Cases rapidly spread through Chihuahua’s 46,000-strong Mennonite community via schools and churches, according to religious and health leaders. From there, they said, it spread to workers in orchards and cheese plants.
Looney was initially discharged on Dec. 6, wearing monitors to track her blood pressure, heart rate and other bodily functions and returning to the hospital for daily checkups before her medication readmission. Doctors scrutinize her bloodwork and other tests, comparing them to prior research in animals andin hopes of spotting an early warning if problems crop up.
“A lot of what we’re seeing, we’re seeing for the first time,” Montgomery said.Locke, who recently joined the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, visited last week to check her longtime patient’s progress. Looney hugged her, saying, “Thank you for not giving up on me.”“Never,” Locke responded.
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for years. In the Southwest, the fate of aare pending before a federal appeals court.
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