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Aegis’s Mitchell Road Opioid Treatment Clinic Opens Today

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Aegis Treatment Centers, the largest outpatient treatment provider in California for opioid addiction, will open its opioid treatment program today at 1768 Mitchell Avenue, Suite 301, in Ceres.

The Ceres center is Aegis’ 36th center in California and the second in Stanislaus County. Aegis treats almost 1,000 men and women daily at its nearby Modesto location.

Aegis is a methadone clinic where a person who is addicted to opioid-based drugs, such as heroin or prescription painkillers, can receive medication-based therapy and counseling. Patients receive methadone, or Dolophine, which is an opioid analgesic. Other drugs administered are buprenorphine under the brand of Subutex. This treatment is often referred to as replacement therapy.

When patients first come in, they meet with a doctor, said Rebecca Mitchell, Aegis regional clinic manager for North Central Valley, and be assessed medically as well as see a counselor. Doctors will prescribe medications and once stable and attending counseling and showing they are active in society, they can earn “take homes,” or medications they can take at home.

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Turlock Mother with COVID-19 Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Boy

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TURLOCK, Calif. (KTXL) – With his mother infected with COVID-19, baby Sergio’s premature birth is nothing short of a miracle.

“He came in at 3 pounds, 11 ounces,” COVID-19 survivor Jeseenia Lizarraga told FOX40.

Sergio weighed-in small but tested negative for the novel coronavirus.

His journey home would take weeks. The same would be true for Lizarraga, who had been placed in a medically-induced coma.

“I did not know what the outcome was going to be,” recalled Lizarraga. “I don’t know what was going to happen with me. I didn’t know what was going to happen with the baby.”

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‘It Felt Like I Was Living a Nightmare’: Turlock Family Healthy Once Again After COVID-19 Battle

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TURLOCK (CBS13) — A Turlock family is happy to be healthy and at home after a rocky couple of months battling COVID-19. The road to recovery, family says, wasn’t easy.

“It felt like I was living a nightmare,” Jessenia Lizarraga said. She described her COVID-19 symptoms as unlike anything else she’s ever experienced and felt like a severe case of pneumonia.

“I wasn’t able to breathe on my own anymore,” Lizarraga said. “I was tapped out on oxygen through the nose and the mouth.”

She contracted the virus back in April, likely exposed to it at work. Lizarraga suffers from asthma, which made treating her coronavirus symptoms difficult. But what made it even more difficult was the fact that she was seven months pregnant.

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Turlock Mom Shares Story, Some Theaters, Galleries Reopening

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Turlock mother, baby survive COVID

The coronavirus outbreak has turned life upside-down for a Turlock family and threatens the same for other Stanislaus County residents as COVID-19 cases spike during the reopening pha9e in California. Read Ken Carlson’s story here.

Some Modesto-area galleries, theaters opening

Although California Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that movie theaters, museums and galleries could reopen, not all in the Modesto region are open Friday. Most movie theater chains are looking to July.

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Stanislaus County Website Teaches Business Owners How to Safely Reopen During Pandemic

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MODESTO, Calif. (KTXL) — When it comes to tacos, burritos and nachos, the chefs at Taqueria Mis Compadres on Sylvan Avenue in Modesto know how to cook it up.

But when it comes to state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reopening amid the COVID-19 crisis, manager Nayeli Vazquez told FOX40 she and her staff got a little help.

“It’s not only basic training but it reinforces everything that you should be doing in a restaurant already,” said Vazquez.

Dave White is the CEO of Opportunity Stanislaus and he told FOX40 that county leaders worked to ensure mom-and-pop shops had access to CDC and state guidelines on how to safely reopen.

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‘Creepy’ Clowns Help Boy, 4, Celebrate End of Cancer Treatment: ‘It Was the Happiest I Have Seen Him’

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TURLOCK, Calif. — What do spooky clowns do outside of Halloween? Spread joy, of course.

Four-year-old Brodie was celebrating a milestone moment — the end of his cancer treatment after battling stage 3 Burkitt lymphoma since he was diagnosed in December, Yahoo Lifestyle reported. However, because of the coronavirus, Brodie was unable to revel with the traditional bell-ringing in front of friends and family at the hospital.

But that didn’t stop the brave little boy from having some much-needed fanfare to mark the occasion, with the help of a few scary friends from Turlock, California.

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Turlock Widow Sues Safeway for Husband’s Wrongful Death After Coronavirus Outbreak

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The widow of a Safeway employee from Turlock who died from COVID-19 is suing the supermarket company for wrongful death and negligence.

In a lawsuit, Norma Zuniga alleges her husband caught the virus while working in dangerous conditions at Safeway’s Tracy Distribution Center, where at least 51 workers tested positive for COVID-19.

Zuniga is seeking punitive and general damages of an unspecified amount from Safeway and its parent company, Albertsons Companies, according the complaint filed on May 13 in the Alameda County Superior Court. The complaint claims Safeway threatened to discipline Pedro Zuniga and his coworkers when they raised concerns about issues including the lack of personal protective equipment and how closely they worked despite social distancing guidelines.

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County Holding at Just Under 30 COVID Deaths

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The latest figures from Stanislaus County – as of 4:45 p.m. on Monday, June 1 – showed there were 750 positive cases of coronavirus in the county with 29 total deaths reported as a result. There have also been 594 recovered cases and 13,250 negative tests.

Stanislaus County Health Services Agency testing numbers include those reported through the State infectious disease reporting system. The numbers do not necessarily include those routed through a commercial laboratory. All positive cases must be reported to Public Health.

In addition to the three testing sites coordinated by Stanislaus County, testing is still available through local health care providers and independent labs such as Quest and LabCorp. OptumServe in office testing is available in Patterson and Keyes; Project Baseline by Verily: Drive-Through Testing is offered in Salida.

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Stanislaus County Records 30th COVID-19 Death

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Two more Stanislaus County residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the total to 30 deaths, according to the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency.

The number of positive cases grew to 767, with 136 presumed active as of Tuesday. On Friday, the number of positive cases was at 699 with 104 presumed active.

Within the last 24 hours there have been 17 new cases and one death.

Of the 30 deaths, 18 have been among former and current residents at Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The same company that owns the Turlock facility — Covenant Care — also owns the Vintage Faire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Modesto, which recently reported a small cluster of cases. The company said on their website that six residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and that one of those residents has died from the virus. All other residents and staff at the Modesto facility have been tested and none of those results came back positive.

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Modesto Nursing Home Has Coronavirus Outbreak. The Same Company Owns Turlock Center.

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Vintage Faire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a sister facility of a coronavirus-stricken nursing home in Turlock, is reporting cases of COVID-19 among residents, and one patient has died.

In a notice dated Sunday, Vintage Faire said six residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. No information was released on the patient’s death or when it occurred.

“We join with the resident’s family in mourning the loss of their loved one,” the nursing home said. The center is in the 3600 block of Dale Road in northwest Modesto.

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