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BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Tufts Medical Center and Prapela, an infant health company in Biddeford, ME, have been awarded a joint $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, to help advance the development of the Prapela SVS Hospital Bassinet for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS).
Tufts Medical Center & Prapela Receive $2.5 Million award from NIH to Support Prapela s Development of Hospital Bassinet Pad for Opioid-Exposed Newborns
Tufts Medical Center & Prapela Receive $2.5 Million Award from NIH for NAS/NOWS Breakthrough Study
Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, the Worcester police officer who sacrificed his life Friday when he rushed into a pond at Green Hill Park to try to save a 14-year-old boy, will be laid to rest on Thursday. Born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, the 38-year-old officer moved to Worcester as a young boy and graduated from Doherty Memorial High School in 2001. He went on to attend Quinsigamond Community .