NYC Rushes To Shelter Unhoused From Extreme Cold As Death Toll Rises
Eight people were found dead outside or later died at a hospital, New York City officials said. It wasn't confirmed if they were homeless. USA Today reported that at least 34 people have died across the U.S. as frigid temperatures are settling in. Plus: News from Colorado, Maryland, Florida, and California.
Between Friday evening and Monday afternoon, eight people were found dead outside or later died at a hospital, officials said. They had not yet determined how the eight had died by Monday and said they were still investigating whether the people were homeless. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said some of them had 鈥渋nteractions with the shelter system鈥 in the past, but did not provide specifics. (Zaveri, 1/26)
People in 14 states have died as a result of the weekend winter storm that brought, snow, ice and treacherous conditions. (Waddick, Pulver and Nguyen, 1/26)
As large parts of the U.S. dig out from聽a major winter storm, health officials are renewing warnings about the serious and potentially deadly聽risks of shoveling snow, which has been linked to聽heart attacks.聽"Snow shoveling is definitely associated with an increased risk of both heart attack and sudden cardiac death, especially in men and those with unknown cardiac coronary heart disease, or with multiple cardiac risk factors," said Christopher Kramer, a cardiologist and University of Virginia Health and the president of the American College of Cardiology.聽(Czachor, 1/26)
More health news from across the U.S. 鈥
When it came time for any of the Colorado Medical Services Board members to make a motion, there was only dead silence.聽For two hours, the 11-member board that governs the state Medicaid program heard pleas from parents who provide round-the-clock care of their adult children with severe disabilities. And when the testimony was over, no one on the board would make a motion that would result in cuts to the parents鈥 monthly pay. (Brown, 1/26)
Baltimore Police are showing progress on a聽goal to address mental health crises, with more than a quarter of the department鈥檚 patrol officers now certified in crisis intervention. (Belson, 1/26)
The DeSantis administration's Healthy Florida First initiative finds traces of the toxic element in several popular candies. How dangerous is this? Manufacturers criticize the testing as "misguided." (Mayer, 1/26)
Michael O鈥橰eilley doesn鈥檛 always remember his wife鈥檚 name when she visits him, or even that she鈥檚 his wife at all. 鈥淗e just knows he loves me,鈥 said Linda Feldman, O鈥橰eilley鈥檚 wife of 39 years. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a constant.鈥 O鈥橰eilley, 77, has Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. Last November, during a visit at his memory care facility in Berkeley, California, he pulled Feldman close, looked at her and asked her a question she had already answered nearly four decades earlier. 鈥淲ill you marry me?鈥 he asked. 鈥淵es,鈥 Feldman replied. (Page, 1/26)
On race and health 鈥
Nearly half of the mortality gap between Black and White adults can be traced to the cumulative toll of a lifetime of stress and heightened inflammation, a new study published Monday shows. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, bolsters the body of evidence showing that chronic stress takes a biological toll that shortens lives. (Johnson, 1/26)
