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After almost a full year of elevated anxiety amid a worldwide pandemic, staying healthy both physically and mentally is the primary concern of many.

While beginning a health journey can seem like a daunting world of diets, sweat and endless information local experts agree, start simple.

Lydia Skiljan, a certified health and wellness coach at LakeHealth's Brunner Sanden Deitrick Wellness Campus in Mentor, has worked in the wellness field and health education industry for over 30 years, and said the primary focus of her job is helping people meet their goals, big or small.

"With coaching, I help people reach their goals whatever their goals are," she said. "So it might be losing weight. It might be stress reduction, or organizing your day, organizing your life. And I've worked with all walks of life with that."

Skiljan said that one of the biggest issues she has encountered recently with her clients is, not surprisingly, a massive amount of stress.

She recommended taking advantage of technology to combat it. She said apps such as "Ten Percent Happier," which provides guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, are a useful route to take if you are one of many struggling with anxiety right now.

Even simple breathing exercises can make a huge difference, Skiljan said.

"Breathing is huge. So there's an easy style of breathing called 'four, seven, eight,' and basically you inhale for four [seconds], you hold for seven, you exhale for eight," she said.

"It's that holding your breath for seven that tells your brain, there can't be a tiger chasing us, because you're holding your breath and it really is a neurological change," she added. "The whole system calms down, and the good chemicals are released."

As more people are working from home than ever before, Skiljan said it was important to not fall into stagnancy when stuck inside and it seems too cold to want to go do any outdoor exercise.

Her philosophy is that any type of movement is good movement, even if it is just curling soup cans while watching television. It does not necessarily have to be a strict exercise regime.

Personal trainer Jordan Taylor teaches a young client proper form on the pull-up bar at I Perform Fitness.

"Anything you can do, and anything you're willing to do," Skiljan said. "People say, 'when should I exercise?' or 'what type of exercise?' whatever you look forward to doing, and you will do, at whatever time you will do it. So it doesn't matter if it's morning or night or whatever, if you're willing to do it."

Another result many have experienced from working at home or simply not going out as much over the past year is the notorious 'quarantine 15' unexpected weight gain due to stress or lack of activity.

Skiljan said taking simple steps to engineer one's environment to successfully lose weight can be very helpful.

"Make sure your environment is conducive to what you want to do," she said. "So if you want to start eating healthier, or you don't want to gain more weight, get rid of the cakes, the cookies, pasta and garlic bread, whatever it is, that's going to be a trigger for you, or send you down a path.

"I think that's important, making it easy on yourself," she added. "And then find other ways to reduce your stress if you're a stress eater really think about 'why am I doing this?'"

Skiljan added that taking time away from computer screens to eat is also another form of mindfulness.

"If you're working and you're thinking, 'well, I'm at home, I should just eat while I'm working.' Don't do that. Take time away, enjoy your meal," she said.

Registered dietician nutritionist Julie Lipowski, who has a private practice called Cleveland RDN with offices in Mentor and Beachwood, also lauded the benefits of self-awareness when it comes to what foods one is putting in their body.

"I would say that everyone needs to be mindful of what their body wants and how you feel...," she said. "If you're tired and bloated all the time, you're probably doing something wrong."

"People say, 'when should I exercise?' or 'what type of exercise?' whatever you look forward to doing, and you will do, at whatever time you will do it. So it doesn't matter if it's morning or night or whatever, if you're willing to do it."

Lydia Skiljan, certified health and wellness coach

Lipowski spends her time working with a range of clients, from those seeking recovery from eating disorders to those who are just looking for general guidance on how to eat healthier and be more in tune with their own needs.

Once a person has identified foods that are causing more harm than good, Lipowski said it is important to swap them out with better options. But seeking balance in all the food groups is the goal.

"It's not about starving or dieting; it's about balance and moderation," she said.

However, Lipowski said she encourages her clients to be intentional about planning out their meals she said taking time to shop for groceries and specific ingredients so that they can cook meals at home is important.

