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The April 2021 version of Bringing Events Back: Austin Travis County COVID-19 Safety Guide for Venues and Special Events has been updated to match May 2021 health conditions. The guidance, which outlines COVID-19 health and safety considerations, are recommendations only.

The COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan is still a required form to complete as part of the special events permit application. Now, the content of the form is shorter, and the details requested in the plan are recommendations only. Once you submit the form, Austin Public Health will review the safety plan and will provide input to help organizers have a COVID-safe event.

As events begin to come back, we are still wanting to work with event organizers to help their events be as COVID-safe as possible. We still recommendincluding safety features in event planslikeputting up signageto prevent disease,reportingcases to APH,and worker safety, said Don Hastings, Austin Public HealthAssistant Director.We also want event organizers to be able to offer COVID vaccination and testing opportunities at their events if they can.

Austin Center for Events (ACE) is committed to updating the event safety guidance as often as there are changes in the health conditions, or at least every 30 days, so that event organizers always have the most relevant guidance.

The plan has always been for event safety guidance to update as health conditions change. The City is committed to working with Austin Public Health and the event community to update our permitting requirements to match current health recommendations, said Development Services Director Denise Lucas. These updates get us one step closer to getting back to 100% normal, and as long as conditions continue to improve, we look forward to the day when they can sunset completely.

Updated recommendations for COVID-safe events, FAQs, and the updated COVID-19 Health and Safety form can all be found at http://www.austintexas.gov/eventreopeningguide.

Austin Public Health is the health department for the City of Austin and Travis County. Austin Public Health works to prevent disease, promote health, and protect the well-being of all by monitoring and preventing infectious diseases and environmental threats, and educating about the benefits of preventative behaviors to avoid chronic diseases and improve health outcomes.

The Austin Center for Events is a collaborative assembly of City of Austin departments and agencies designed to streamline special event permitting on public and private property. ACE is anchored by teams from Austin Public Health, Transportation, Parks, Music, Police, Fire, EMS, Code, Austin Resource Recovery, Development Services, and partner agencies, and works closely with event organizers to guide them through the special event permitting process. More information at http://www.austintexas.gov/ace

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The WestVirginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of May 27, 2021, there have been 2,903,276 total confirmatory laboratory resultsreceived for COVID-19, with 161,046 total cases and 2,792 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an84-year old male from Wayne County, an 87-year old female from Raleigh County,a 79-year old female from Pocahontas County, and a 39-year old male from WoodCounty.

Graduations,weddings, vacations, and family reunions are events no one wants to miss, saidBill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. To participate safely, please scheduleyour COVID vaccine.

CASES PERCOUNTY: Barbour(1,481), Berkeley (12,633), Boone (2,137), Braxton (968), Brooke (2,221), Cabell(8,788), Calhoun (367), Clay (536), Doddridge (618), Fayette (3,507), Gilmer(873), Grant (1,283), Greenbrier (2,848), Hampshire (1,902), Hancock (2,834),Hardy (1,552), Harrison (5,973), Jackson (2,182), Jefferson (4,691), Kanawha(15,257), Lewis (1,258), Lincoln (1,535), Logan (3,202), Marion (4,549),Marshall (3,508), Mason (2,035), McDowell (1,587), Mercer (5,037), Mineral(2,914), Mingo (2,662), Monongalia (9,321), Monroe (1,164), Morgan (1,215),Nicholas (1,832), Ohio (4,272), Pendleton (707), Pleasants (952), Pocahontas(673), Preston (2,928), Putnam (5,272), Raleigh (6,945), Randolph (2,748),Ritchie (739), Roane (648), Summers (835), Taylor (1,248), Tucker (540), Tyler(736), Upshur (1,930), Wayne (3,161), Webster (525), Wetzel (1,376), Wirt (446),Wood (7,875), Wyoming (2,020).

Delays may be experienced with the reportingof information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillancecontinues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those testedin a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state asan individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Braxton, Hardy,Pleasants, and Wetzel counties in this report.

West Virginians 12years and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.Tolearn more about the vaccine, or to find a vaccine site near you, visit http://www.vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.

