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Mutant COVID-19 variant from India has arrived in central Illinois

PEORIA – The COVID-19 variant causing so many problems in India has arrived in central Illinois.  Reditus Laboraties in Pekin recently identified the Indian double mutant variant in a sample from a Bloomington resident, according to a press release issued by Reditus Tuesday afternoon. First identified in India, the variant carries 13 mutations and preliminary evidence indicates it is potentially more contagious than previous strains of the virus. The variant has been found in several countries and was first confirmed in the United States on April 3, according to Reditus Laboratories.  So far studies have suggested that the current vaccines offers protection against the Indian variant. Dr. Douglas Kasper, section head of infectious disease at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, said he is most concerned by the fact that not enough people in central Illinois have been vaccinated, because the vaccines have been working very well against the variants.

Intuition Robotics Names Dr Michael Cantor, MD as the Company s First Chief Medical Officer

Share this article Share this article RAMAT GAN, Israel and BOSTON, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/  Intuition Robotics, developer of empathetic digital companion™ technologies, announced today that Dr. Michael Cantor, MD has been named the company s first Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Cantor will bring his expertise both as a geriatrician and as the former Chief Medical Officer of Bright Health Plan, a Medicare Advantage insurer, to aid the company s efforts in leveraging ElliQ to bring care to older adults into their homes. The company recently announced their plan to extend to healthcare. Before joining Intuition Robotics, Dr. Cantor was the Chief Medical Officer at Bright Health Plan, where he liaised with their network of doctors, clinics and hospitals to provide the best healthcare possible. Before Bright, he was Chief Medical Officer for home healthcare company, CareCentrix, where he worked with payors and providers to create programs that improve quality and lower costs by allo

Grant allows OSF to leverage Innovation Labs-partnerships to improve childhood vaccination rates

Share this article Share this article PEORIA, Ill., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/  OSF Innovation and its partners at the University of Illinois College of Medicine  Peoria (UICOMP) and Illinois State University (ISU) in Normal, Illinois, have received a federal Human Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant to continue work to expand childhood vaccinations to children of low-income families in Central Illinois.  Recent CDC data shows fewer children were vaccinated on time this year compared to last year, in part, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. HRSA invited grant applicants to propose and implement innovative approaches to increase access to and utilization of well-child visits and immunization services.

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