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By @tinocochinoradio, @theeserinaperez President Biden Delivers Remarks On Administration s COVID-19 Response An end to menthol cigarettes and flavored blunts could be coming to an end. It is expected the Biden Administration will propose a policy which will ban tobacco products popular with young adults. This would effect Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, and King Palm. Now this wouldn t take effect immediately, there would be a years-long rule-making process. Civil rights activists have been pushing for the ban, because they feel Black Americans have been hurt by the industry. When you combine high rates of smoking with systematic racism in health care systems, you have a tremendous health disparity, said Erika Sward, national assistant Vice President for advocacy at the American Lung Association. ....
Case counts remain low in area counties FacebookTwitterEmail This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New case counts of COVID-19 continued to stay low among area communities over the last week, according to the Texas Department of Human Health Service’s virus dashboard, which reflects data available as of Thursday at 4:35 p.m. ....
Texans urged to assess winter storm damage FacebookTwitterEmail Texas citizens are urged to help the Texas Division of Emergency Management assess damage that was caused by the recent winter storm. A number of Texas counties have not yet been declared disaster areas by the federal government. Because of this, residents in those counties and communities do not yet qualify for FEMA assistance. The TDEM is asking citizens to submit an assessment survey. According to the FEMA disaster declaration map, Lubbock County is the only county in the area that qualifies for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance. Other area counties, including Hale, Floyd, Lamb, Castro, Swisher, Bailey, Randall and Potter qualify only for Public Assistance. ....
PHILADELPHIA Admitting that she was taken aback by the casually tossed-off anecdote, local woman Cara Wisher told reporters Wednesday that a previously unheard story about her mother’s uncle Glen added an intriguing layer to the family’s history of mental illness. “I had no idea that my great uncle would disappear from time to time just like great grandpa,” said Wisher, noting a story about a family barbecue cut short after her great uncle knocked over a charcoal grill in a manic fit. “I always thought of him as a black sheep, but this throws a whole new wrinkle into the family’s struggles with mental health problems. He probably had some undiagnosed issues that led him to stop speaking for weeks at a time.” At press time, Wisher told her mother that she hoped that one day her own mental illness would be added to family lore. ....
kristin: i want to interrupt you, the president is walking the rope line here in philadelphia. we have any audio to listening? [inaudible] leland: the president is working the rope line. occasionally someone will ask him a question. also the press pool that is with him sometimes shout some questions. we ll see if they have anything to say. i think the president just held up a copy of a book he is signing for a while wisher. in pictures of that. brad blakeman on the phone. former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush. brad, how much of this job that ....