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For nearly a year, restaurant workers everywhere have faced unprecedented challenges as they’ve sought to weather the coronavirus pandemic.
“The worst thing about it is the uncertainty,” says Michael Roper, who owns Hopleaf Bar in Chicago and is at high risk for severe COVID-19. “I have only one fully functioning lung. … I don’t want to be gasping for life and have a terrible end. I’m not going to let my guard down.”
While COVID-19 is a new disease, and it is impossible to predict which cases will require hospitalization, certain conditions may put individuals at a particularly high risk for developing a severe, life-threatening case. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high-risk populations include older adults (especially those above the age of 65) and people with certain underlying medical conditions, including cancer, heart disease, pregnancy, moderate-to-severe asthma, and Type 1 diabetes. The CDC advises people who fall into this high
200 seniors displaced as crews repair apartment complex damaged by fire
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
YPSILANTI TWP., MI – Two hundred Ypsilanti Township seniors were displaced from their apartments Monday afternoon when fire broke out in one unit.
Fire crews were called to National Church Residences Clark East Tower Senior Apartments, 1550 E. Clark Road, at 12:18 p.m. Feb. 15, for a reported fire in an apartment on the sixth floor of the seven-story building, according to the Ypsilanti Township Fire Department.
Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, restricting it to the apartment of origin and preventing it from spreading, officials said.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remians under investigation, officials said.
Ypsilanti woman is a giver, safety budget may be cut to fight climate change: Ann Arbor headlines Feb. 6-11
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Jessica Ashmore poses on Cross Street in Ypsilanti on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Ashmore, a parole officer by day and humanitarian in her free time, founded the Giving Room, a donations center based at Estabrook Elementary.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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Whether Ypsilanti families need clothing or food, Jessica Ashmore finds a way to give.
The 42-year-old mother began volunteering while growing up in the Middle East. While living in the United Arab Emirates, she tutored young Bosnian refugees each week in English, and from there, her efforts carried over to the United States, where she eventually settled in Ypsilanti as a probation officer and court case worker.
DETROIT (AP) A cargo pilot who regularly needed health checkups to keep his license contacted a University of Michigan doctor in 2000. He said he soon learn