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All the Things Hyaluronic Acid Can Do for Your Skin Bones and Beyond

9/30/2020

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All the Things Hyaluronic Acid Can Do for Your Skin, Bones, and Beyond

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OK, now that you know what it does, how do you go about using it?

Hyaluronic acid is available in multiple forms, including oral supplements, applied serums, and injectables. Which one you choose ultimately comes down to what you’re using it for, what your budget is, and personal preference.

Oral hyaluronic acid. It’s always best to speak with a trusted health professional before using an oral supplement. Studies have shown that taking 120 to 240 milligrams per day for at least a month significantly reduced dry skin and increased moisture.

Topical hyaluronic acid. Along with hyaluronic acid serums, there are creams and makeup that feature the acid as a main ingredient. As with any new skin care ingredient, results and side effects may vary. However, because hyaluronic acid is naturally occurring, side effects are usually limited.

Injectable hyaluronic acid. Some dermatologists offer injectable hyaluronic acid fillers, and while the treatment is considered safe, this guide will focus on options that are readily available for purchase by consumers for at-home use, namely oral and topical.

For any of the non-skin-related uses above, you should talk with a doctor or seek advice at a local health clinic to talk about whether HA is right for you — and if so, what form, dose, and frequency, etc.

As for beauty applications, we’ve got you covered. If you’re ready to try out hyaluronic acid for acne, dry skin, pesky wrinkles, or just some glowy skin, we’ve gathered the best products to try out. Looking to ease a dry scalp or encourage the growth of luscious locks? We’ve got that on the list too.

We chose these products based on their effective ingredients and rave reviews from customers. We’ve included options that are serums and supplements, as well as beauty products that include hyaluronic acid.

While they range in price, most of the products on this list are less than $40.

Pricing guide

$ = under $10
$$ = $10–$35
$$$ = over $60

This $7 serum combines hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5 to provide dry skin with much-needed moisture. Suggested for use twice a day, the liquid-based product left the faces of someone online reviewers looking more luminous than ever, and some reported softer skin.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, sodium hyaluronate crosspolymer, vitamin B5 (as panthenol)

Price: $

Buy The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid online.

Those interested in incorporating hyaluronic acid through a daily cleansing routine should consider this face wash. The cream-based cleanser washes away makeup and dirt, but it’s blend of hyaluronic acid, Japanese algae, and Japanese rice powder should also leave skin feeling softer.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, blend of nourishing Japanese algae and Japanese rice powder

Price: $$

Buy Tatcha The Rice Wash Skin-Softening Cleanser online.

By adding hyaluronic acid directly into this tinted moisturizer, users can skip the added step of doubling up on separate products. Plus, as moisturizer is proven effective in treating oily skin, you’re getting both the benefits of the hyaluronic acid, and the added moisture.

The product is available in multiple tinted shades, but you should be wary of application, as some reported it looking “streaky and patchy,” while others experienced breakouts.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, coconut water (cocos nucifera water)

Price: $$

Buy ColourPop Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic Acid Tinted Moisturizer online.

More than 1,000 shoppers have given this moisturizer a five-star seal of approval, citing its combination of hyaluronic acid and rose water as the reason for “dewy” skin. Sensitive skin users praised the product, but those with oily skin cited additional breakouts possibly related to use.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, angelica keiskei extract, rose water as rosa damascena flower oil, tocopheryl acetate

Price: $$

Buy Fresh Rose & Hyaluronic Acid Deep Hydration Moisturizer online.

Peptides focused on reducing wrinkles and fine lines join hyaluronic acid in this popular serum. The serum’s $8 price is partially responsible for its popularity, with consumers calling it a “cost-effective” alternative to similar, more expensive products.

“This feels amazing on the skin,” one reviewer wrote, while another said it doesn’t feel sticky when applied.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, palmitoyl tripeptide-1

Price: $

Buy The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Serum online.

Thanks to the quick-absorbing formula of this gel, this is one product that can easily be worn under liquid makeup.

Suitable for all skin types, some online reviewers swear by the item, writing, “My cystic acne has ceased, my skin is supple, clear, brightened.” Another reviewer dubbed it an “effective, affordable” alternative to more expensive products.

For those with a sensitive nose, some customers did note that they were not a fan of the product’s fragrance.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid

Price: $$

Buy Neutrogena Hydro Boost online.

This balm allows your lips to take advantage of the hydrating properties of hyaluronic acid. Formulated with shea butter and wild mint, the balm — which comes in three color variations — earned top marks from shoppers for leaving lips feeling “lush” and its lightweight application.

Not everyone is a fan of the balm’s packaging though, as some reported issues with the balm’s thin applicator.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, shea butter, avocado oil

Price: $$

Buy Kosas Kosasport LipFuel Hyaluronic Lip Balm online.

Hypoallergenic and tested by dermatologists, this intensive cream provides long-lasting hydration to the face.

Customers reported that a little goes a long way with usage, and some noticed instant results. However, some did report that it doesn’t mix well with makeup, and that on some occasions, it didn’t feel truly absorbed by the skin.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, sunflower seed oil

Price: $$

Buy CORSX Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream online.

The addition of vitamin B5 and algae extract enables this hyaluronic acid serum to also target fine lines and wrinkles. Although the formula did feel “sticky” to some users, others suggested applying moisturizer after to counteract that.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, algae extract

Price: $$

Buy Tarte SEA Mermaid Skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum.

Not for the budget bound, this scalp serum is pricey. The serum provides a heavy dose of hydration and moisture to the scalp thanks to HA, purslane, and papaya extract. Caffeine energizes and panthenol soothes. It’s free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, and more undesirables.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, purslane, papaya extract, panthenol, caffeine

Price: $$$

Buy Dr. Barbara Sturm Scalp Serum.

Hyaluronic acid in supplement form can reduce dry skin, and this combination, which also features collagen, will also support overall skin health.

Online reviewers did report more “luminous” “hydrated” skin, but some were not a fan of the product’s texture, and others did not notice an improvement in their skin.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, collagen, sea buckthorn

Price: $$

Buy Olly Glowing Skin Vitamin Gummies online.

Containing only hyaluronic acid as its key ingredient, this supplement, when taken as directed, delivers 200 milligrams of the beneficial skin care ingredient. One reviewer noted a lessening of wrinkles, but combined the supplement with additional moisturizers.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid

Price: $$

Buy NeoCell Hyaluronic Acid Capsules.





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September 30, 2020 at 07:40PM
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Martinsville-region COVID-19/coronavirus daily update from state nation and world: Sept. 27 - Martinsville Bulletin

9/27/2020

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Martinsville-region COVID-19/coronavirus daily update from state, nation and world: Sept. 27 - Martinsville Bulletin

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The report is grim this morning from the Virginia Department of Health: Henry County and Martinsville have 4 more deaths from COVID-19, more than 25% of the 15 recorded statewide. Henry County had 3 of them and now has 24 since the pandemic began. Martinsville now has its 17th. Henry County also recorded a 20 new cases of the virus -- only Franklin County, with 4, reported cases elsewhere in the West Piedmont Health District -- and 2 more hospitalizations. This is 69 deaths district-wide from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Henry County now has had 1,065 cases. This news comes as school boards cite data trends to decide whether students should be in classrooms. Henry County's school board voted Thursday to send students back to classes on a hybrid schedule beginning Oct. 12, but that was over the disapproval of many teachers. That has played out at other school districts in the region, too, where classes have started but not all have agreed with that decision. How easily does coronavirus spread among children? It appears the virus can spread among children and teens, but how easily may vary by age. Research is still underway, but children under age 10 seem to be less likely than older kids to transmit the virus to other children and adults. We offer a series of charts that help decipher that. Also the U.S. now has more than 7 million COVID-19 cases confirmed in total, with cases and deaths rising again in more than 20 states. We have a series of charts that explains that. The University of Maryland is studying just how far particles that may contain the coronavirus actually travel. And in the latest totals by the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the world is approaching and by tomorrow almost certain will record its 1 millionth death from COVID-19. The Virginia Department of Health reports this morning there have been 146,144 cases and 3,159 deaths statewide -- up by 15 from Saturday. Some 10,889 people have been hospitalized. Henry County has had 1,065 cases, with 116 hospitalizations and 24 deaths. Martinsville has had 382 cases, with 61 hospitalizations and 17 deaths. Patrick County has had 277 cases including 52 hospitalizations and 25 deaths. Franklin County has had 337 cases, 16 hospitalizations and 3 deaths. Danville has reported 875 cases, and Pittsylvania County has had 998. Johns Hopkins University's real-time map showed 32,880,857 cases worldwide and 994,810 deaths. In the U.S. there are 7,079,869. There have been 204,499 deaths in the U.S. because of COVID-19.

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September 27, 2020 at 12:26PM
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A twindemic? Heres why doctors want you to get a flu shot during COVID-19 pandemic - Kansas City Star

9/27/2020

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A ‘twindemic’? Here’s why doctors want you to get a flu shot during COVID-19 pandemic - Kansas City Star

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A ‘twindemic’? Here’s why doctors want you to get a flu shot during COVID-19 pandemic  Kansas City Star



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September 27, 2020 at 12:26PM
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COVID-19 test site gets cut short - WXOW.com

9/27/2020

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COVID-19 test site gets cut short - WXOW.com

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - The La Crosse County Health Department's COVID-19 testing site ended three hours earlier than planned due to the weekend mailing schedule.

The Health Department's Testing Strategy Coordinator Michael Horner-Ibler said it was supposed to run until 6 p.m. but they had to end it at 3 p.m. in order to send tests through the mail for 72-hour results.

The carrier service stops receiving mail at 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

"Although that's really unfortunate for today and it's tough on our end [and] obviously it's tough on the community's end," Horner-Ibler said. "We know what to expect and we will plan for that."

Despite ending early, Horner-Ibler said the test site was busy throughout the day.

The Health Department's next testing site is at the Health and Human Service building on Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.





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As Covid-19 Closes Schools the Worlds Children Go to Work - The New York Times

9/27/2020

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As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the World’s Children Go to Work - The New York Times

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School Reopenings

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Former students are taking illegal and often dangerous jobs in India and other developing countries, potentially rolling back years of progress in social mobility and public health.

