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Famed interventionist Ken Seeley discusses the increased issues of addiction and the need for help due to Covid-19 and the resulting isolation and anxiety many are feeling. He spoke with KESQ’s Patrick Evans about finding innovative ways to help during the pandemic. Seeley has local clinics and more information is available at www.kenseeley.com.
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Doctors are urging cancer patients not to let the coronavirus pandemic stop them from receiving life-saving treatment. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay met with a cancer doctor from Desert Regional Medical Center on the topic of treating cancer patients during this time. “Cancer has to be our priority because that’s the thing we know is
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Lifestream Blood Bank is looking for donors to help kick off the 2020 Nine Cities Challenge. The challenge creates a friendly competition across the Coachella Valley, to see which community will get the most involved in collecting blood donations. This year, the overall goal is 1,200 blood donations. To kick it all off, KESQ News
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Students walked between classes and others played outside Monday while their district leaders talked about coronavirus. Parents expressed their concerns, including a mother with two students in Palm Springs Unified School District. “As a parent I’m really concerned. As a parent of two kids it’s kind of very concerning,” said Alejandra Hernandez. PSUSD sent a
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At the post office on Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta, it was flurry of activity once again Monday morning as postal workers sorted and loaded up mail and packages for delivery. Most of the packages came from Amazon. “These trucks are 30 years old. They weren’t equipped to handle so much packages,” said mail
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When entering homes for the first time, home care aides with Home Instead in Palm Desert are being told to wash their hands. They’re being told to do the same when they leave. When they pick up their paychecks, they’re also picking up gloves to wear when serving seniors. “Some of them are afraid.
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The Sheraton Hotel in Pomona will be used to provide temporary housing for coronavirus patients, according to KABC-7 in Los Angeles. The 244 room hotel will also be used to treat people showing symptoms and people waiting for test results. The total number of people testing positive for coronavirus in Los Angeles County is 409,
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CORRECTION: Joan Boiko, Public Information Officer for Palm Springs Unified School District, tells News Channel 3 that PSUSD is not currently on Spring Break. Also, for this week, the district will provide students with “supplemental enrichment learning opportunities”. District officials continue to work on the district’s education continuity plan. “Curriculum-related materials will possibly be available
Continue ReadingFrom behind the big oak desk in the Oval Office, the most solemn setting in times of national emergency, President Donald Trump somberly addressed the public. Americans desperately needed reassurances about the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus. After all, it was now official: The virus had touched every continent except for Antarctica. The World Health Organization
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Schools throughout the valley are taking action in the wake of the coronavirus spreading. All have continued posting the latest information online, as well as updating students on whether any decision has been made to alter classes. “I’m happy class hasn’t been canceled. It makes it a lot easier to get through the semester,” College
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A cruise ship passenger from Riverside County has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a release from the Riverside University Health System. The resident, who has not been identified, is being treated and housed in Northern California. There are still no Coronavirus exposures confirmed within the county itself. The person was a passenger on
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A Riverside County lawmaker today castigated Planned Parenthood for sending Valentine’s Day greetings that contained condoms with messages he said were obscene and designed to intimidate legislators, and he asked for bipartisan condemnation of the action. Sen. Mike Morrell, R-Menifee, said his office was one of many in the Legislature to receive packages with condoms
Continue ReadingDr. Patricia Cummings discussed a new initiative that was just announced today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Million Hearts, a national initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in five years, is now congratulating hospitals and health systems that excel in
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A total of 195 people were released from a 2-week quarantine period Tuesday morning at the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. An image released from the Riverside County Department of Public Health showed dozens of people throwing their face masks up in the air, as if graduating. Many of them were relieved to
Continue ReadingWe can all agree that walking behind someone who’s buried in their phone is annoying. Now scientists are suggesting it’s dangerous, too. Using your phone as you walk is more likely to cause an accident than taking a call or listening to music, researchers have warned, after analyzing the causes behind hundreds of pedestrian mishaps.
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Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D., professor of molecular and cellular biology at City of Hope, a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. She will share her knowledge on the future of cancer care at the 14th Annual Leonore Annenberg Lecture, presented by the Annenberg Health Sciences Building. Dr. Malkas has
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