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Boston Public Schools Suspends Athletic Activities Until Further Notice

A week after Boston Public Schools announced it was going fully remote as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across the city, the district has announced that athletics will also be suspended for the time being.

A spokesperson for BPS said in a statement to GBH News on Tuesday that the district has suspended all athletic activities until further notice as it has moved to fully remote learning and as the city deals with the coronavirus positivity rate.

The move impacts all competitions, practice and “any other organized physical activities.” The spokesperson wrote that BPS will consider resuming athletics once the citywide positivity rate for COVID-19 is at or below 5% for two consecutive weeks.

Source: Boston Public Schools Suspends Athletic Activities Until Further Notice

Pa. hits COVID-19 high with 2,751 new cases reported, approaches 200,000 overall – pennlive.com

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 2,751 new positive cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 198,446. Tuesday’s cases set a new single-day high in the state. There were 23 new deaths reported Tuesday, Oct. 27 for a total of 8,696 deaths attributed to COVID-19. Over 2,254,523 patients have tested negative to date.

Source: Pa. hits COVID-19 high with 2,751 new cases reported, approaches 200,000 overall – pennlive.com

Montana exceeds 10,000 active COVID-19 cases | State & Regional | billingsgazette.com

Montana added another 855 COVID-19 cases Tuesday bringing the total active cases to an all-time high of 10,060.

In total, 29,346 Montanans have been sickened since the beginning of the pandemic. More than half of those cases occurred since the first of October when the state had tallied 13,500 cases.

Source: Montana exceeds 10,000 active COVID-19 cases | State & Regional | billingsgazette.com

Hospitals Are Reeling Under a 46 Percent Spike in Covid-19 Patients – The New York Times

In El Paso, where the number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 has more than tripled over the past three weeks, doctors at University Medical Center have started airlifting some patients to hospitals as far away as San Antonio while treating others in a field hospital in a nearby parking lot. Across the border in Mexico, the mayor of Ciudad Juárez, himself hospitalized after testing positive for the virus for the second time, is urging a temporary ban on U.S. citizens crossing into his city. “We have never seen this in El Paso,” said Dr. Joel Hendryx, chief medical officer at University Medical Center, one of the largest hospitals along the border. Citing the need for field hospitals, Dr. Hendryx drew a sharp contrast to the city’s earlier surge in July, when mitigation measures drove case numbers down.

Coronavirus impact: Area school classroom shutdowns may preview more to come (shortage of substitute teachers and quarantines)

“The main issue is the fact that we employ many individuals who are retired teachers who may be in high risk populations and to ask them to go into a setting that may have people out due to COVID or simply quarantined because of COVID is not a chance folks are not willing to take,” said Brown. Source: Coronavirus impact: Area school classroom shutdowns may preview more to come

Bio instincts

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Ever wondered if we don’t take care of our body where are we going to live!Health is wealth, we all have heard this so many times in our life, but it takes time and certain level of maturity to really believe this phrase. Health indeed is the best investment one can make and is the first form of wealth you can gain for yourself and people around you.Optimum health is not only important but is a true reflection of self love and self respect.

We all know food is fuel to our body,but it’s also fuel for our mind and soul.Also meals we eat are just not calories, they are the information bearers. They talk to each cell of our body.Always be mindful of how powerful it is what you hold in your spoon and fork.If looked closely, food is actually a combination of elements which provides nourishment to each…

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People in Poland join nationwide job strike over top court’s abortion ruling after days of protests – ABC News

Hundreds of people are seen protesting in a Wroclaw street at night with red smoke above them. Several hold placards. The Women’s Strike, the key organizers of the protests over the past week, called the strike under the slogan: “We are not going to work.”

Rage over the court ruling, which would deny legal abortions to pregnant people even in cases where a child is sure to die upon birth, has been directed at the Roman Catholic church and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the ruling party leader and most powerful politician in the country.

Protesters entered churches on Sunday to disrupt Masses, confronted priests with obscenities and spray-painted church buildings.

Source: People in Poland join nationwide job strike over top court’s abortion ruling after days of protests – ABC News

COVID-19 Patients: 80% of Them Are Vitamin D Deficient, Study Claims : World : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture

New research discovered a correlation between a higher risk of COVID-19 and being vitamin d deficient.  According to Healthline, another study found that more than 80% of COVID-19 patients didn’t have enough vitamin in their blood. In the new study of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers observed 216 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain. The patients were matched to controls from another dataset by the scientists.

Source: COVID-19 Patients: 80% of Them Are Vitamin D Deficient, Study Claims : World : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture