Tag: conditions
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At Asheville’s Mission Hospital, workers describe the dire conditions after the storm
Facing what could be months without a steady water supply, the only solution for Mission Hospital was to dig a well. The Asheville, North Carolina hospital was crippled after the fast-moving Hurricane Helene dumped a record amount of rain in the region over the weekend. “The entire water infrastructure to the area was obliterated,” said…
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Vance’s Obamacare plans include high-risk pools for pre-existing conditions
During Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee, vowed to protect health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions while also doubling down on a proposal to place them in a so-called high–risk pool, separating them out from healthier individuals. To many policy experts watching the debate, the two…
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‘Life-threatening’ conditions as storm churns over Georgia
Share Some hurricane and tropical storm warnings lifted in Florida — but storm surge risk remains Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. Various hurricane and tropical storm warnings across Florida have been lifted or downgraded as Helene makes it way north across Georgia, the National Hurricane said in…