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REGION Franklin County is following the state-wide trend of declining reported positive cases of COVID-19 with the Center of Disease Control (CDC) showing a seven-day count of 38 confirmed cases as of Feb. 11. The count shows a 38.71% drop in confirmed cases from the previous 7-day count.
According to the Maine CDC, as of Feb. 7 the town of Farmington has reported the highest number of cumulative probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Franklin County with 323 cases.
The federal CDC’s data provides county-wide confirmed cases across the country whereas Maine’s CDC provides zip-code specific data that combines both confirmed and probable cases throughout the state.
Feb. 17, 2021
On Thursday, the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans dismissed physician Princess Dennar as the program director of its combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency program. She had been the first and only Black woman to be program director at Tulane’s medical school.
By Friday, the social media furor had begun.
The hashtag #DNRTulane, or “Do Not Rank Tulane,” flared on Twitter, referring to the match process medical students go through to express their preferred residency programs, as did #JusticeForDrDennar. Now, the outpouring of posts and petitions decrying the termination of Dennar’s position at Tulane is generating a national conversation about racial inequities and discrimination that physicians of color, especially underrepresented women of color, face in academic medicine.
Tulane physician who sued over alleged discrimination loses residency directorship
Dr. Princess Dennar claims in the lawsuit she had also been retaliated against for raising concerns. Share Updated: 9:46 PM CST Feb 13, 2021 WDSU Digital Team
Tulane physician who sued over alleged discrimination loses residency directorship
Dr. Princess Dennar claims in the lawsuit she had also been retaliated against for raising concerns. Share Updated: 9:46 PM CST Feb 13, 2021
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Show Transcript GINA: ALSO KNEW, A STORY THAT GOT YOU GUYS TALKING. THE DIRECTOR OF A RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT TULANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS STRIPPED FROM THAT POSITION. HE WAS REMOVED SHE WAS REMOVED FROM HER POST THIS WEEK. THIS COMES FIVE MONTHS AFTER SHE FILED A LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE SCHOOL OF DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS IT STARTED IN 2008, WHEN SHE INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB AND ALLEGES SHE WAS TOLD BY THE NOW DEAN AND THAT WHITE MEDIC
In most cases, it’s impossible to pinpoint precisely how a person got infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. But months of research has enabled scientists to identify and rank the most likely ways (such as spending more than 15 minutes close to an infected person) as well as highly unlikely ones (such as handling frozen fish at the supermarket). Understanding these risks is crucial for figuring out how best to stem the pandemic’s spread.