Free pop-up COVID-19 testing is available todayin Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mingo, Morgan,Nicholas, and Putnam counties.

Barbour County

9:00 AM 11:00 AM, Barbour County HealthDepartment, 109 Wabash Avenue, Philippi, WV

3:00 PM 7:00 PM, Junior Volunteer FireDepartment, 331 Row Avenue, Junior, WV

BerkeleyCounty10:00 AM 5:00 PM, 891 Auto Parts Place,Martinsburg, WV10:00 AM 5:00 PM, Ambrose Park, 25404 Mall Drive, Martinsburg, WV

BooneCounty

12:00PM 5:00 PM, Boone County Health Department, 213 Kenmore Drive, Danville, WV (optional pre-registration:https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

HampshireCounty

10:00AM 5:00 PM, Hampshire County Health Department, 16189 Northwestern Turnpike,Augusta, WV

HardyCounty

9:00AM 12:00 PM, Hardy County Emergency Ambulance Authority, 17940 SR 55, Baker,WV (optional pre-registration:https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

4:00PM 7:00 PM, Moorefield High School, 401 N. Main Street, Moorefield, WV (optional pre-registration:https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

JeffersonCounty

10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Hollywood Casino, 750 HollywoodDrive, Charles Town, WV

12:00 PM 5:00 PM, Shepherd University Wellness CenterParking Lot, 164 University Drive, Shepherdstown, WV

LincolnCounty

9:00AM 3:00 PM, Lincoln County Health Department, 8008 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV (optional pre-registration:https://wv.getmycovidresult.com/)

Mingo County

10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Delbarton FireDepartment, County Highway 65/12, Delbarton, WV

Morgan County

11:00 AM 4:00 PM, Valley Health WarMemorial Hospital, 1 Health Way, Berkeley Springs, WV

NicholasCounty

11:00AM 2:00 PM, Richwood City Hall, 6 White Avenue, Richwood, WV

PutnamCounty

9:00 AM 4:00 PM, Liberty Square, 613Putnam Village, Hurricane, WV (optional pre-registration: bit.ly/pchd-covid)

Foradditional free COVID-19 testing opportunities across the state, please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.

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The Oregon Health Authority has identified the first six cases of B.1.617 -- the highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that has devastated India this spring -- within Oregons borders.

Public health officials first reported two cases of one of the variants subtypes -- B.1.617.2 -- on May 12, followed by two more cases May 19 and another two cases Wednesday. Health authority spokesman Tim Heider said Wednesday that at least one of the cases was detected in someone whod traveled internationally recently.

Scientists are worried about B.1.617 and its subtypes because they suspect its largely responsible for propelling India to the highest weekly case and death counts in the world in recent weeks. One study found it might be up to 50% more contagious than the B.1.1.7 variant, which is thought to be up to 50% more contagious than the strain that had dominated cases in the United States until March, when B.1.1.7 took over.

Oregon officials say B.1.1.7 is partially responsible for Oregons fourth surge of coronavirus cases in March and April.

But B.1.617 only makes up less than 1.5% of cases in the U.S. as of early May, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, B.1.1.7 comprises an estimated 70% of cases nationwide and 60% in Oregon.

Oregon and the nation, however, are only identifying a small portion of variants currently circulating among the population because individual states analyze so few positive test samples. Oregon does far better than most -- analyzing close to 4% of positive COVID-19 samples for variants, placing it seventh in the nation. Its still likely, though, that there have been more than six cases of B.1.617 in Oregon because the vast majority of samples arent analyzed.

There is one bit of good news in all of this: A study of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by British public health officials found the vaccine to be 88% effective at preventing symptomatic disease caused by B.1.617 in fully vaccinated people. About 40% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, compared to 3% in India.

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Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration issues revision of COVID-19 death data

Baltimore:The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Vital Statistics Administration (VSA) has revised the states COVID-19 data to include deaths that were not properly classified by medical certifiers over the past year. VSA identified these deaths as COVID-19 deaths through an information reconciliation process utilizing other sources of data.

