Immunization

It's a common question in any community: 'Who's your doctor?' Choosing a healthcare provider for your adult health care needs is a very personal decision. We're here to help! We asked our readers to recommend their favorite Champaign-Urbana area physicians for adults, and we appreciate every response we received. Please note, this list DOES NOT contain OB/GYNs ( go over here for that one ). Chambanamoms.com does not endorse or recommend medical professionals; all opinions expressed below are those of chambanamoms.com readers. This list is intended as a community resource and was generated from individual mentions on the chambanamoms.com Facebook page. A few tips: In the Champaign-Urbana area, most physicians are affiliated with either Christie Clinic or Carle. Please note that not all physicians accept all insurances or have admitting privileges at all hospitals, so doing your own research is a must. Some of the most popular physicians in our area ma...

The Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, dubbed the happiest place on Earth, reopened to residents of the state on Friday more than a year after it shut down. The park is not permitting groups larger than three households and capacity has been capped at 25 per cent. The reservation system showed that all parks within Disneyland — Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure park — are already sold out Friday and Saturday but Sunday tickets for the adventure park appeared to be available. In the past Disneyland had only ever closed a few times — following the assassination of President John F Kennedy, after the Northridge earthquake in 1994 and on a few other occasions — but those closures lasted just one day. Disney World in Orlando, Florida, opened at 35 per cent capacity in July last year. Guests wearing protective masks walk past Sleeping Beauty Castle during the reopening of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. © Bloomberg Elsewhere, Liverpool this ...

(KNSI) – Across the state, roughly 57 percent of residents 16 and older have gotten at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, this percentage fluctuates by county, and Benton County has the lowest vaccination rate by population in the state. So far, 34 percent of the county's eligible population has gotten vaccinated. Benton County community health supervisor Sam Hageman says there are many factors that play into this. Hageman said there is not an issue with getting vaccines from the state of Minnesota, but she says the county has struggled with getting people to sign up for vaccine clinics, and appointment no-shows are increasing. "For this reason, we have suspended our community clinics for the time being, and have started working on scheduling pop-up clinics around the county in partnership with CentraCare," Hageman said. Area residents also have many venues to choose from when they want to receive their COVID-19 vaccine, from pharmacies to heal...

1. Previous infection from SARS-CoV-2 was linked to an 84% lower incidence of reinfection. 2. Median interval between primary infection and reinfection of COVID-19 was greater than 200 days. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Study Rundown: While it has been suggested that a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection confers protection against subsequent infection, little is known about the degree and length of protection acquired from natural infection. This multicenter prospective cohort study enrolled healthcare workers, support staff, and administrative staff working at hospitals who could remain enrolled for at least 12 months of follow-up. Participants were required to complete questionnaires on symptoms and exposures every two weeks as well as undergo SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing every two to four weeks. This study found that there was a nearly 84% reduced risk of infection in individuals with prior infection or who were antibody-positive at enrollment as opposed to those wh...

{{featured_button_text}} Dr. Karl Trippe of Waco Primary Care likes the added personal touch he can provide his patients as he continues to expand the services his practice offers. Photo by Ken Sury. By Larry Breen As a self-professed "Aggie in a Baylor world," complete with two maroon stethoscopes and a Texas A&M office lamp, family physician Dr. Karl Trippe enjoys the personal touch in his Waco Primary Care practice. Trippe (pronounced "trip") often stays after work if necessary so that patients can pick up needed medicine and is willing to meet people on weekends when he can to take care of emergencies. "Patients don't get as much personalized quality care nowadays, so I'm on call 24/7 and like to really listen to my patients, especially about their mental and spiritual concerns because sometimes they're more important than the physical," he says. "As doctors, we cannot ignore their si...

By Democrat Staff Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer the one-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, April 30 at the Bothwell Healing Arts Center. The move comes after the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services resumed the use of the J&J vaccine. This decision was made following the announcement by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it has studied and confirmed that the pause on its use can be lifted. It was concluded that the known and potential benefits of the J&J vaccine outweigh its known and potential risks. Bothwell's vaccine clinic is located on the second floor of the Bothwell Healing Arts Center at 3700 W. 10th St. in Sedalia. People may walk in or call 660-829-8822 to make an appointment. Bothwell is also administering the two-dose Pfizer vaccine from 10 a.m. to noon April 30 in the Healing Arts Center by walk in or appoi...

