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Sonia Eden Dr. Sonia Eden and her mother, Doris LaGrone, in Paris on one of their many overseas adventures. Detroit Medical Center 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....

Students were just settling in on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University in Western Maryland when researchers wearing protective gear began scooping up weekly samples from the pipes outside their dorms. Before long, scientists, working with the local health team, had made a discovery from the toilet water: shed particles of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus. Without a single student getting a nose swab, public health officials knew that a student at the small, private university — potentially more than one — was carrying the virus. They just had to identify them. Administrat...

Universities, cities and states are testing wastewater for the virus Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post Dec. 25, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Allan Matovu-Barigye collects untreated wastewater at the Ballenger-McKinney treatment facility in Frederick, Md., on Dec. 18. Twice a week, samples are collected and sent to a lab in Rockville to be screened for the coronavirus.Washington Post photo by Katherine FreyShow MoreShow Less 2of3Samples of wastewater from the Ballenger-McKinney wastewater treatment facility in Frederick, Md., are collected twice a week and sent to a lab in Ro...

Flushing out the coronavirus: Universities, cities and states are testing wastewater for the virus Ovetta Wiggins © Katherine Frey/The Washington Post Allan Matovu-Barigye collects untreated wastewater at the Ballenger-McKinney treatment facility in Frederick, Md., on Dec. 18. Twice a week, samples are collected and sent to a lab in Rockville to be screened for the coronavirus. Students were just settling in on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University in Western Maryland when researchers wearing protective gear began scooping up weekly samples from the pipes outside th...

Geography wasn’t kind to the Ozark and Nixa hoopsters two years ago and still wasn’t a friend to the Eagles and Lady Eagles last year. The schools’ proximity to Kickapoo placed them in the same District as the Chiefs and Lady Chiefs. Ozark received a respite from Kickapoo last year by heading east to Lebanon.  This season, both Ozark and Nixa won’t see Kickapoo at Districts. MSHSAA released its new classifications and alignments last week, with Ozark and Nixa both being positioned in Class 6 District 12 with Branson and Glendale. Nixa coach Jay Osborne didn’t hide ...