“Good morning, teacher,” a loud and clear chorus rings out as Pratibha Hilim, enters the veranda of her home in Maharashtra’s Karhe village, in Palghar district,…
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Coronavirus Report: November 5, 2020
Gino Santorio, President and CEO of Broward Health, has been appointed to the Florida Hospital Association’s (FHA) Board of Trustees. On Oct. 22, Santorio formally joined 16 board members who are led by Mary Mayhew, FHA’s president and CEO. Mayhew most recently served as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA).
Coronavirus Report October 29, 2020
“Early detection saves lives,” said Dionisio Osorio, regional manager of radiology and rehab at Broward Health. “At Broward Health, our Women’s Services Program provides personalized care for women and offers innovative diagnostics that enable our physicians and clinicians to better detect early stage breast cancer and plan a course of individualized treatment.”
The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19.
VIGO, Spain — A couple who left their careers behind in Argentina to move to Spain didn’t know how bad things were until they found a…
Coronavirus October 19, 2020
It’s important to understand the two sub-types of ATTR-CM, wild-type and hereditary. Wild-type ATTR-CM, the most common form, is usually associated with men over the age of 60 and is not caused by a genetic mutation. Most wild-type patients are White. The second type, hereditary ATTR-CM, is inherited from a relative and is due to genetics. , , , Hereditary ATTR-CM disproportionately affects the African American community because the most common mutation associated with hereditary ATTR-CM in the U.S. is V122I and is found almost exclusively in African Americans.ii, , This series will take a closer look at the signs and symptoms of hereditary ATTR-CM, while exploring the often-complicated journey to diagnosis for patients living with this condition.
The difficulty in producing a vaccine for the deadly virus comes as a new wave of COVID-19 infection has begun. Data provided by Johns Hopkins University in Maryland revealed that the U.S. surpassed 51,000 new daily cases on Oct. 13, marking the first time in over two months that the number exceeded 50,000.