Imperial County Emergency Medical Services are recognized during National EMS week
Emergency Medical Services week is a national campaign to raise awareness of EMS week and to recognize the life-saving roles EMS practitioners…
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Kids 5 to 11 can receive a Pfizer COVID booster
Vaccine advisors voted to recommend to the CDC that it allow children ages five to 11 to receive…
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89-year-old killed in a hit-and-run; suspect found and released from jail
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – Joe Puga, an 89-year-old retired farmer was struck right outside his home on Lotus and Ross by a hit-and-run driver…
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CDC: Travelers should get tested at most 3 days before a flight
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its pandemic travel guide and suggests getting tested for COVID-19 before going on…
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Better vaccination rates could have prevented COVID deaths
A new report suggests higher vaccination rates could have prevented half the COVID-19 deaths in the united states since early…
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What we know about North Korea’s Covid outbreak
North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall the country since its founding more than 70 years…
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N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea says six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread explosively across the…
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Biden mourns 1 million US Covid deaths as ‘irreplaceable losses’
President Joe Biden on Thursday mourned 1 million American deaths from Covid-19, using the occasion to again urge Congress to pass…
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North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
North Korea has imposed a nationwide lockdown to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak of the…
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New White House Covid projection puzzles experts and catches some Biden officials off guard
It was a stern and startling warning from the White House’s new Covid response coordinator: In the fall and winter, the US could potentially see…
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AT&T launches new feature to make it easier for emergency services to locate 911 callers
AT&T says a new “Locate Before Route” feature began launching this week across the country that uses GPS instead of cell towers to give a more…
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Imperial Valley residents still having trouble finding baby formula
According to Datasembly, data shows 31% out-of-stock rate in April 2022 for baby formula, which is up 11% nationwide compared to November 2021. A…
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WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available
The head of the World Health Organization has called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer…
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Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted globally, making it tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot worrisome viral mutants as…
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Biden to address global Covid-19 summit on Thursday
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks and participate in a global Covid-19 summit convened by his administration on Thursday, two senior…
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The CDC is investigating a Covid-19 outbreak on board a Carnival cruise ship
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a recent Covid-19 outbreak on a Carnival cruise ship that docked in Seattle after a…
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Carnival Cruise Ship passengers say COVID overwhelmed ship
Passengers on a Carnival Cruise Ship that docked Tuesday in Seattle say more than 100 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the…
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Nevada governor sets May 20 date to lift COVID-19 emergency
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Friday he plans in two weeks to lift the state of emergency he declared during the early days of the coronavirus…
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85-year-old Holtville mom still caring for child with special needs
One Imperial Valley mom, Angie De La Rosa is 85-years-young and is still looking after her 65-year-old daughter Urbie De La Rosa, who has down…
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CDC investigating more than 100 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children, including 5 deaths
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it’s investigating 109 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children in 25…
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