Dublin, April 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Disease Analysis: Pneumococcal Vaccines" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The value of the pneumococcal vaccines market will steadily grow over the forecast period due to increasing elderly populations across France, Spain, and the US, alongside continued short-term price increases in the lucrative US market. A brief period of increased growth is expected with the anticipated launch of the 20-valent vaccine, PF-06482077, which may replace Prevnar 13 and Pneumovax 23 in adults (from June 2021) and Prevnar 13/V114 in infants (from mid-2023). Overall, the biggest opportunity for short-term growth within the pneumococcal vaccines market is associated with increasing vaccination rates within the elderly in the US and Italian markets; however, the 2019 reversal of the original 2014 ACIP recommendation for Prevnar 13's use in the elderly population will hamper its growth in the US. As the only vacc...

Data indicate that only about one-half of people with diabetes are properly screened for diabetic retinopathy (DR), and many patients at high risk for vision loss do not receive treatment. "Annual DR screening has been recommended by guidelines for years, but many Americans have limited access to these screenings," says Yi Zhang, MD, PhD.  "A more practical alternative is to perform DR screening when caring for patients at primary care offices and then referring those who need further eye care to ophthalmologists or retina specialists. By bringing DR screening to primary care, we may be able to identify this treatable condition earlier and improve visual outcomes." For a study published in BMC Ophthalmology , Dr. Zhang, Jeffrey D. Henderer, MD, and colleagues evaluated how often positive retinopathy screening exams via telehealth resulted in a completed ophthalmology appointment among patients at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Data from a ...

So you think you have the new coronavirus. Hospitals have a word of advice before you barge into the emergency room or urgent care center: Please call first. Sutter Health and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation are following Santa Clara County Public Health Department and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols to identify and evaluate patients who may have contracted the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, according to Sutter's website. If someone feels sick, first off, don't panic, they said. The flu or another respiratory virus is still the most likely cause, the medical organizations noted. Patients should contact their local public health department or their doctor for advice. "If you feel sick enough to go to an emergency department, call ahead to alert the staff that you're coming and tell them that you're concerned you might have the new coronavirus," Sutter Health noted. "If you decide to go to the emergency department, r...

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Jennifer Graber, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, said the vaccination clinics are an important experience for these fourth-year nursing students, who traditionally get most of their undergraduate clinical experiences in a hospital. "This is public health. This is community health.This is a completely different aspect of nursing for them," said Graber, who is also associate dean of academic affairs and practice initiatives. "It's very different than being in the hospital and doing tasks. You're out talking to the community and you're working with a population that we really don't get to see in the hospital, where it's acutely ill patients." The UD Partnership for Health Communities made the connection possible between the SON and DHSS. Rita Landgraf, director of the Partnership for Health Communities, said she hopes the success of the students will spur more UD health-related engagement in Delaware's communities. During ...

For anyone feeling ill on Christmas or while vacationing far from home, the nearest urgent care clinic may be the only option for avoiding an emergency room. Their competitive advantages, from a business standpoint, are many. Urgent care clinics are open seven days a week and often late into the evening. They take walk-ins or same-day appointments, don't require a referral and charge much less than an ER. But they weren't as common 15 years ago, when Zoom+Care Management Inc. opened its first outlet at an outdoor shopping mall in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. Zoom+ has grown to 60 clinics, mostly in the Pacific Northwest, including roughly two dozen in just the past two years. That growth trajectory has gained more, well, urgency amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the full story on cleveland.com's sister site, Cleveland Business Journal. Get the best in local business news sent straight to your inbox with the Cleveland Business Journal. Free to sign up.

New York, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "North America Emergency Medical Service Billing Software Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis By Deployment and Application" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06065007/?utm_source=GNW 1% from 2020 to 2028. The emergency medical services (also known as ambulance services or paramedic services) provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilization for serious illnesses and injuries, and transport to definitive care.Ambulances are the primary vehicles for delivering emergency medical services. Apart from them, some also use cars, motorcycles, aircraft, or even boats. The emergency medical services (EMS) simply exist in order to give us all a better quality of life. The EMS billing software is designed to provide managers and billers with the tools they need to easily manage the cash flow in an increasingly difficult healthcare billing market.The billing s...

