Tag: COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that adults over the age of 60 and those with chronic medical conditions are at a higher risk of severe illness if they contract the new coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19. This leaves many people with Medicare wondering what precautions they should be taking to avoid becoming ill,...
The Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) sent out an update on the coming school year on July 20, 2020, to announce their cooperation with California Governor Gavin Newsom’s order to remain in distance learning until health conditions are met.
In a letter to parents, GUHSD Superintendent Theresa Kemper announced that the school year will begin on August 10...
The coronavirus and U.S. Census are making answering your phone fashionable again. But just because you know you might be receiving a call from a Census worker or a COVID-19 contract tracer, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t vet your calls. There are always scammers looking to take financial advantage of people under any circumstances and today’s uncertain climate is no...
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 had a dramatic effect on the global economy. Businesses were shuttered seemingly overnight as public health organizations across the globe embraced social distancing as a means to preventing the spread of the potentially deadly virus.
Few, if any, businesses proved immune to the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, which forced...
The average working American spends 58 minutes a day on housework, but somewhere between scrubbing and scouring, your cleaning regime may be falling short. Disinfecting your home can help reduce the spread of viruses and bacteria, so before you put on those rubber gloves, consider these 10 household areas that are often overlooked.
Phones
Americans check their cellphones about 47 times...
By Seema Verma
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Nursing homes have become ground zero in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with outbreaks causing high rates of illness and death among vulnerable residents living together in close quarters.
That’s why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken a series of aggressive actions over the last several...
On June 28 the County of San Diego reported 12,334 positive COVID-19 tests, 1,747 hospitalizations, with 479 in intensive care units and 361 deaths in the county after the highest total of daily positive test in the county to date.
Chief Medical Officer Nancy Greengold, MD, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, said over the past week, Sharp Grossmont has seen an increase...
Grossmont Union High School District serves more than 21,000 students with14 high schools, adult education and its Regional Occupational Program.
As the governor and legislature work to ratify a budget by July 1 to resolve a $54 billion shortfall due to the pandemic, school district budgets hang in the balance.
GUHSD Deputy Superintendent Scott H. Patterson, Business Services said that the...
Three weeks after the state provided guidelines for California churches to reopen their public services, many are still struggling to accommodate both the regulations and the needs of their congregations.
Shadow Mountain in El Cajon will be having its first in-person service this Sunday, June 21, but it will be held outside with first-come-first-serve indoor seating available in private rooms...
They are everywhere – hanging off the side of the Walmart in Grossmont Center, posted up by the police station, stickering lamp posts in the La Mesa Village. Banners, signs and stickers saying “We are One Strong Community” have popped up all over town to remind residents that the struggles of recent events do not define the community.
The decals...
