“I just started feeling weak. I couldn’t lift up my left arm and I was texting and I couldn’t use my thumb and I was like, this is a little strange. I was kind of just flailing around on the floor trying to get up and I just couldn’t get up, said Jacobowitz.
The 30-year-old said he had done fire training a few days before, but never noticed anything odd beforehand. He was doing a long workout at Freakin Crossfit in Pembroke Pines when he started feeling off. The gym owner, Storm Kaufman, immediately noticed something wasn t right.
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Dr. Douglas Ziedonis took over the top job at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center on Dec. 1. He is a psychiatrist and researcher, who also has a background in public health. (Courtesy of Jett Loe)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The crush of the global pandemic was the setting for Douglas Ziedonis when he started his new job Dec. 1 as head of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
His concerns as a doctor and administrator are many, of course, but he’s also a psychiatrist and the mental health of those who work for him is much on his mind these days.
Mass General Brighamâs plan for surgical centers in suburbs stirs controversy
Competitors worry that the already dominant health care provider could become even more powerful
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 2 hours ago
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A rendering of the outpatient surgery center that Mass General Brigham is planning to build in Westborough.Mass General Brigham
An ambitious plan by Mass General Brigham to expand into affluent suburbs miles from Boston has set off a fight about the future of outpatient health care in Massachusetts.
A group of rival health care companies has mounted an opposition campaign to block the expansion plan, worried that the stateâs biggest health care provider will become even more powerful at their expense.
Confirmed deaths
The Florida Department of Health confirmed three more Leon County residents have died because of COVID-19. Total: 320.
Local hospitalizations
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare reported 10 inpatients positive for the virus.
Capital Regional Medical Center reported 13 inpatients positive. To date, CRMC has treated 2,309 people for the virus.
Vaccinations
At least 90,716 Leon County residents have been fully vaccinated by either the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two-shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
Of those, 4,690 have received the J&J vaccine.
Casey Chapter is the news editor of the FSView & Florida Flambeau. Reach her at CChapter@Tallahassee.com or follow her on Twitter @CaseyChapter.
COVID-19 in Leon County:
A total of 30,877 Leon County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 88 cases.
Two-week positivity rate is roughly 5.3%.
Confirmed deaths:
Three more Calhoun County residents have died. New death total: 46.
Four more Gadsden County residents have died. New death total: 98.
Two more Taylor County residents have died. New death total: 48.
Local hospitalizations:
Capital Regional Medical Center reported 12 inpatients positive.
Vaccinations:
At least 85,960 Leon County residents have been fully vaccinated by either the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two-shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
Of those, 4,536 have received the J&J vaccine.
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