In the midst of active spread of COVID-19 across Ohio, Lipowski said using nutrition as preventative medicine is a good idea.

"Make sure you're getting in enough vitamin C, fruits, veggies and whole foods...," she said. "Hydration is really important too, to flush the body of toxins."

No stranger to the importance of hydration, one of the main things personal trainer Jordan Taylor recommends his clients do is make sure they are getting in enough water.

"The biggest thing is increasing your water intake, especially during the winter," he said. "We're more likely to be kind of dehydrated during the winter, and just simply increasing water is going to increase your metabolism's rate to speed up."

Taylor, owner of I Perform Fitness in Wickliffe, has personal training clients of all ages ranging from 8 years old to 69.

He said that in addition to keeping easily accessible water bottles around, it is also essential to get in foods that are rich in calcium and iron during the winter.

"So for instance, leafy green vegetables, lentils, beans, things of that nature it's going to be huge because obviously, you know, we're putting a whole bunch of clothes on and the sun's not always out," he said. "So you're not getting that natural calcium and vitamin D which is essential for our body's health."

Taylor also encouraged anyone looking to start or revamp their fitness routine to begin with simple exercises and lifestyle changes that are easy to turn into habits.

"The likelihood of you doing four, five, or six things is tough," he said. "So I'm like, 'hey, what's the one thing you can for sure do? And then I say cool can we do that for two weeks? Can we then maybe add something to that? Or can we expand how long you're doing that one thing and then just continue to just build off of that?'"

"[That's] how I've seen people have the most levels of success," he added.

At the end of the day, Taylor said, consistency in how much movement a person is getting will ensure proper blood flow, which plays a role in preventing physical illness, and exercise helps regulate positive hormones released from the brain for mental wellness too.

"It does so much mentally and emotionally," Taylor said. "There's hormones that are released through this physical movement that help with stress reduction."

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BMJ Open. 2021 Jan 20;11(1):e042270. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042270.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic is demanding for occupational medicine and for public health. As healthcare workers (HCWs) fight impacts of SARS-CoV-2 on front lines, we must create safe work environments through comprehensive risk assessments, evaluation and effective implementation of counter-measures. We ask: What does current literature report on health risks at workplaces regarding COVID-19? and What do current studies report on the effectiveness of enacted preventative recommendations?

METHODS: As a snapshot of early HCW research, on 26 April 2020, we conducted a rapid systematic literature search in three databases (PubMed, Web of Science and PsycInfo) for COVID-19-related health outcomes and preventive measures in healthcare-associated workplaces.

RESULTS: 27 studies were identified as relevant for exploring the risk of infection, 11 studies evaluated preventive measures. The studies described that SARS-CoV-2 impacts significantly on HCWs health and well-being, not only through infections (n=6), but also from a mental health perspective (n=16). 4 studies reported indirect risks such as skin injuries, one study described headaches to result from the use of personal protective equipment. Few studies provided information on the effectiveness of prevention strategies. Overall, most studies on health risks as well as on the effectiveness of preventive measures were of a moderate-to-low quality; this was mainly due to limitations in study design, imprecise exposure and outcome assessments.

CONCLUSIONS: Due to widespread exposure of HCW to SARS-CoV-2, workplaces in healthcare must be as safe as possible. Information from HCW can provide valuable insights into how infections spread, into direct and indirect health effects and into how effectively counter-measures mitigate adverse health outcomes. However, available research disallows to judge which counter-measure(s) of a current mix should be prioritised for HCW. To arrive at evidence-based cost-effective prevention strategies, more well-conceived studies on the effectiveness of counter-measures are needed.

PMID:33472783 | DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042270

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Treatment-related events resulted in a low number of unplanned emergency department (ED) visits among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving active treatment with either tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), or chemotherapy. In addition, a substantial portion of these unplanned visits were unnecessary or found to be preventable, according to the results of a retrospective study published in JCO Oncology Practice.1

A better understanding of the main drivers of unplanned cancer care may lead to the development of evidence-based preventative strategies, the study authors wrote. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the drivers of unplanned ED visits attributable to NSCLC treatment.

