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By DR. DIVYA CHHABRA, ABC News
(NEW YORK) Marc Wagner is a researcher and activist who has been living with HIV for 35 years. He is one of hundreds of HIV-positive people participating in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines.
“I’m glad that I participated, that it led to the body of knowledge,” he said.
But being a part of the vaccine trials was not always an option for him or the 1.2 million HIV-positive people in the U.S. They fought for it.
HIV is a lifelong infection that attacks the immune system. Once a death sentence, today there are many medications that can help people living with HIV keep their immune systems healthy and in check.
Hudson Reporter
Cancer Surgeon Performs Pancreas Tumor Removal Laparoscopically for First Time at Jersey City Medical Center
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Mary Drake Young was experiencing severe pain in her abdomen when her primary care physician sent her for an MRI.
The MRI revealed a tumor on her distal pancreas and her gastroenterologist referred her to Dr. Jason Maggi, a surgical oncologist at Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.
“I wasn’t expecting them to say they found a tumor,” said Young, 47, who has been a special education teacher in East Orange since 2001. “I Googled it and the first thing that popped up was pancreatic cancer. Obviously, I was totally distraught and worried about my children, my grandchildren, and my husband because I’m young. I’m not ready to die.”
Limerick s Live 95
Search By Live95 News Team via Limerick City and County Council Limerick City and County Council has announced a major development proposal across three sites in Limerick City in an investment in the region of €400m.
It includes a new medical facility and the creation of over 200 construction jobs across the sites.
The three key sites are in Thomondgate, Hyde Road Park (site behind Bourke Avenue) and Coonagh.
Following an Expressions of Interest (EoI) on e-tenders and an assessment of applications received in January 2021, a Joint Venture has emerged as the successful bidder.
In a statement, the council says The Joint Venture Whitebox and Clúid proposal will not only deliver much needed housing in Limerick but one of the proposals, relating to the Coonagh site, will deliver a variety of housing options to the area and investment on a transformational scale for the immediate area