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MONTICELLOÂ â A new website is debuting Monday that puts the spotlight directly on substance abuse prevention and mental health awareness services.
The website www.whitecountycares.org promotes the goals of National Prevention Week, an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness and action around substance abuse prevention and the promotion of positive mental health.
This year, the national initiative is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It will be May 9-15.
Daily health themes are: Preventing Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse (May 10), Preventing Underage Drinking and Alcohol Misuse (May 11), Preventing Illicit Drug Use and Youth Marijuana Use (May 12), Preventing Youth Tobacco, e-cigarette and vape use (May 13), and Preventing Suicide (May 14).
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Ascension St. Vincent officials announced plans on Monday for a $325 million expansion on the 86th Street campus that will include an updated women’s hospital, and a new neurosurgical hospital, positioning the hospital to become a destination for patients from across the Midwest.
The project will include a larger neonatal intensive care unit. Carmel-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine will partner on the hospital that showcases its specialty.
With the additions, the north-side facility will seek to become a regional quaternary care center, which will provide specialty complex care to patients from around the state as well as the region, said Jonathan Nalli, chief executive officer of Ascension St. Vincent Indiana and ministry market executive for Ascension.
All viruses mutate. That’s normal. When cells replicate, minute changes occur. And they lead to mutation, which is a change in the genetic sequence. The new coronavirus is more prone to mutations, and that poses a challenge to COVID-19 vaccine-makers.
Why does the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, mutate easily? Researchers say the coronavirus has an unusually large RNA. Its RNA polymerase (the enzyme responsible for copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence) is error-prone, and hence frequent mutations occur during infections.
There are at least four significant variants in circulation; then, there are sub-types. Some of them are the UK variant (B.1.11.7), the South African variant (B.1.351), the Brazil strains (P1 and P2), and the original Indian variant (B.1.6.17), which has at least two sub-types. They could be more variants and sub-types: all these reflect the challenge of developing vaccines.
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From gemstones to jewel tones and camouflage to canvas, art inspires.
Visitors to The Childrenâs Museum of Indianapolis will have two new visiting artists to teach and inspire as the museum introduces artists Deonna Craig and Koda Witsken to serve as Visiting Artists from June 2021 through May 2022.
It is all part of the Lechleiter Indiana Visiting Artist Fund. The program is made possible by The White Oak Foundation, Sarah and John Lechleiter. This philanthropic gift allows artists with ties to Indiana to bring fine arts to children and families through unique, hands-on experiences at The Childrenâs Museum.
The first opportunity to meet and learn from the artists is July 23-24 to visit with Deonna Craig and July 28-29 to visit with Koda Witsken. The Visiting Artists will be onsite regularly, sharing their time and talent with families and children.