Share on Pinterest The flu shot might help protect against COVID-19. Francine Orr/Getty Images Researchers recently identified lower COVID-19 rates among people who received flu shots. The odds of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 were 24% lower for those who received a flu shot compared with those who did not. People who had been vaccinated against the flu who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 had a lower hospitalization rate than people who had not been vaccinated against the flu. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, scientists have focused on finding ways to slow down the spread and minimize the severity of medical issues associated with the disease. Scientists have now developed multipl...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old female in reasonably good health. Around Thanksgiving last year, my left ankle was swollen, red and very painful. I thought it was tendonitis, so I stopped going for my half-hour walks in the morning. Around Christmas, my doctor ran a blood test that showed my uric acid was high. He said I had gout and prescribed Indocin and colchicine. I stopped taking it after a week because of bad side effects -- vomiting and dizziness. I took Advil when the pain was really bad, and I drank a lot of water and avoided trigger foods. My swelling has gone down, but the pain still comes in bursts. I have a lot of pain after sitting for a while, and when get up, I limp. Must I live with this pain, or is there medication that will get rid of the gout? I am concerned that I will not be able to walk. -- J.D.S. ANSWER: Although you might have gout, by themselves an elevated uric acid level and an affected joint do not make the diagnosis for certain. The diagno...

On Valentine's Day, I was fortunate to get my first Covid-19 vaccine shot – Pfizer, of course. I was vaccinated at the Floyd Little Fieldhouse in New Haven which was set up by Yale New Haven Health. It was an excellent experience. The staff and volunteers were polite, helpful and well organized. The entire process took less than 30 minutes and that included the obligatory 15 minute wait after the vaccination to be sure that there were no immediate adverse effects. When I went back 3 weeks later, the process was just as efficient. Given a capacity of 1,400 people a day, Yale New Haven Health did a terrific job pulling this off. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Getty Images These vaccines are free to all patients, thanks to funding by the U.S. government which negotiated contracts with the Covid-19 vaccine makers that will supply enough vaccines to cover our entire population. Of course, these contracts came at a cost to the government, from $39 for Pfizer's two dose r...

Providence Alaska plans to open a clinic with primary care services early next year in the empty space that once housed REI in Anchorage's Spenard neighborhood, officials with the health care provider said. Following a $7.1 million remodel, the facility will also offer urgent care and other services, they said. It will employ more than 45 people, and is set to open in January. "By expanding primary care in particular we can give patients access to a continuity of care that helps them avoid episodic visits" to emergency rooms, said Tamara Brown, chief executive for Providence Medical Group Alaska, on Friday. The former REI space in the Northern Lights Center has sat partially empty since the national outdoor gear retailer left its longtime home there two years ago, relocating to the Midtown Mall, said Bob Doehl, the municipality's director of development services. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore occupies some of the old REI space, Doehl said....

Thai national team players pose after receiving the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. The first batch of national team players was on Thursday administered the initial dose of Covid-19 vaccine before participating in a training camp for the 2022 Fifa World Cup Group G qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates in June. War Elephants' coach Akira Nishino also took the first dose of the vaccine at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute along with the players and other team staff. The second dose will be administered after 2-3 weeks. The first set of players inoculated on Thursday will be tested for coronavirus on April 30 and allowed into the camp on May 3, while those belonging to teams that reached the recently concluded FA Cup semi-finals will undertake the test on May 7 and join training three days later. Thailand are in third place in Group G of the second Asian qualifying stage for Doha 2022 with eight points from five matches. Vietnam lead the pool with 11 points...

Dublin, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Meningococcal Vaccine Market By Brand, By Type, By Age Group, By Region, Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2020 - 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Meningococcal Vaccine Market size is expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2026, rising at a market growth of 8.5% CAGR during the forecast period. Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial infection that is caused by gram-negative bacteria, Neisseria meningitides that includes a spectrum of infections such as bacteremia (meningococcemia), meningitis, and bacteremia pneumonia. The meningococcal disease is very rare but is highly fatal, if left untreated, up to 50% of the patients die or get some serious complications thereafter. In meningococcal meningitis, bacteria infect the lining of the brain and spinal cord and can potentially cause large endemics as well as epidemics. The disease is transmitted from an infected person through direc...