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Over 20 dead, millions struggle without power as cold snap grips US
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February 17, 2021
Washington, Feb 17: Millions were left without power as a winter storm gripped the southern and central United States on Tuesday with record-low temperatures in ill-prepared areas, and a tornado claiming three lives.
More than 20 storm-related deaths have been registered so far, including in traffic accidents in Texas, Kentucky and Missouri, according to local media.
In hardest-hit Texas where freezing conditions prompted utility companies to implement rotating blackouts a woman and girl died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a car to generate heat, according to NBC News.
Thereâs No âOne Size Fits Allâ Treatment for Asthma
A new set of guidelines recognizes the complexity in the interaction between a patientâs genetics and the environment.
Credit.Gracia Lam
Feb. 15, 2021
Asthma may be a disease with one name. But experts say that unbeknown to most people who have it, it is not just one disease, nor is there a âone-size-fits-allâ treatment for it.
Rather, as detailed in a new 54-page set of guidelines developed by an expert panel, in the 13 years since the last guidelines were issued, tremendous progress has been made in understanding the causes and physiological effects of various kinds of asthma and the different approaches needed to treat them and minimize flare-ups in children and adults. The guidelines were published in December in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
March 08, 2021
DOBSON Each member of Facilities and Maintenance Department at Surry Community College recently earned a certificate in Lean Six Sigma White Belt Training from the United Quality Management Institute.
The 21-member team completed a four-hour training session that began Oct. 13, and ended Jan. 15. Their instructor was Dr. Ron Fite of the United Quality Management Institute.
“I watched presentations about the facilities and maintenance projects as a part of the class competition,” said SCC President Dr. David Shockley. “I was so proud of our employees detailing how they will make their areas lean and more efficient. Other areas of the college team will go through lean training including human resources, finance, technology services, and advising.”
‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors
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‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors
A new online exhibit released by Yad Vashem in time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day reveals the story of how group homes across Europe provided children with a place to heal and reconnect with the Jewish people.
(January 21, 2021 / JNS) It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland.
He remembers that all of a sudden in this group home for children who’d survived the Holocaust, he had plenty of good food to eat, clean mountain air to breathe, other kids to play with and loving adults to care for him. “It was the best time of my life,” he says, speaking from his longtime home on Kibbutz HaOgen. “I was so happy there.”