COVID-19 death data are presented on the dashboard by both date of report and by date of death, and are updated as amendments to death records are received.VSA identified, through maintenance exercises, that some medical certifiers had miscoded the cause or probable cause of death.VSA is in the process of re-issuing guidance for coding protocols to medical certifiers.

When necessary, our epidemiologists make adjustments to reported health data as information is reviewed, verified, and corrected, said MDH Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services Dr. Jinlene Chan. It is important for medical certifiers to closely follow CDC guidance when reporting COVID-19 deaths. This data is critical for the public and the public health community, and our systems and processes are designed to ensure accuracy and transparency in our reporting to the public.

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About 30% of Big Ten athletes tested positive for COVID-19 last year and less than 1% of them were found to have clinical myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart and the primary reason the conference decided to originally scrap playing a 2020 fall football season.

The data is from a long-awaited study of Big Ten teams, obtained earlier this week by Sports Illustrated and published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study features some of the most extensive and comprehensive data yet on college athletes cardiac impacts from contracting the virus, sports cardiologists say. The research also unveils a closely guarded topic among NCAA schools: the number of athletes to have tested positive for COVID.

From last March to December, more than 2,810 athletes tested positive for the virus in 13 of the 14 Big Ten schools to participate in the studyan overall positivity rate of 30.4%. The rate ranged from 13% at one school to 48.2% at another.

Of those to test positive, 1,597 athletes underwent a four-step, return-to-play cardiac evaluation that included a blood test, echocardiogram, EKG and cardiac MRI. Of those, 37 athletes were found to have clinical myocarditis or subclinical myocarditis, which the study defines as probable or possible myocarditis based on testing abnormalities.

Nine of the athletes had clinical myocarditis, a 0.56% clip that is similar to two studies recently releasedone from a variety of NCAA schools and the other from professional sports leagues. Eight of the nine experienced chest pain, with three of those having heart palpitations.

Sports cardiology experts who spoke to SI describe the study as reassuring and positive news for the future of college sports in a COVID world.

The other piece of info that is really reassuring is, with all these data sets of over 5,000 athletes, we havent seen adverse events in athletes. We havent seen sudden cardiac deaths. That really applies worldwide, says Dermot Phelan, director of sports cardiology at Atrium Health in Charlotte, N.C., and a consultant with the NFL, NBA and NCAA.

The myocarditis scare swept across college sports last fall. The disease, found for years in people, was a significant factor in initial decisions by four FBS conferences to postpone the 2020 fall football season, most notably the Big Ten. Conference leaders voted Aug. 11 to push the football season to spring before re-examining the issue and reversing course roughly six weeks later on recommendations from its medical advisory boardthe same board that had originally thought it too dangerous to play in the fall.

Big Ten medical experts are now exploring whether they should conduct cardiac MRIs on all COVID-19 positive athletes after the emergence of the study. The Big Ten is believed to be the only FBS conference that still incorporates cardiac MRIs in their return-to-play protocols for those who tested positive for the virus.

We are in meetings about that as the study comes out, says Curt Daniels, the lead author of the study and a sports cardiologist at Ohio State. Is it going to adjust our protocol? Our hope is not recommending MRI for all. We havent made any determination yet.

Daniels says there are return-to-play pathways outside of MRIs, which are expensive and, for some schools, not readily available. MRIs can range from $1,000-$5,000.

However, when including those with subclinical myocarditis, the study revealed a higher percentage of athletes with myocarditis than other data setsa 2.3% percent clip. That suggests that screening athletes who are showing heart-related symptoms, which most conferences are now doing, could mean missing myocarditis in some, Daniels says.

The long-term impacts of the myocarditis found in these athletes is unclear, but much of it cleared in follow-up MRIs. In fact, in subsequent testing, 100% of cardiac swelling resolved completely but testing showed some remaining scar tissue around the heart, Daniels says.

What we dont want is the message to be that we need to cardiac MRI every athlete, says Johnathan Kim, chief of sports cardiology at Emory University. Its premature to suggest that. I do not think this changes the narrative as it relates to the way we should approach student-athletes trying to get back on the field after COVID-19.

One of the issues with the study is the lack of normative cardiac MRI data, experts say. Basically, there aren't enough cardiac MRIs in healthy athletes to compare to those who have contracted COVID.

