Immunization

By JAMES SWIFT Bartow County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Dwayne Jamison led a pandemic task force conference call Monday afternoon, issuing several updates on the countywide response to the COVID-19 crisis. At the time of the conference call, Jamison said Bartow had 121 confirmed cases with one Georgia Department of Public Health-reported fatality. “We think that may be skewed a little bit because we’ve had several reports of possible fatalities related to COVID-19 over the weekend,” he said. “So there’s a lag in getting that report and getting that information back. So that number may go up as well.” By Tuesday afternoon, the DPH indicated that Bartow’s confirmed COVID-19 caseload had increased to 129, with two deaths now reported. “We’re seeing a slight increase daily from anywhere from one to 10 per day, which is better than what we had initially,” Jamison said. “Initially, we had a spike of incidents from the one incident, and now we’re just seeing a few of tho...

Even if they don’t practice in an area particularly hard hit by the coronavirus, the pandemic is already at every primary care doctor’s doorstep. As hospitals buckle under the pressure that COVID-19 has placed on their facilities, primary care doctors across the country are facing their own challenges in adapting to an approach to care where patients, as well as their staff, are discouraged against leaving their homes. Whether they’re in areas where the virus has spread significantly, or those regions that remain relatively isolated from the outbreak, these physicians have had to make drastic changes to how they operate their practices. “ We are being exposed to a new way of practicing medicine,” said Dr. Nikhil Hemady, the chief medical officer of Honor Community Health, which is near Detroit.  “The way I look at it is that we are at war. We are truly practicing medicine like we are at war.” In interviews with TPM, primary care providers from across the country described an in...

Palatine village councilmen voted unanimously Monday, March 16 to approve a development on the northeast corner of Northwest Highway and Palatine Road that will include a new gas station, a larger-scale 7-Eleven store, a car wash and an Amita Health urgent care facility. The project will include the abandoned Mobil gas station property at 7 N. Northwest Hwy., a two-story mixed-use building at 406-408 E. Palatine Rd. and the shuttered Teddy’s Liquors property at 25-35 N. Northwest Hwy. All three buildings will be demolished, with the new gas station and 7-Eleven built on the Mobil lot, the car wash on Palatine Road and the urgent care facility replacing the liquor store. Councilman Brad Helms (District 6), whose district includes the properties and the houses directly east and northeast of the development site, expressed concern about the noise from the car wash hurting the quality of life for those residents, who have to put up with the Shell gas station and car wash on the other sid...

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - Shejirina Moni sits beside her children in front of their makeshift home in a shanty community in South Sudan's capital Juba. Six of her children have died of various illnesses. She’s got three left. “The first one died at nine months. Another one died at the age of 10 months. Another one died when he was crawling, about three months,” she tells VOA. Moni’s story highlights a sad fact:  Millions of children in South Sudan do not get routine vaccinations. They are vulnerable to preventable illnesses. UNICEF health specialist Dr. Patti Samuel (R) explains the importance of childhood immunizations to a young mother. (Chika Oduah/VOA) While South Sudan is currently free of the coronavirus pandemic alarming the global community, the country is battling a severe measles outbreak, with over 4,700 confirmed cases and 26 deaths since January 2019. The government of South Sudan has partnered with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Allianc...

Subscribe today: $3/3 months Blues fan Laila Anderson, 11, poses with an enlargement of her hockey card at her home on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Courtesy of Heather Anderson) Blues defenseman Colton Parayko (55) and 11-year-old Laila Anderson hoist the Stanley Cup during the Blues' Stanley Cup victory rally on the Arch grounds on Saturday, June 15, 2019. (Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com ) Blues super fan Laila Anderson asks Blues Hall of Fame player Bernie Federko a question on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, during NHL All-Stars Media Day at Stifel Theatre in St. Louis. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com Laila Anderson (center) and St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko laugh during a screening of "Laila: The Next Season" at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. The documentary produced by the St. Louis Children's Hospital will air on Fox Spor...

DUBLIN , March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "North America Travel Vaccines Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The North America travel vaccines market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 3.3 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.3% during 2019-2024. Vaccines are defined as biological preparations that protect the human body against severe and potentially deadly diseases. They generally consist of an agent made from the surface protein, toxins, weakened or killed forms of the disease-causing microorganisms. Vaccination enables the body to produce antibodies, which provide a shield in case the person is exposed to the disease. For travel vaccines, also known as travel immunizations, travelers are vaccinated 4 to 6 weeks before the journey. These can be differentiated between r...

DUBLIN , March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "North America Travel Vaccines Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Research and Markets Logo More The North America travel vaccines market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 3.3 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.3% during 2019-2024. Vaccines are defined as biological preparations that protect the human body against severe and potentially deadly diseases. They generally consist of an agent made from the surface protein, toxins, weakened or killed forms of the disease-causing microorganisms. Vaccination enables the body to produce antibodies, which provide a shield in case the person is exposed to the disease. For travel vaccines, also known as travel immunizations, travelers are vaccinated 4 to 6 weeks before the jou...

DUBLIN , March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "North America Travel Vaccines Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The North America travel vaccines market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 3.3 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.3% during 2019-2024. Vaccines are defined as biological preparations that protect the human body against severe and potentially deadly diseases. They generally consist of an agent made from the surface protein, toxins, weakened or killed forms of the disease-causing microorganisms. Vaccination enables the body to produce antibodies, which provide a shield in case the person is exposed to the disease. For travel vaccines, also known as travel immunizations, travelers are vaccinated 4 to 6 weeks before the journey. These can be differentiated between r...

Former Oak Mountain High School standout David Dahl was preparing for his new role as the Colorado Rockies’ leadoff hitter last week. Now Colorado’s center fielder is waiting for the return of baseball. The Major Leagues canceled the rest of spring training and moved the start of the 2020 season back at least two weeks on Thursday. The decision came in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Dahl is facing the COVID-19 crisis with a compromised immune system. He doesn’t have a spleen. While playing center field for the New Britain Rock Cats in the Double-A Eastern League, Dahl collided with second baseman Juan Ciriaco while trying to catch a short fly on May 28, 2015. He sustained a lacerated spleen, and the organ was removed. A person without a spleen is “more likely to contract serious or life-threatening infections” and “at increased risk of becoming sick,” according to the Mayo Clinic , and “may also have a harder time recovering from an illness or injury.” “Me without a spl...

Dublin, March 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "North America Travel Vaccines Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The North America travel vaccines market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach a value of US$ 3.3 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.3% during 2019-2024. Vaccines are defined as biological preparations that protect the human body against severe and potentially deadly diseases. They generally consist of an agent made from the surface protein, toxins, weakened or killed forms of the disease-causing microorganisms. Vaccination enables the body to produce antibodies, which provide a shield in case the person is exposed to the disease. For travel vaccines, also known as travel immunizations, travelers are vaccinated 4 to 6 weeks before the journey. These can be differentiated between re...