Rahul, 11, collecting plastic to sell to a recycler in southern India. His teacher said he has a high I.Q. and was doing well in school until it closed in March. Many parents say they are under tremendous pressure to put their idle children to work.
Rahul, 11, collecting plastic to sell to a recycler in southern India. His teacher said he has a high I.Q. and was doing well in school until it closed in March. Many parents say they are under tremendous pressure to put their idle children to work.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times
Jeffrey GettlemanSuhasini Raj

By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj

TUMAKURU, India — Every morning in front of the Devaraj Urs public housing apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city of Tumakuru, a swarm of children pours into the street.

They are not going to school. Instead of backpacks or books, each child carries a filthy plastic sack.

These children, from 6 to 14 years old, have been sent by their parents to rummage through garbage dumps littered with broken glass and concrete shards in search of recyclable plastic. They earn a few cents per hour and most wear no gloves or masks. Many cannot afford shoes and make their rounds barefoot, with bleeding feet.

“I hate it,” said Rahul, an 11-year-old boy praised by his teacher as bright. But in March, India closed its schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Rahul had to go to work.

In many parts of the developing world, school closures put children on the streets. Families are desperate for money. Children are an easy source of cheap labor. While the United States and other developed countries debate the effectiveness of online schooling, hundreds of millions of children in poorer countries lack computers or the internet and have no schooling at all.

United Nations officials estimate that at least 24 million children will drop out and that millions could be sucked into work. Ten-year-olds are now mining sand in Kenya. Children the same age are chopping weeds on cocoa plantations in West Africa. In Indonesia, boys and girls as young as 8 are painted silver and pressed into service as living statues who beg for money.

ImageA teacher gave lessons in the space between buildings in Tumakuru this month. India has ordered elementary and middle schools to remain closed indefinitely.
A teacher gave lessons in the space between buildings in Tumakuru this month. India has ordered elementary and middle schools to remain closed indefinitely.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

The surge in child labor could erode the progress achieved in recent years in school enrollment, literacy, social mobility and children’s health.

“All the gains that have been made, all this work we have been doing, will be rolled back, especially in places like India,” said Cornelius Williams, a high-ranking UNICEF official.

Child labor is just one piece of a looming global disaster. Severe hunger is stalking children from Afghanistan to South Sudan. Forced marriages for girls are rising across Africa and Asia, according to U.N. officials, as is child trafficking. Data from Uganda showed teen pregnancies shooting up during pandemic-related school closures. Aid workers in Kenya said that many families were sending their teenage girls into sex work to feed the family.

Other aspects of society have been allowed to reopen. Why is it, frustrated children’s advocates ask, that bars, gyms, restaurants and subway systems are now operating but not schools?

Mr. Williams said leaders who “really believe in education” should use those resources on schools, and he questioned why they were not.

“Is it because adults have agency and have the louder voice — and the power to vote?” he asked.

In Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, Surlina, 14, paints herself silver to resemble a statue and hangs around a gas station with an outstretched hand. Her mother is a maid and her father sold small sculptures before the pandemic robbed him of a job. At the end of each day she gives her earnings to her mother, who supplies her and her two siblings, 11 and 8, with the paint.

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Surlina, left, 14, and Jani Anggraini, 8, painted silver and waiting at a gas station to ask passersby for money, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Credit...Irene Barlian for The New York Times

“I have no choice,” Surlina said. “This is my life. My family is poor. What else can I do?”

She sometimes tries to study from a sixth-grade workbook — she was going to school until it closed in March — but finds reading difficult.

“It makes me dizzy and no one helps me,” Surlina said. “I just give up.”

In India, the government has also shut down early childhood development centers for the poor. In recent decades, India had built a nationwide network of more than one million anganwadis, which means courtyard shelter in Hindi, that provided millions of young children with food, immunizations, clothes and some schooling, and contraceptives for poor women. But most anganwadis remain closed.

School-age children in India are now performing all kinds of work, from rolling cigarettes and stacking bricks to serving tea outside brothels, according to more than 50 interviews conducted with the children, their parents, teachers, labor contractors and child activists. Most of it is illegal. Much of it is hazardous.

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John, 10, carrying a shovel to harvest sand in Machakos County in Kenya on Saturday. Since schools were closed because of Covid-19, he collects and sells sand to help feed his family.Credit...Khadija Farah for The New York Times

Saurabh Kumar, a sixth grader from a struggling family in Jharkhand State, works as a helper at a garage at the urging of his father. A few months ago, he tried to unfasten some sharp engine bolts and sliced his hand open.

“I could see down to the bone,” he said.

India already had a serious child labor problem because of high poverty levels, its population of 1.3 billion and its dependence on cheap labor. Shadowy fireworks and cigarette factories, textile sweatshops and loosely regulated construction sites often employ children. The authorities had been cracking down and enrolling children, especially girls, in school.

But as Nahida Ismail, a teacher in Bihar State, said, “The whole ecosystem around kids is breaking down.”

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Payal Khatoon, second from left, 11, making bidi, a type of cigarette, with her family in Aurangabad, India. The recent surge in child labor threatens to erode many gains in children’s health and well-being. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

On a construction site near Gaya, a town in Bihar, Mumtaz, 12, and his brother Shahnawaz, 10, struggled under heavy loads of gravel.