Another concern is the variances among the Big Ten universities. Two schools found myocarditis in 7% of their athletes while five schools found that just two of a combined 663 athletes had myocarditis, suggesting differences in how MRIs are being interpreted.

The take home message is we have outcome data of other studies that shows the outcomes are quite good, says Matt Martinez, the medical director of sports cardiology at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey who is the league cardiologist for Major League Soccer. Im concerned about the resources of conducting a cardiac MRI on every athlete. Youre talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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A surge in cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is affecting India a country already experiencing a severe rise in COVID-19 cases.

More than 9,000 cases of the fungus have been reported, according to the Associated Press. And medication to treat it is running low.

This potentially fatal fungal infection is likely increasing due to the surge of people with COVID-19. Fighting the coronavirus can leave peoples immune systems compromised or weakened, which means they may have a higher chance of developing mucormycosis.

Healthline spoke with experts to better understand what might have caused Indias worsening health emergency.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mucormycosis is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes, which are found in soil and organic matter, like compost piles.

The infection typically affects people with health problems (like COVID-19) or those who take medicines that can lower the immune systems ability to fight infection.

It commonly affects the sinuses or lungs after the fungal spores are inhaled from the air.

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that tends to infect people who have suppressed immune systems, such as people with severe diabetes, Dr. Eric Cioe-Pea, director of global health at Northwell Health in New York, told Healthline. Once it infects you, its very morbid and has a high mortality.

Symptoms of sinus and brain mucormycosis include facial swelling, nasal congestion, and headache. If it makes it to the lungs, symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Depending on what part of the body is affected, mucormycosis can be fatal in up to 96 percent of cases.

Dr. Kishorbhai Gangani, internist at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital explained that India was relatively lucky during the countrys first wave of COVID-19, but that a combination of factors set the stage for the current surge in COVID-19 and mucormycosis cases.

According to Gangani, elections and associated mass rallies were happening, and it was a time of year when many weddings happen and crucially, there were no COVID-19 restrictions.

Government probably focused more on elections than on anything else, he said. At that time it was happening all over India, and the focus was shifted. It was bad timing.

Gangani explained that a typical Indian wedding can involve up to 1,000 people, and that the countrys infrastructure was never ready for a surge of this magnitude.

And the strain they have is very virulent, and they didnt expect that this was going to be a fast transmitting strain and more virulent which will make more people sicker, faster, he added.

With so many people experiencing compromised immunity from COVID-19, a surge in mucormycosis became more likely.

Gangani said the COVID-19 surge began at the start of the vaccine campaign, causing many to believe the vaccine was causing, rather than treating, the disease.

The second wave started and people, some people, actually started thinking that theyre getting infected because they got the vaccine, he said. And then the rumors started spreading.

Gangani even had a hard time convincing his own family of the truth. He said that he tried to correct this misinformation when speaking with his relatives there, but they didnt believe him.

Statistical analysis has proven that steroid drugs are useful in reducing mortality (death rate) in COVID patients with low oxygen saturation levels, said Dr. Donna Casey, internist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Steroids reduce inflammation; however, they can negatively affect your ability to fight infection.

Gangani explained that if people arent given the appropriate dosage of steroid drugs, they can have a higher chance for contracting another infection.

An important thing is using it wisely and timely and thats where the trouble comes in, knowing when to use [steroid drugs] and how much to give, he said.

Additionally, people with other chronic conditions such as diabetes can be at higher risk for mucormycosis.

If they [COVID patients] have uncontrolled blood sugars to begin with, and if you use steroid on top of that, their blood sugar is going to be very uncontrolled, he said. High blood sugar will lead to acidic blood, and this particular fungus, it actually thrives in high blood sugar and high acidic environments.

Dr. Minh Nghi, an internist at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest in Fort Worth, Texas pointed out that people living with diabetes and COVID-19 are at a disadvantage, as they have both diabetes and also are likely to be given steroids as a treatment for COVID.

Anyone with a suppressed immune system is at risk for mucormycosis, said Nghi. This is an opportunistic fungal infection that is commonly seen in diabetes, steroid use, solid organ transplant patients, and anyone with a suppressed immune system.

