Sonia Eden
Dr. Sonia Eden and her mother, Doris LaGrone, in Paris on one of their many overseas adventures.
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Sonia Eden, M.D.
Dr. Sonia Eden took the job in September as chief of neurosurgery at DMC Harper University Hospital in Detroit because she felt like the offer was a calling for her to make a difference in the care of the many medically and socially underserved patients in her hometown. My work is very mission driven. Serving the underserved is what fills my tank, said Eden, who spent the last 12 years at Ascension Borgess Brain and Spine Institute in Kalamazoo. The cases are similar here, but the patient population is different.
It’s not just the more contagious B.1.17. variant that’s causing problems, experts told Bridge Michigan. Prep sports have resumed. And there’s some evidence teens and young adults are less likely to follow safety protocols such as mask-wearing and social distancing as those who feel more at risk, experts said.
“They don’t tend to get terribly sick, but the infection rates are going up in this population,” said Dr. Arnold Monto, an infectious disease expert at the University of Michigan and national authority on the coronavirus.
“I think the schools have done a great job” in ensuring students follow safety protocols, said Dr. Catherine Bodnar, medical director at Midland Health Department. The outbreaks, she said, are taking root “before and after school and even before and after practice.”
The claim: COVID-19 vaccines are associated with prion disease
With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout advancing at about 2.77 million average doses administered a day – a steady increase since vaccinations began in late December – a supposed research paper is rousing fear about the vaccine s safety on social media. Covid19 vaxines (sic) are associated with Prion s disease (sic), which you may better recognize Mad Cow Disease, writes Facebook user Rachel LeBert Cox in a March 23 post.
The source behind Cox s bold claim is a paper titled COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease, written by J. Bart Classen. A screenshot of the first page accompanies the post and provides an explanation: The messenger RNA, or mRNA, used in the vaccines trigger abnormally shaped proteins, the basis for prion and other neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer s and Lou Gehrig s disease, also known as ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Karmanos Cancer Institute to hold Health Equity Book Club discussion March 25
Industry professionals and community members are invited to read and attend a conversation about Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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DETROIT, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute invites health care professionals, including trainees and students, as well as community members to participate in the second installment of its Health Equity Book Club. This quarter s conversation will focus on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. The virtual discussion will take place on March 25, 2021, 4-5:30 p.m. via Zoom.