With a grimace, Shahnawaz hoisted a bucket atop his head. His skinny legs nearly buckled. He squinched his eyes tight, looking like he was about to cry. Around him stood men three times his age, just watching.

“I get headaches,” Shahnawaz said. “I can’t sleep at night. My body tingles.”

His older brother seems to have glimpsed his new future.

“I fear that even if school reopens, I will have to keep doing this, because of the family’s debt,” Mumtaz said.

“I wanted to join the army,’’ he added, using the past tense.

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Mumtaz, left, 12, and his brother, Shahnawaz, 10, have been working at a construction site in Gaya, India. â€œI fear that even if school reopens, I will have to keep doing this, because of the family’s debt,” Mumtaz said.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

Many child experts said that once children drop out and start making money, it is very difficult to get them back in school. India has ordered elementary and middle schools to remain closed indefinitely, affecting more than 200 million children, though some government teachers are making house calls and teaching in small groups. The central government has allowed high school students to visit teachers on campus, but many states have said no to that as well.

Government officials say the coronavirus leaves them little choice. New infections sometimes reach nearly 100,000 per day. Officials say children would have difficulty maintaining social distancing.

“They can end up becoming vectors of virus,” said Rajesh Naithani, an adviser to the education ministry.

Child rights activists say it is remarkable how little the school closures are being discussed. Speeches by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, and top ministers usually focus on opening up the economy, not the schools.

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Goats have begun roaming the campus of the school, now closed, that Mumtaz and Shahnawaz attend.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

Many of the parents interviewed said they were under tremendous pressure to put their idle children to work. (The children in this article were interviewed with permission from a parent.)

“We need their wages,” said Mohammad Mustakim Ansari, an underemployed mason and the father of Mumtaz and Shahnawaz. “Without them, I wouldn’t be able to cobble together two meals.”

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Employers can smell the desperation. India’s economy has contracted more than any other major economy. Wages are plummeting.

Biplab Das, a labor contractor in West Bengal State, said that parents keep arriving on his doorstep with school-age children. One morning in mid-September, a man showed up with his son and daughter, 12 and 8.

Mr. Das said the children stood quietly in the doorway and looked at their father “like they were being prepared to be thrown into a fire.”

Mr. Das says he does not find jobs for children because it is illegal. But in this case, fearing the family might starve, he guided them to a truck stop that was looking for a tea server. The 12-year-old boy now works there, making the equivalent of about 7 cents an hour.

In India, children under 14 are not allowed to work unless it is a family enterprise, like a farm, or in a few other rare circumstances, such child acting. They are barred from dangerous workplaces such as construction sites and cigarette factories. But because of the disruption caused by the pandemic, UNICEF officials said, there are fewer workplace inspections.

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Suman Das, 13, waited with his father for a truck to arrive so they could load it with bricks this month in the North Parganas district of West Bengal. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

Many children now dread getting up in the morning. It is like their childhood has suddenly ended.

On a recent morning, Rahul, the 11-year-old resident of the Devaraj Urs housing blocks, stood in an empty street in Tumakuru, an industrial hub in southern India, the sun rising over his left shoulder. The vacant look in his dark brown eyes said: What am I doing here?

His dad, Kempraju, a lifelong garbage scavenger from one of the lowest castes, towered over him, lean and glassy-eyed, arms covered in blue homemade tattoos.

“You ready?” Mr. Kempraju asked.

Rahul slowly nodded.

“Where are your shoes?”

Rahul looked down at his bare feet.

“I don’t have any,” he said.

Mr. Kempraju said the work was “not respectable” but he wanted to keep Rahul out of trouble and needed the extra hands.

“He sifts well,” he said as he watched Rahul scrounge a plastic bottle out of a refuse pit, flatten it and drop it into his sack. Later that day, Rahul extracted a pair of ratty slippers from a garbage pile and wore them. They almost fit.

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Rahul’s father said he knew that trash picking was not respectable, but the family needed the help. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

While Rahul was picking through another dump, a group of boys about his age passed by. They wore backpacks and crisply ironed shirts. They were off to see a private tutor.

Rahul rested his bag of crushed bottles on the pavement and stared for a moment.

“This is the shame,” said Rahul’s teacher, N. Sundara Murthy. “Kids who weren’t scavenging for garbage are doing it now. Schools need to be reopened.”

“Rahul’s a good student,” Mr. Murthy added. “His absorption power is very good. His vocabulary is very good. He has a high I.Q. He says he wants to be a doctor and he could do it, if he has the right facilities.”

After a morning of scavenging, Rahul paid a visit to his school in Tumakuru’s busy center. The campus was windblown and deserted. The only person around was the caretaker, a middle-aged woman in a sari smoothly sweeping the courtyard.

From a giant ring of keys, she pulled one out and unlocked the sixth-grade classroom. Rahul walked in. His eyes adjusted to the dark.

Water was pooled on the floor. A map of India, the paint chipping off, clung to a wall. To another visitor, this school might have seemed shabby.

But not to Rahul.

“I really miss this place,” he said.

