Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

       James O. “Chick” Hill, graduate of L.C. Anderson High School, Class of 1955, was inducted into the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association (PVILCA) Hall of Fame in Football at the 2021 PVILCA Banquet held on July 19, 2021, at the Marriott Hobby Hotel in Houston, Texas.  More than seven hundred guests attended the event.

Broward Education Foundation, the only 501(c)3 charitable organization solely dedicated to serving students and teachers in Broward County Public Schools, announced it is accepting nominations for the annual 2021 Hall of Fame awards. The annual event recognizes graduates of Broward County Public Schools who have made significant contributions to the community, their profession and in education.

     A total of 5,059 individuals in the cohort had SCD (0.04%) and 25,682 (0.21%) had sickle cell trait. There were very few COVID-19-related hospitalizations in children with SCD (i.e., “fewer than five”), and no deaths. However, adults with SCD had 40 hospitalizations (0.79%), and 20 (0.20%) died.  Sickle cell trait was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death, but to a lesser degree, the researchers reported. There were 98 (0.38%) hospitalizations and 50 (0.19%) deaths among persons with sickle cell trait, and the trait was therefore associated with higher risks for COVID-19-related hospitalization (HR 1.38, 95% CI 1.12-1.70) and death (HR 1.51, 95% CI 1.13-2.00).