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They were the shots heard ‘round the state. Five healthcare workers in Los Angeles became the first in the area Monday to receive the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech outside of a clinical trial. In San Francisco, Dr. Anthony Gomez, medical director of critical care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and Phung Ngyuen, a registered nurse in intensive care there, were the first in their city to roll up their sleeves for a jab.
Carole Geithner Relaunches If Only, Shining a Realistic Light on Grief in Adolescents
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Geithner s Coming of Age Novel Brings Grief Out of the Shadows for Parents and Children
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If Only by Carole Geithner tells the story of 13-year-old Corinna s first year struggling with the aching loss of her mother to cancer while navigating typical coming-of-age dilemmas. Despite her alienation from many of her peers, she succeeds in finding support in a year that will change her life forever – all while learning more about her mother in the process.
US Rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Begins
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Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at New York s Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was among the first Americans to receive the initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, multiple outlets reported. /
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Dr. Yolandra Hancock, a board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist, come together to discuss health care workers throughout the US getting the country s first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials on Monday. The vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and the first to be approved for use in the US, was shipped out in vials Sunday, with nursing home
Jamaican-born ICU nurse, 52, who trained at Lenox Hill and has 26 years experience is the first person in US to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine - as her brother gushes I m so proud
Sandra Lindsay, director of patient services in the intensive care unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was the first American to receive the vaccine
She was born in Jamaica and immigrated to the US in 1986 to further her education in nursing, later earning a Bachelors and Master s degree
Her brother, Garfield Lindsay, beamed with pride on social media that he was so proud his younger sister was the first American to receive the jab
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Investigators are pretty excited about the possibilities of topical CBD for pain.
They re hopeful that recent events like the World Health Organization removing medicinal marijuana from its list of the most dangerous and addictive drugs and several U.S. states voting to legalize adult-use marijuana in the 2020 election could lead to changes in laws that have hampered research on CBD in people. Focusing just on pain alone, CBD could be tremendous, says Adam Friedman, MD, professor and interim chair of dermatology at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, DC.