He walked out, sack over his shoulder, too-big slippers scraping the ground, back into the noisy streets.

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Rahul sitting in his now closed classroom in Tumakuru. â€œI really miss this place,” he said. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times

Reporting was contributed by Sameer Yasir and Shalini Venugopal Bhagat in New Delhi; Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi, Kenya; Dera Menra Sijabat in Jakarta, Indonesia; and Richard C. Paddock from Bangkok.





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32 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Brazos County Health District - KBTX

9/27/2020

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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -The Brazos County Health District has reported 32 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Brazos County. Currently, there are 664 active cases.

No new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. There have been 60 total deaths in Brazos County related to COVID-19.

5,640 patients are classified as recovered, which means they have been fever-free for 72 hours without fever-reducing medications, and it has been 10 days after onset of symptoms.

72 percent of the new confirmed cases is from the 18-24 year old age group.

There have been 736 probable cases in Brazos County since June 18, 2020. A probable COVID-19 case is determined by a positive antigen test. Confirmed COVID-19 cases are determined by a positive PCR test. The health district conducts case investigations on all confirmed and probable cases.

There are currently 190 active probable cases and there have been 546 probable recovered cases.

The total number of confirmed positive cases in the county since testing began is 6,364. There have been 69,354 tests performed.

The Brazos County hospital total bed occupancy is at 73 percent, and the total ICU bed occupancy is at 46 percent.

Editor’s note: The Brazos County Health District’s website will not be updated until Monday, Sept. 28. The following zip code information is from Sept. 26.

Here is a breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code in Brazos County:

  • 77801: 455
  • 77802: 447
  • 77803: 1,353
  • 77807: 313
  • 77808: 246
  • 77840: 2,025
  • 77845: 1,378
  • 77859: 2
  • 77868: 8
  • Unknown: 105

Zip codes 77843, 77862, 77866, and 77881 are P.O. Boxes and technically should not contain cases since they do not contain patient addresses. They belong to Texas A&M University, Kurten, Wellborn, and Millican respectively.

BRAZOS VALLEY COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY

County Active Cases Total Cases
Austin 33 499
Brazos 664 6,364
Burleson 36 338
Grimes 48 1,087
Houston 11 373
Lee 17 221
Leon 40 240
Madison 21 721
Milam 15 495
Montgomery 1,537 10,814
Robertson 44 309
San Jacinto 4 227
Trinity 3 196
Walker 831 4,206
Waller 47 855
Washington 50 638

Most of the Brazos Valley falls under state trauma service area N (Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington counties). Trauma Service Area N currently reports 467 staffed hospital beds with 140 beds available. According to the state’s latest data, the region has 7 available ICU beds and 61 available ventilators. The state’s last update listed 15 lab-confirmed COVID-19 patients currently in the hospital.

Austin County has reported 33 active cases of COVID-19 . The county has 499 total cases and 457 recovered cases and nine deaths.

Burleson County currently has 36 active cases of COVID-19. The county has 338 total cases, and 296 cases have recovered. There have been six deaths.

Grimes County currently has 48 active cases. There have been 1,087 total cases, 1,008 recoveries and 31 deaths.

Houston County has confirmed 373 total cases of COVID-19. There are 11 active cases and 227 cases are recovered. There have been five COVID-19 related deaths. Eastham prison currently has zero active cases and 178 recovered cases.

Lee County has reported 17 active cases. The county has a total of 221 cases, with 190 recoveries and 14 deaths.

Leon County currently has 40 active cases. The county has 240 total cases, with 194 recoveries and six deaths.

Madison County has reported 21 active cases. The county has a total of 721 cases with 694 recoveries and six deaths.

Milam County currently has 15 active cases of COVID-19. There have been 495 total cases and 480 recovered cases. There are currently three patients hospitalized, and six COVID-19 related deaths.

Montgomery County has 1,537 active cases of COVID-19. There have been 10,814 total cases and 7,286 recovered cases. There are currently 21 people hospitalized, and there have been 140 COVID-19 related deaths.

Robertson County has 44 active COVID-19 cases, with 309 total cases. Currently, 262 patients have recovered and there have been three reported deaths.

San Jacinto County currently has four active cases of COVID-19. The county has a total of 227 cases with 214 recoveries and nine deaths.

Trinity County currently has three active cases of COVID-19. The county has 196 total cases with 186 recoveries and seven deaths.

Walker County has 4,206 total cases of COVID-19. Out of the total, 816 cases are active in the community and 1,393 are recovered community cases. 1,997 cases are from the TDCJ. For more information on Walker County COVID-19 case numbers, click here.

Waller County has 47 active cases of COVID-19. There are 855 total cases and 794 recovered cases.

Washington County currently has 50 active cases of COVID-19. The county has 638 total cases with 540 recoveries and 48 deaths.

For the latest updates from TDCJ, click here.

Texas A&M University

The Texas A&M COVID-19 Dashboard reported 41 new cases of COVID-19 through the week of Sept. 20 - Sept. 26.

Currently, the university has reported 1,636 positive cases, 8.8 percent of tests have come back positive.

The dashboard’s last update was provided on Sept. 26, 2020.

