Author: Dorron Blumberg

West Palm Beach VA Surpasses Vaccination Milestone

Posted by | Jan 31, 2021 | |

January 29, 2021 – The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center reached a historic milestone last week by administering their 10,000th COVID-19 Vaccine to healthcare workers and Veterans in line with CDC and VHA’s risk criteria. The facility announced the achievement on social media Friday, January 22.
 
 

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MD NOW Offers Antibody Testing for COVID-19

Posted by | Jan 31, 2021 | |

Testing can help detect effectiveness of vaccine and determine assumed current immunity 

January 29 2021 –  MD NOW® Urgent Care, the largest urgent care provider in Florida, is offering COVID-19 antibody testing at all of its locations.   
 
Through a blood sample, the antibody test helps patients identify if they may have been exposed to and recovered from COVID-19. For those who have recently received the COVID-19 vaccine, the test would help verify if it worked and if they have developed neutralizing antibodies.
 

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EPILEPSY FLORIDA RELEASES FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SEIZURE FIRST AID IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 POSTER FOR USE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Posted by | Jan 31, 2021 | |

January 28, 2020 – Epilepsy Florida announced today that it has developed and released a first-of-its-kind poster for use in schools called Seizure First Aid in the Age of COVID-19. This new resource is available for distribution statewide, in both English and Spanish, and outlines considerations and steps necessary to keep those providing and those receiving help during a seizure safe from the spread of the coronavirus.

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UM Dean appointed to nursing’s top advisory council

Posted by | Jan 31, 2021 | |

Cindy Munro, who leads the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, will help guide the National Institute of Nursing Research, which launched her own career.
 
January 29, 2021 –  At the onset of her career, Cindy Munro knew she wanted to be a nurse scientist and was thrilled when the predecessor to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded her a fellowship to pursue her doctoral degree in 1989. 
 

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