According to Gangani, a shortage of oxygen tanks and delivery devices might have created another vector for mucormycosis contamination.

The biggest thing I have in my mind, why they are seeing so many mucormycosis cases is that in India there was severe shortage of oxygen, he said. So they had to pull in from wherever they get either oxygen tanks or cylinders and some of them were outdated and who knows [if] those appliances or oxygen delivery systems were colonized [by the fungus].

An epidemic of black fungus is sweeping India in the wake of a severe surge in COVID-19 cases.

Experts said the cause is a combination of factors. These factors might include contaminated oxygen equipment and use of steroid drugs to treat certain COVID-19 patients.

Experts also said that poor preparation for a second wave of COVID-19, misinformation about vaccine effectiveness, and relaxed COVID-19 restrictions during a time of year filled with mass gatherings heavily contributed to the current health emergency.

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DENVER (KRDO) -- The Denver Sheriff's Department is mourning one of its own this week -- according to the Denver Sheriff, Deputy Daniel "Duke" Trujillo passed away due to COVID-19 complications Wednesday evening.

Trujillo was 33 years old, according to the Denver Sheriff's Department. He had been a deputy sheriff for seven years and also served in the United States Marine Corps.

The Denver Sheriff asked for people to pray for Trujillo's family while respecting their privacy.

Just ten days ago, the department announced the death of a 24-year veteran of the Denver Sheriff's Department, James Herrera. According to the department, Herrera passed away due to COVID-19 complications.

According to Trujillo's Facebook page, he's originally from Pueblo West.

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Nedra Ruffin(Photo: Provided by Terea Frazier)

This obituary is part of We Will Remember, a series about those weve lost to the coronavirus.

Nedra Ruffin, daughter of the late R&B singer David Ruffin ofthe Temptations, was described asloving, kind, sweet individual with a heart of gold.

Ruffin, 58, died May 19 at BeaumontHospital, Royal Oak as a result ofcomplications from COVID-19.

TheDetroit residentattended Mumford High School in Detroit, and her career included modeling andbartending. She also diddirect care work with hospice patients and taughtballroom dancing and hustle classes.

She loved to dance, said her daughter Terea Frazier.

Nedra Ruffin, left, Kimberly Mone Ruffin Jones and Cheryl Ruffin-Robinson, daughters of David Ruffin and wife Sandra.(Photo: Provided by Gina Ruffin Moore)

Frazier, whowas an infant when David Ruffin died, recalls her mothersharing stories of going to concerts, spending time in the studio with her fatherandriding in his convertibleCorvette.

She did a lot with him, she said.

We were always known as twins coming up, said her sister Cheryl Ruffin, who's close in age to Nedra Ruffin. Im going to miss her loving, giving ways. She gave so much of herself to others. And Im going to miss our get-togethers.

Lamont Robinson, founder and CEO of the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame and brother-in-law to Ruffin, said Nedra Ruffin was instrumental in getting the renaming of Parkside Street in Detroit to David Ruffin Avenuein June 2019.

A street in Meridian, Mississippi, was also renamed David Ruffin Boulevard in October2019.

Known as NeNe and Special, Ruffin enjoyed traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.

Nedra Ruffin with her children and mother. From left: Terea, mother Sandra Ruffin, Clifford, Nedra and DeAiress.(Photo: Provided by Gina Ruffin Moore)

She was active in assistingNarcotics Anonymous and was proud of being clean from drugs for 28 years, according to Frazier.

Ruffin, who had dealt with variousailments in recent years, began feeling ill after returning home from a recent trip to Las Vegas.

She was having trouble breathing, confused, and fatigued, and was admitted to the hospital the day after Mothers Day.

Soon after that, she was in intensive care and put on a ventilator, according to her sister Cheryl, who said, She never came off.

Ruffin is survived by her mother, Sandra Ruffin; son Clifford Pearson anddaughters, Terea Frazier andDeAiress Frazier;six grandchildren;sisters Cheryl RuffinRobinson (Lamont), Kimberly Mone Ruffin Jones;and a brother, David Ruffin, Jr.

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