Author: Dorron Blumberg

Northwest Medical Center Receives Healthgrades 2020 Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award And is Named Top 5% of Hospitals for Gynecologic Surgery

Posted by | Aug 12, 2020 | |

August 11, 2020 – Northwest Medical Center announced today that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2020 Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ and has also placed in the top 5% of all hospitals for gynecologic surgery . This achievement recognizes Northwest Medical Center for providing outstanding quality outcomes in gynecologic surgery, as well as care of women undergoing gynecologic procedures. 

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Moderna Announces Supply Agreement with U.S. Government for Initial 100 Million Doses of mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)

Posted by | Aug 12, 2020 | |

New U.S. government award up to $1.525 billion for 100 million doses

Option granted to U.S. government to purchase up to an additional 400 million doses
 
August 11 2020 – Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the U.S. government has secured 100 million doses of mRNA-1273 as part of the U.S. government’s goal of securing early access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for the American people.
 

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25 Years of Breaking Down Barriers for Breast Health Equity:

Posted by | Aug 12, 2020 | |

Kim V. Heard, Susan G. Komen Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Board President, 
knows what it takes to fight for fair and equal treatment for all.
 
August 12 2020 – As Kim Heard, Susan G. Komen Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Board President, celebrates her 25th year as a breast cancer survivor, she is reflecting over the quarter century of changes she has fought for to seek greater equity and breast health awareness among women of color, young women, and the uninsured. She has experience with all from her stage II diagnosis at 38 years-old when she was a widowed single mother without health insurance who had to battle her way through a system that at first wouldn’t allow her to receive a mammogram.
 

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