Stanford Medicine apologizes after doctors protest administrator vaccines
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Residents at Stanford Hospital protested Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, executives decision to give vaccines to some administrators and physicians who are at home and not in contact with patients rather than frontline workers.Courtesy of Ben Solomon
This story was updated at Dec. 18, 4:30 p.m. to include the following statement issued by Stanford Medicine: We take complete responsibility for the errors in the execution of our vaccine distribution plan. Our intent was to develop an ethical and equitable process for distribution of the vaccine. We apologize to our entire community, including our residents, fellows, and other frontline care providers, who have performed heroically during our pandemic response. We are immediately revising our plan to better sequence the distribution of the vaccine.
That 2020 made telehealth the norm, rather than the exception, has led to an expansion of the Stanford Medicine Virtual Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Program for Adolescents and Young Adults, which was launched by two physicians late last year.
The program at Lucile Packard Children s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto serves about two-dozen patients who are adolescents or adults 25 or under throughout California.
It was founded by Dr. Geoff Hart-Cooper, medical director of the Stanford Medicine Virtual PrEP Program, in partnership with Stanford Children s Health; and Dr. Megan Vo, the associate medical director of the Virtual PrEP Program. (Both declined to say how they identify.)
Long exposures to the cold can be risky. Author: Adriana Navarro (AccuWeather) Updated: 3:15 PM EST December 16, 2020
As winter delivers the promise of fun in the snow, it can be easy to ignore the cold in favor of staying outside longer. However, long exposures to the cold can be risky, and while most people know about the dangers of frostbite, parents especially should be aware of its milder stage that serves as a warning sign.
Just as heat stroke has the first stage of heat exhaustion, frostbite has a first stage called frostnip, which occurs when skin is exposed to the cold, usually when temperatures are below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, long enough to cause redness or soreness but not long enough to cause tissue damage as with frostbite.
Microchips and mandatory shots: Don t fall for these coronavirus vaccine myths
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As the development of the COVID-19 vaccine continues, people continue to voice concerns about the fast-tracked injection. The vaccine is the answer to controlling the pandemic and getting life back to something that resembles normal, but it s stirred up myths and fears, from the idea that it will include a microchip that allows the government to track you to worries over mandatory vaccination orders.
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A critical-care nurse in New York was the first person in the U.S. to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but the question of who else should be among the first to receive the vaccine is still being sorted out.
Earlier this month, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a body of experts that provides guidance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on vaccine issues, recommended that health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be provided the vaccine in its initial phase of distribution.Â
The panel offered a broad definition of health-care worker that includes roughly 21 million people working in a range of settings and functions. But there are likely to be far fewer than necessary doses to vaccinate all 21 million health care workers in the initial shipments.Â