CNN10 – 03/29/17

An executive order concerning the environment, a settlement concerning a U.S. city’s water crisis, and a potentially protective type of gel are featured today.

New Documentary on International Catholic Youth Gathering Coming to US

World Youth Day Kraków: A Pilgrimage of Mercy to air on eve of International World Youth DayContact: Joseph Cullen, Knights of Columbus, 203-415-9314, joseph.cullen@kofc.org NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 28, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — An inspiring new documentary, World Youth Day Kraków: A Pilgrimage of Mercy, will enable American viewers to share in the experience of young Catholics from around the world who participated in Pope Francis’s international World Youth Day (WYD) in Krak&o Source: Knights of Columbus

Tele-behavioral health care reaches rural residents

From NACO:

Under a joint powers agreement, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Koochiching and St. Louis counties — collectively as the Arrowhead Health Alliance — worked with state agencies to create the Arrowhead Telepresence Coalition (ATC). County commissioners comprise the joint powers board. It provides behavioral health care through remote diagnosis and treatment of patients using internet video and audio.

The largely rural Arrowhead region makes up 23 percent of the state’s land but only 6 percent of its population. “So what we needed to do early on was to find more innovative ways to deliver services,” said Dave Lee, a psychologist and director of Carlton County Public Health and Human Services. The region takes its moniker from its pointed shape on the map, wedged between Canada and Lake Superior. Duluth is its most populous city.

Rural Minnesota faces a critical shortage of mental health providers; seven counties in the Arrowhead region have been designated as mental health professional shortage areas, according to ATC.

“In taking the lead for the region,” Lee said, “I didn’t see any other way to start to solve some of these access problems without having tele-mental health capabilities.” Carlton county did a successful “mini-pilot” before the initiative launched regionwide.


Terrorist in London Followed Sharia Law — (References Included for Journalists) — Law Enforcement Miss Clues, Says Randall Terry

Journalists may go to www.WWMD-TV.com to view segment 8, which explains Jihad, with extensive references for reporters. Also, references below.Contact: 904-826-9989WASHINGTON, March 28, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — Law enforcement often miss the evidence: Muslim terrorists are reading “sacred” Islamic texts to get their inspiration, and justify their attacks. These texts include Sharia Law, Haddith, Sirah’s, and the Quran.From Islamic Sharia Law: “Jihad is a communal Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Five states with the most rural hospital closures

From Becker’s:

Of the 25 states that have seen at least one rural hospital close since 2010, those with the most closures are in the South, according to research from the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program.

For its analysis, the NCRHRP defined a hospital closure as the cessation in the provision of inpatient services. As of March 27, all of the facilities listed below no longer provided inpatient care. However, some of them still offered other services, including outpatient care, imaging, urgent care or rehabilitation services.

Since 2010, 78 rural hospitals have closed. Here are the five states with the most rural hospital closures since 2010, according to the analysis.