ACROSS TEXAS

Statewide, Texas has an estimated 68,373 active cases and 649,580 recoveries. There have been 733,438 total cases reported and 5,994,813 total tests (both viral and antibody).

To date, 15,485 Texans have died from COVID-19.

252 of 254 counties in the state of Texas are currently reporting cases. Harris County leads the state in total cases with 140,532 cases reported.

The state’s last update was provided on September 26 at 3:20 p.m.

Editor’s note: Leon County updates their cases every Wednesday. KBTX uses the State Dashboard, which updates daily, for a more accurate reading of cases.

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Teenagers still flock to Brown Floral in Holladay, just as they have since 1915, to order corsages and boutonnieres perfectly matched to the dresses and ties they plan to wear to their homecoming dance. Only this year, because of COVID-19 precautions, no social functions are being sponsored by the high schools and few are being held on school grounds.

Yet the orders keep coming, and at a steady enough pace that owner Tracie Drage and her staff have come up with a name for the replacement parties being held at parks and homes: Pop-up dances.

“We’re thrilled these kids are finding safe groups to celebrate,” Drage said. “But it’s different.”

There’s reason to believe, however, that many of the privately organized gatherings are not safe.

COVID-19 cases are spiking among Utah’s teenagers and young adults. Eight of the state’s high schools have had to close because of outbreaks just a month into the school year. And school officials and an infectious disease expert are pointing to activities outside the classroom — extracurricular and social — as the main sources of the spread.

If something isn’t done to curtail those events, according to Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease expert for Intermountain Healthcare, things are only going to get worse. Severe actions, such as halting all after-school activities or taking classes completely online, could be warranted.

“It’s all on the table,” Stenehjem said. “We really have to give that some quick consideration at the school level, you know, along with the Utah Department of Health advising that, because I think clearly, if we don’t do anything, we’re not going to see a change in the trajectory of our kids.”

Health experts anticipated a rise in coronavirus cases when school started. For young children, that expectation hasn’t borne fruit. The 0-1 and 1-14 age groups have the lowest case numbers in the state. Among the 15-24 age group, however, cases have been spiking dramatically, leading to record-high case counts.

As of Thursday, outbreaks at eight high schools have caused them to temporarily stop in-person classes. They include Alta, Brighton, Corner Canyon, Granger, Olympus, Copper Hills, Riverton and the Draper 1 campus of the American Preparatory Academy charter school.

Only one middle school, Draper Park, has reported an outbreak of 15 or more students, the threshold at which the state health department recommends schools go virtual for at least two weeks. No elementary schools have reported outbreaks reaching that threshold.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Riverton head coach Jody Morgan gives instructions to a player during prep football action between Riverton and the Jordan Beet Diggers, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Riverton played the game despite the high school closing for two days for cleaning after at least 15 people associated with the school tested positive for COVID-19.
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Stenehjem said the difference is that high schoolers tend to be more social and more involved in extracurricular activities such as sports, theater, marching band or even chess club. Many of those don’t mesh well with standard precautions against SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that transmits the COVID-19 disease — such as wearing a mask, standing 6 feet apart and gathering outside.

“Some of those precautions we take in the classroom are not being taken in extracurricular activities,” Stenehjem said. “So that allows asymptomatic kids to go ahead and transmit SARS-CoV-2 unbeknownst to them.”

Utah was the first state to have a high school football game canceled because of the coronavirus. On Aug. 12, Bingham backed out of its contest against Weber after three players tested positive. A flurry of other cancellations followed, including both Olympus and Riverton losing their opponents for Friday night to COVID-related issues, resulting in them playing each other with just one day of preparation.

But Olympus coach Aaron Whitehead isn’t complaining. He’s relieved his players can take the field after Granite School District announced both Olympus and Granger would be shutting down for two weeks starting Thursday after each reached the 15-case threshold. The district had said it would make no exceptions for sports and extracurricular activities but changed its stance Wednesday, allowing games to be played as long as there are no spectators.

Whitehead acknowledges his players take on some risk of contracting the disease by competing in a full-contact sport. Yet he argues the mental and physical benefits of playing outweigh the risks, especially if those risks are tempered by taking precautionary measures.

He said his team has followed all Utah Department of Health, Utah High School Activities Association and district guidelines. That includes preseason weight-room limits and restrictions on the use of fields also sought after by the soccer and cheer squads. It also includes encouraging his players to choose distance learning, at least during the season, and instituting a 9 p.m. curfew, which he said makes him “not the most popular person outside the football program.”

Whitehead said his team has had zero COVID-19 cases. Still, he worries his team could yet become a coronavirus casualty.

“My fear is, we’ve done it the right way. My kids have made sacrifices,” he said. “Other kids have done these traditions, these rites of passage. Our football players have had no part of those. Their sacrifices have kept the season going.”

Even though two other Titan sports teams, volleyball and cross country, are quarantining after athletes tested positive, Olympus Principal Stephen Perschon said it’s not the organized team activities that are the problem.

“There are very few cases that we can actually tie to any specific extracurricular activity or school-level activities,” he said. "Masks are working. Kids are doing an awesome job on campus. But those same groups of students hanging out together, either as a sports team or as a drama club or some other friend group, will then leave campus... you can sit at the campus exit and watch how fast those masks come off in the cars as soon as those kids leave school property.

