The new outpatient medical director for
Mind Springs Health, at 6916 Highway 82 in Glenwood Springs, brings years of experience to his new role.
Dr. Frank James has dedicated his career to work on mental health disorders and opioid addiction. Heâll provide psychiatric services to child and adolescent patients at
West Springs Hospital, at 515 28¾ Road in Grand Junction.
Dr. James, an army veteran, has degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Southern Illinois University. He was a resident at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Maryland and also worked at The Childrenâs Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Arizona adds 1,000 deaths in 10 days to state numbers
More than 10,000 new COVID cases were reported Friday in Arizona as experts warn the worst may be yet to come.
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PHOENIX â The number of deaths in Arizona is climbing for a second time from COVID-19 and state officials are now reporting more than 500 deaths a week since the beginning of December.
ABC15 has been tracking the timeline of deaths since the first death was reported and in the past 10 days, 1,000 deaths have been added to the state s COVID-19 dashboard.
December 9, 2020: 7,000 confirmed deaths
December 22, 2020: 8,000 confirmed deaths
January 1, 2021: 9,000 confirmed deaths
Dr. Elizabeth Connick
Dr. Elizabeth Connick, professor and fellowship program director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, was presented with the 2020 Constance B. Wofsy Womenâs Health Award at the AIDS Clinical Trials Group virtual awards ceremony in November.Â
She is a renowned immunologist best known for her work studying HIV replication in lymphoid tissues and HIV in women and girls. In addition, Connick served on numerous HIV/AIDS-related committees and boards for the NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other organizations.Â
âIt is the greatest honor of my life,â Connick said. âConstance Wofsy was an amazing person. She was one of those people who jumped in to treat people with AIDS very early in the epidemic in San Francisco and one of the first to recognize that HIV affected women.âÂ
The University of Arizona’s program to test 250,000 people for COVID-19 antibodies hasn t gotten the public demand that was expected.
Instead, only about 50,000 people have been tested, including students and faculty who were given first priority.
Deepta Bhattacharya, a professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, says there are still tests available. I am anticipating and hopeful that now that the vaccines are starting to roll out there s going to be people who want to confirm that they mounted a good antibody response to the vaccine, and so there s probably going to be a good likelihood of immunity for some time,” Bhattacharya said.