden at 90.5 p. Katie and p k t h d one No it s 89 point one w w f m Stamford at 88.5 our ally Southampton at 91.3. 9 point one w 258 stores at 99.5 npr dot org the time on Connecticut Public Radio is 601. Live from n.p.r. News I m Jack Speer Pfizer s corona virus vaccine has cleared one of its final hurdles before the shots begin to be made available to mil
From w.h.y. Why in Philadelphia grows with. Some of the harsh sentencing laws that were passed as part of the war on drugs has since been changed but not all those changes are retroactive that s left many people serving life sentences for nonviolent drug offenses because of laws now considered unfair or unconstitutional those are the people who become the clients of today s guest Brittany Barnett she is a lawyer responsible for getting dozens of people out of prison she won 7 clemencies from President Obama and 2 from President. Started doing this work because her mother was addicted to crack and went to jail and later did 2 and a half years in Texas prisons that were far from their home in East Texas Burnette founded a group to take girls to see their mothers and to mentor those girls. First . Life from n.p.r. News I m Lakshmi saying more than a month since Joe Biden won the election a new poll finds many Americans still won t accept it here s N.P.R. s. In a new n.p.r. P.b.s. News Ho
It s 9 o clock. Is Connecticut out across rooms with over 1001 hand health care workers are expected to get vaccinated over the next month and a half but shots for elderly people and patients with underlying medical problems will not begin until January and people who are not in a high risk or critical group will have to wait until at least. In Connecticut prevent the virus from spiraling out of control over the holidays it will depend on whether residents can resist the urge to gather indoors with family and friends. With them take a look at the recent numbers coming up on the wheel house. Live from n.p.r. News I m core of a Coleman there were more than 215000 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the u.s. On Tuesday that s according to Johns Hopkins University more than 2500 people died of covert 19 yesterday in the u.s. The number of virus infections in the u.s. Has surpassed 15000000 the trumpet ministration is proposing its own coronavirus relief package to members of Congress
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258 stories at 99.5 and npr dot org Good morning the United Kingdom today became the 1st country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for the general public a world 1st the u.k. Plans to distribute Pfizer s vaccine next week It s Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. 3 people in Hong Kong paid the price for supporting democracy I m Luke r.c.n. Of our own and I m Steve Inskeep they received prison time for organizing a protest Chinese investigators focus next on teachers and judges. Also this hour 2 competing leaders in Ethiopia for their views of an emerging civil war and u.s. Hospitals facing a surge of patients may gain from the experience of a Seattle hospital overwhelmed months ago this Wednesday December 2nd Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is 47 years old. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News on core of a Coleman health officials in the United Kingdom say they have approved a covert 1000 vaccine made by Pfizer N.P.R. s Frank Langfitt in London says the pharmaceutical maker reports i