“So that’s the most challenging thing that we are seeing, is that while it may not be happening on school property, it’s still impacting our schools.”

Kids mingle under the festive glow of white lights strewn up around a backyard. They’re wearing fancy dresses, high heels, suits, ties and big smiles. At any other time, the large gathering held last week at a private residence in Salt Lake City would go down as one of the most successful in the long tradition of the Black and White Party at East High.

Instead, some parents, administrators and even students saw it as a coronavirus incubator at worst and a bad example at best.

According to several reports, the group numbered far more than the 50 allowed in Salt Lake County, which is in the yellow stage of restrictions, students weren’t socially distanced, and few wore masks.

And with most of the state’s high schools celebrating homecoming within the next few weeks, more pop-up dances are surely on the way. One Spanish Fork mother said her son has been invited to at least 15 homecoming parties. His dedication to wearing a mask has already cost him some friends, she said, leading her to believe masks and social distancing won’t be a priority.

The parents who hosted the party for East students declined to be interviewed. One did, however, mention in an email to The Salt Lake Tribune some apprehension about how the pandemic and lack of social interaction will affect kids' mental and physical well-being. It’s not unlike the benefits Whitehead said his Olympus High football players get from being on the team.

Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday during his televised monthly news conference that he understands the motivation to host a homecoming party — something he said is rooted in “love and concern” for children.

“They’re at that age at school, the socialization, the opportunities to interact with your classmates and your friends, make new friends is a real, legitimate issue,” he said. “But we don’t want to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.”

Herbert said parents need to teach their children “that sometimes things happen in life that make it a little inconvenient, and there’s a sacrifice required.”

He pointed to the efforts of those who lived through World War II, with men going off to battle while women stepped into the workplace. People rationed gasoline and grew food in victory gardens.

“I mean, the sacrifice was significant in order to win that war,” Herbert said. “It’s a little disappointing that we have today, people saying, ‘Oh, having to wear a mask in crowded conditions, having to forgo having the junior prom celebrations or fans in the football games, that’s too much of a sacrifice to ask of this generation.’”

Emily Sutherland, director of the Salt Lake City School District’s social and emotional learning program, agreed. As a parent, she said she understands the heartbreak of seeing your kids disappointed. But, she said, that disappointment can be translated into a valuable life lesson.

“I don’t know what to say except I’m not sure having an event anyway is the answer. I don’t think having a big party because your school’s not having homecoming is the answer. And I think the rise in positive cases of COVID is sort of showing us that,” said Sutherland, who emphasized she is an educator, not a doctor or mental health specialist.

“The answer is working through it as a family and allowing yourself to feel sad and letting your kid feel sad. Trying to find other, safer ways of filling those needs and not trying to re-create it. We just can’t re-create everything we’re missing right now.”

And trying to re-create life before COVID-19 might cause kids to miss out on even more milestones and experiences. That is the concern of Shawn Rossiter, a parent of a freshman and a senior at East and the school’s mountain biking club coach. He said his family and the mountain bike league have strictly followed the state’s health guidelines so they can have a season. As of the last board meeting, he said, no more than 10 coronavirus cases had been diagnosed among the roughly 7,500 athletes and coaches.

“This long in, you know, I try to give people the benefit of doubt. But it almost seems like a little willful ignorance at some point,” Rossiter said of the large private parties. “You know, if our kids don’t get to race because some other parent let their kid do stupid things, it’s going to hurt."

East is in the Salt Lake City School District, which began the academic year entirely online. Despite having no in-person classes, spokesperson Yandary Chatwin said the district currently has 14 cases of COVID-19 among students. Seven are high schoolers, and six have been participating in an extracurricular activity.

“If kids want to make sure they can come to school in person,” Chatwin said, “they and their parents need to make sure they’re following the guidelines in the community as well.”

Perschon, the Olympus principal, sent two emails to parents in addition to a terse one from the district to remind them that their actions can lead to consequences that affect the entire school. Other than that, he said, there’s not much he can do. He will not, as some parents have asked of him, spend his Saturday nights banging on doors and breaking up parties.

If social events like homecoming aren’t sacrificed now, he said, then arguably more important celebrations, such as prom and graduation, won’t stand a chance.

“We fully empathize with you, just like we empathize with the Class of 2020 who lost three months of their school year with a total suspension,” Perschon said. “I think it’s important to remember that attending school in the midst of a global pandemic is a privilege. And if we’re not going to follow the rules that will help keep us safe, then we’re not going to be able to do that.”

— Tribune reporter Taylor Stevens contributed to this article.





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Although elections officials across the country have voiced concerns about a shortage of poll workers ahead of November’s general election, that’s not the case in the Longview area.

Gregg County Elections Administrator Kathryn Nealy said Friday that it’s surprising that her office has not had any issues recruiting workers amid the pandemic.

Elections are commonly staffed by older workers, a demographic that is especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.

“We have an abundance of new people coming in,” she said. Nealy added that she has more poll workers than she needs at this time.

In Harrison County, Elections Administrator Donald Robinette said his office is doing well with recruiting poll workers and is “looking good.”

