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PHILADELPHIA, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Children s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has appointed Sophia G. Holder as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In joining the CHOP leadership team, Sophia brings more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently serving as the Vice President of Finance at Boston Children s Hospital.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints Sophia G. Holder as New Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer We are delighted to welcome Sophia to the CHOP family, said Madeline Bell, President and CEO of Children s Hospital of Philadelphia. She not only brings the technical competencies to succeed in this role, but she has also demonstrated a personal commitment to developing people and leading teams, two invaluable skills that will help further CHOP s mission of transforming care and improving the lives of children.
Sean Metcalf Every two years, thousands of Vermont teenagers are asked a series of questions about whether they are drinking alcohol, having sex, using drugs or engaging in other risky behaviors. In the most recent installment of the state survey, fewer teens reported drinking or cigarette smoking. On the rise, though, was cannabis use. The 2019 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that the number of high school students who reported using pot in the last 30 days had ticked up to 27 percent from 24 percent in 2017. Experts say they aren t surprised but they are worried that even more teenagers will become users when the retail sale of marijuana becomes legal in Vermont next year. That s bad news, they add, because of the drug s effect on developing brains and the risk teenagers run of becoming dependent on it.
As COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues in Vermont, clinics are working hard to ensure as few doses as possible go to waste, state health officials say.
As of Tuesday, the rate of wasted or non-viable doses in Vermont was 0.2%, or approximately 773 doses since the state began vaccinating residents, according to the state s health department. As of Tuesday, more than 420,000 doses of the vaccine had been administered, department data show.
Comparatively, New Hampshire Public Radio reported wastage rates of several northeastern states in mid-March: New Hampshire s was 0.69%, Massachusetts was 0.08% and Rhode Island s was 0.06%.
Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine explained Friday that the term wastage was broad and had many components.
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