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Hershey Medical Center Second in the Nation to Implant EvaHeart2 LVAD
LVAD patient Richard Huggins with the external control and power unit for his new EvaHeart2 left ventricular assist device at Penn State Health s Hershey Medical Center.
March 2, 2021 Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant a newly-designed EvaHeart2 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) in a patient with severe heart failure. Researchers hope the device, which can be used as a destination therapy and as a bridge to transplant, will reduce some of the risks patients face with current left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which includes strokes and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Bills to Block Mandatory Worker Vaccines Falter in the States: Stateline By Sophie Quinton | February 24, 2021
Lawmakers in at least 23 states, often encouraged by vaccine skeptics, have proposed banning employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. Most bills are sponsored by Republicans, who say employees shouldn’t have to choose between getting a shot and staying employed.
“I just kind of like the idea of personal freedom, and that’s one of my biggest things as a legislator,” said Republican state Sen. Dennis Kruse, who sponsored one such bill in Indiana.
Although vaccines protect individuals and communities from disease outbreaks, online disinformation has turbocharged some people’s concerns about vaccine safety and potential mandates in recent years. Some anti-vaccine activists have spread false information about the science and public policy surrounding immunizations.
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Bills to Block Mandatory Worker Vaccines Falter in the States
Wendy Vottero, a nurse practitioner at Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital in Indiana, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot from Rob Dowling, director of emergency medical service. Some state lawmakers want to prevent employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated.
Kale Wilk
The Northwest Indiana Times via The Associated Press
Lawmakers in at least 23 states, often encouraged by vaccine skeptics, have proposed banning employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. Most bills are sponsored by Republicans, who say employees shouldn’t have to choose between getting a shot and staying employed.