To Get Kids Vaccinated, Schools Offer Money and More
In Anderson, S.C., high school students received $100 if they got vaccinated against COVID-19. In Phoenix, school leaders are giving out $100 gift cards. In Los Angeles, students have the chance to win gift cards or free prom and homecoming tickets if they get the jab.
And in the nation’s largest school district, New York City, children as young as 5 could get paid for getting a COVID-19 vaccination, another example of the lengths to which schools are going as they strive for normalcy after nearly two years of pandemic-disrupted education.
Like everything involving schools during the pandemic, from mask mandates to r...
Source: TIME: Health - November 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Education nationpod Source Type: news
Why Schools Are Offering Money, and More, to Get Kids Vaccinated
In Anderson, S.C., high school students received $100 if they got vaccinated against COVID-19. In Phoenix, school leaders are giving out $100 gift cards. In Los Angeles, students have the chance to win gift cards or free prom and homecoming tickets if they get the jab.
And in the nation’s largest school district, New York City, children as young as 5 could get paid for getting a COVID-19 vaccination, another example of the lengths to which schools are going as they strive for normalcy after nearly two years of pandemic-disrupted education.
Like everything involving schools during the pandemic, from mask mandates to r...
Source: TIME: Health - November 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Education nationpod Source Type: news
IBA and RaySearch expand partnership in proton therapy
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and radiation therapy softwar...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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RaySearch secures $2.2M Swiss contract (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 27, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
IBA partners with University of Pennsylvania
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a multiyea...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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IBA reports revenue rebound in 2020 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 25, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lab Notes: A Pennovation Lab lease deal, an Proscia AI advancement, a cell therapy collaboration and more
This week's Lab Notes includes a growing cell and gene therapy company finding a new home, an advance in the use of artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer and a collaboration agreement.
Here's the roundup:
Interius BioTherapeutics
The cell and gene therapy company spun out of the University of Pennsylvania has signed a lease deal to occupy about 17,700 square feet at Pennovation Lab in the Greys Ferry section of Philadelphia.
Interius was co-founded in 2019 by Dr. Saar Gill, a Penn Medicine… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - October 8, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: John George Source Type: news
Lab Notes: A Pennovation Lab lease deal, an Proscia AI advancement, a cell therapy collaboration and more
This week's Lab Notes includes a growing cell and gene therapy company finding a new home, an advance in the use of artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer and a collaboration agreement.
Here's the roundup:
Interius BioTherapeutics
The cell and gene therapy company spun out of the University of Pennsylvania has signed a lease deal to occupy about 17,700 square feet at Pennovation Lab in the Greys Ferry section of Philadelphia.
Interius was co-founded in 2019 by Dr. Saar Gill, a Penn Medicine… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 8, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
First look: Inside Penn Medicine's $1.6 billion Pavilion (PHOTOS)
Penn Medicine is set to begin providing patient care on Oct. 30 at its $1.6 billion Pavilion, a 17-story building it is describing as the "future of medicine."
The 1.5-million-square-foot building in West Philadelphia — across the street from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and adjacent to the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine — includes 504 private patient rooms and 47 operating rooms.
The Pavilion, the largest capital project in Penn's history, will be home to the Hospital… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - October 6, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: John George Source Type: news
Multilateral Financial Institutions Can Catalyze Public Development Banks (PDB) to Deliver SDGs
By Raghav Gaiha and Shantanu MathurNEW DELHI, India, Oct 5 2021 (IPS) There is broad consensus that realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change require a transformative agenda for agriculture and food systems. In this context, the importance of mobilizing more investments and aligning them to sustainable development and inclusive rural transformation objectives, is widely acknowledged.
The gaps in investment
Estimates of investment required for achieving these goals show that the financing needs are considerable although the appraisals of incremental financing requirements ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Raghav Gaiha and Shantanu Mathur Tags: Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Headlines Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Join JHSON's October Virtual Nursing Grand Rounds: Housing Insecurity in the Age of COVID-19
Join JHSON's October Virtual Nursing Grand Rounds: Housing Insecurity in the Age of COVID-19
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - September 28, 2021 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Celebrates COVID-19 Vaccine Science Superheroes
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – September 28, 2021 – Johnson & Johnson today announced Katalin Karikó, Ph.D. of BioNTech Pharmaceuticals and the University of Pennsylvania and Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania as winners of the 2021 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. The duo were honored for their foundational work that enabled the use of messenger RNA in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, and holds tremendous promise for development of future vaccines and therapeutics. The company also recognized other scientists from across academia, government and industry who have worked tireles...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - September 28, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Our Company Source Type: news
Penn Medicine, Wistar Institute get $11.7M NCI grant to develop potential melanoma treatments
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute $11.7 million to support melanoma research.
The five-year award from the NCI's Specialized Programs of Research Excellence will be used to fund three new melanoma research projects.
The projects will seek to translate laboratory discoveries made in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and at The Wistar Institu te, both in West Philadelphia, into new therapeutics to treat skins cancers.
Melanoma… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 24, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: John George Source Type: news
COVAX Was a Great Idea, But Is Now 500 Million Doses Short of Its Vaccine Distribution Goals. What Exactly Went Wrong?
In January 2020, world leaders and industry titans gathered in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s annual Davos conference. Much of the conversation centered around the mysterious new coronavirus that had emerged in Wuhan, China, a month earlier, and had at that point infected nearly 300 people in four countries.
Two of the conference’s attendees were Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Over scotch and nachos one night, Berkley and Hatchett got to talking about worst-case scenarios. “&lsquo...
Source: TIME: Health - September 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Epidemiologic patterns of maxillofacial trauma in a metropolitan area: a retrospective analysis - Rose MJ, Cimba MJ, Day S, Bhatt P, Panchal N, Ford BP.
PURPOSE: To illuminate epidemiologic trends of maxillofacial trauma in an urban setting over an 11-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed an exhaustive database search at the University of Pennsylvania. The data were collected from 11 yea... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Challenged by 'persistent headwinds,' Tower Health's transplant program is headed to Penn Medicine
The move comes about three weeks after Tower announced plans to stay independent, but pursue a clinical affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 25, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
Alex Gorsky to Serve as Executive Chairman and Transition Role of Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson to Joaquin Duato, Effective January 3, 2022
New Brunswick, N.J. (August 19, 2021) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced that Mr. Alex Gorsky, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as Executive Chairman of Johnson & Johnson and transition the Chief Executive Officer role to Mr. Joaquin Duato, currently Vice Chairman of the Company’s Executive Committee, effective January 3, 2022. Following the transition of the Chief Executive Officer role, Mr. Duato will also be appointed as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. “It has been an honor and privilege to lead this company as Chairman and CEO for nearly a decade, and...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - August 19, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Our Company Source Type: news
