Stewart Reed, nursing home administrator at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus, was among the first to receive his COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 14, 2021.
It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favorite during movie nights and bingo tournaments that Hobbs organized as activities director at the nursing home.
It had been a difficult and sad year at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus. Over the summer, there had been an outbreak of the virus which had killed 10 residents and infected 30 staff members. For nearly a year, residents had been eating meals alone in their rooms, reminiscing about the days they shared popcorn while watching wrestling matches on TV.
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Stewart Reed, nursing home administrator at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus, was among the first to receive his COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 14, 2021. Aneri Pattani / Kaiser Health News
It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favorite during movie nights and bingo tournaments that Hobbs organized as activities director at the nursing home.
It had been a difficult and sad year at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus. Over the summer, there had been an outbreak of the virus which had killed 10 residents and infected 30 staff members. For nearly a year, residents had been eating meals alone in their rooms, reminiscing about the days they shared popcorn while watching wrestling matches on TV.
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ATLANTA – Health care workers are thought to be at high risk for contracting COVID-19 from on-the-job exposures. However, new research from Emory University shows exposures to people with COVID-19 outside the workplace, as well as Black race, were the strongest predictors of positive COVID-19 antibody tests, also known as seropositivity, in health care workers. The study was published online in the
Annals of Internal Medicine on Jan. 29, 2021.
The researchers also determined living in a zip code with higher COVID-19 incidence increased the risk of seropositivity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as did reported contact with an infected health care worker.
Emory Report | Feb. 2, 2021
Programs during Emory’s 2021 observance of Black History Month will feature (clockwise from top left) Anthony Jack; Jessica Stewart; Taos Wynn; Kevin L. Gilliam and Iesha Galloway-Gilliam; Valerie Babb; and more.
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Departments across Emory will host numerous virtual activities during February in recognition of Black History Month, including panel discussions, a film screening and conversations with artists and authors. Our theme for Black History Month this year is legacy and responsibility as we reflect on the loss of so many luminaries in 2020, says Carol E. Henderson, Emory’s chief diversity officer, vice provost for diversity and inclusion, and adviser to the president.