“We’re busting our rears to get it all done,” he said. “We’re rolling along pretty good.”

An elections office employee in Rusk County also confirmed Friday that the county has plenty of workers.

Panola County Elections Administrator Loretta Mason said her office is “extremely busy” leading up to the election, but she has not had problems with staffing.

A message left with the Upshur County Elections Office seeking comment was not returned.

County elections officials are encouraging early voting, which is Oct. 13 through 30.

“Hopefully, with the extra early voting days, people can be spaced out,” Robinette said. “We’ll try to encourage people to social distance, and we’re working on providing protective equipment.”

Gov. Greg Abbott added almost an extra week of early voting due to the pandemic, although a lawsuit filed this past week by members of Abbott’s own party claims the move defied election law that requires early voting to start on the 17th day before the election.

“If you wait for Election Day, you will wait,” Nealy said. “You might even be waiting outside.”

She added that social distancing guidelines may create long lines.

“We have three weeks of early voting, 18 days at 10 locations which is 180 chances to vote early,” Nealy said. “Please take advantage of this opportunity.”

As of Sept. 1, Texans no longer have the option to vote a straight party ballot. Each vote must be made individually. This change could mean that people will take longer to vote and could add to the expected long lines.

However, that, too, faces a legal challenge. On Friday, a U.S. district judge blocked the state from doing away with straight ticket voting, saying the elimination of the practice would “cause irreparable injury” to voters “by creating mass lines at the polls and increasing the amount of time voters are exposed to COVID-19.”

The Harrison County ballot also includes several elections delayed from May for the city of Marshall, Robinette said.

“We have three pages on the ballot of just city stuff,” he said. “There’s 16 propositions.”

Gregg County began working to send out mail-in ballots Monday, Nealy said.

The Harrison County Elections Office has not yet received its ballots.

“As soon as we get them, we’ll send them out,” Robinette said.





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PORT ANGELES — Jefferson County had no active COVID-19 cases as of Saturday while Clallam County had nine active cases.

Jefferson County has had just one reported positive test result all month.

Clallam County reported one new case Saturday. It was a locally transmitted case, said Dr. Allison Unthank, county health officer.

Jefferson County Public Health charts the age range of those confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 on its website. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Public Health charts the age range of those confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 on its website. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

The infection rate in Clallam County is at 21 per 100,000 population over the past two weeks, which keeps the county in the low-risk category, Unthank said.

Clallam County schools plan to begin transitioning from total remote learning to in-person instruction Oct.5 because of the low infection rate, down from the high-risk category it was in when schools opened earlier this month.

The age range of COVID-19 cases is updated each Friday on the Clallam County Public Health website. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

The age range of COVID-19 cases is updated each Friday on the Clallam County Public Health website. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County Public Health’s chart of the location of COVID-19 cases in the county is updated each Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County Public Health’s chart of the location of COVID-19 cases in the county is updated each Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

The infection rate in Jefferson County is still listed at 3 per 100,000 and it will be Monday before that will be updated.

Dr. Tom Locke, Jefferson County health officer, said that with no new positives Saturday, “we currently have no active cases” which would put the infection rate at 0 per 100,000.

“It’s really what we want to see,” Locke said.

Jefferson County has had a total of 71 COVID-19 positives since March. Clallam County has had a total of 242 positives since March.

At her weekly COVID-19 undate on Friday, Unthank largely talked about schools reopening. She said the county’s infection rate continues to be low enough to allow some in-person instruction at county schools. She also said it’s a big improvement over this summer, when the infection rate got as high as 97 per 100,000 over two weeks in Clallam County.

“It’s not quite as low as we want, but it’s better than it was,” she said.

Schools will be taking myriad precautions, such as having students sit 6 feet apart, requiring masks for students and teachers and spacing children on buses.

“There really are a lot of rules,” Unthank said.

As soon as students show fever or symptoms of any illness, they are immediately sent home and asked to take COVID-19 tests. Even those who don’t get tested will be required to stay home for at least 10 days.

Unthank said it’s important to get young children back in schools because online learning isn’t as effective for them as for older students.

“Young children can’t learn from home,” she said.

Prep sports

As far as starting prep athletics again, much of the direction for that will come from the state. She expects that guidance within the next couple of weeks.

Local schools are for now scheduled to begin athletics again at the end of December if all goes to plan.

However, she stressed that getting schools open for in-person instruction will take precedence.

“I expect the state to prioritize school learning over athletics,” she said.

Unthank also said the persistence of the pandemic is taking a mental health toll on many. She said people need to understand that everything can’t simply be opened back up again because that would likely cause big spikes in cases — which in turn would make the pandemic worse and increasde mental health pressures.

“There’s no shortcut to get through this,” she said.

”I wish it was possible to open everything up and keep the rates low, but it just isn’t. Pretty much all of us are suffering in one way or another.”

People have lost jobs, teachers are teaching from home, some face losing their homes, some can’t hug their loved ones. People need to realize this is the fault of the virus, she said.

“I just want folks to remember that the primary thing we’re fighting is this virus, not each other,” she said.

“We need to come together right now and support each other as we face this pandemic.”

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