Surry and Wilkes counties are reporting an increase in opioid overdoses and overdose deaths in 2020 compared to recent years because of the coronavirus. Health departments across the country are noting this increase as an unintended consequence of the extreme social isolation and financial uncertainty people are facing.Surry County In Surry County, emergency services officials…
Surry County health officials reported its first coronavirus-related death on Friday.The Surry County Health and Nutrition Center said the person died Friday from complications associated with the virus. The patient was in their late 60s and had several underlying medical conditions. “We are saddened to learn of our first COVID-19 related death in Surry County,”…
Surry County health officials reported its first coronavirus-related death on Friday.The Surry County Health and Nutrition Center said the person died Friday from complications associated with the virus. The patient was in their late 60s and had several underlying medical conditions. “We are saddened to learn of our first COVID-19 related death in Surry County,"…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…