The retrospective study evaluated the electronic health records of 97 patients with NSCLC who received chemotherapy or TKI or ICI therapy at a single institution and visited the ED in 2018. Patients were identified using the Stanford Medicine Research Data Repository (STARR). The ED visits were assessed for the reason for the visit and whether the visit was preventable.

There were 173 ED visits, the majority of which were cancer-related (54%). Most of these visits involved patients in the TKI group (61%), followed by the ICI group (49%), and the chemotherapy group (42%).

Twenty-nine percent of the visits were determined to be not directly related to cancer or its treatment. Eight percent were visits initiated by an outpatient provider who sent the patient to the ED to rule out a medico-oncologic emergency.

The remaining 9% were deemed treatment-related. Two percent of these visits were seen in patients receiving TKIs; 12%, in those receiving ICIs; and 21%, in those receiving chemotherapy (P <.001).

Of all the ED visits, 24% were classified as potentially preventable; 10% were deemed unnecessary. This assessment was based on the finding that 52% of visits occurred during business hours, 53% were for complaints that began at least 2 days before presentation, and 48% led to workup that could have been performed in the outpatient setting. Fifty-five percent did not result in admission.

These findings indicate that a significant portion of unplanned hospital care for patients with lung cancer might be managed with early intervention, extension of ambulatory care, and patient education on outpatient avenues of care, the study authors concluded.

Reference

Shah MP, Neal JW. Relative impact of anticancer therapy on unplanned hospital care in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. Published online December 22, 2020. doi:10.1200/OP.20.00612

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FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TimelyMD, the only full-service telehealth provider solely focused on higher education, has recently hired five transformative leaders to support its exponential growth at colleges and universities across the country as demand for telemedicine and teletherapy continues to skyrocket during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With a mission to improve the well-being of college students by making virtual medical and mental health care accessible anytime, anywhere, TimelyMD offers differentiated solutions to meet the needs of college students with 24/7 access to telehealth and providers in all 50 states.

Providing telehealth options has never been more important, especially for college students who may be learning remotely, need after-hours care, and prefer to access care privately on their own devices. These leaders will support TimelyMDs continued growth beyond the 80 campus partners it currently serves, including Duke University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Los Rios Community College District, University of Notre Dame and Paul Quinn College.

Nirmal (Nim) Patel M.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President of Care Transformation

Dr. Patel is a nationally renowned expert in preventative health and telemedicine who has held prestigious roles such as Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer and Global Head of Health and Wellness at industry giants such as United HealthCare, Teladoc, Morgan Stanley and Cisco. As SVP of Care Transformation, Dr. Patel brings her vast experience to TimelyMD, where her role focuses on population health, optimizing quality of care and tailoring measures of success for campuses.

A primary care physician with an epidemiology background, Dr. Patels differentiated knowledge of clinical operations, evidence-based medicine, team-based care and care variation have enabled her to develop innovative care delivery systems for hospital systems, and payors. She is a subject matter expert in telehealth, having created first-of-its-kind solutions focused on primary care, dermatology and behavioral health, while using data to show success. Dr. Patel developed a unique approach to quality and value measurement for the largest telemedicine platform in the U.S. to facilitate improved outcomes, she participates in nationally renowned boards and leadership councils, including the Clinical Advisory Board at WebMD, as well as advisory boards of venture capital and early stage companies. Dr. Patel received her M.D. at the University of Manchester, U.K., and her M.P.H from Yale University. She is based in the New York metropolitan area.

Kelsey Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Finance

As SVP of Finance, Kelsey Cunningham brings a strong background of accounting and finance experience to the TimelyMD team, primarily focused on the financial development and execution of various business strategies. She most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Inspirus, an HR technology and employee recognition company within Sodexo. Cunningham previously served as the Vice President of Finance for Signify Health and began her career in audit at Ernst & Young. Kelsey earned a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting and a Master of Accounting degree from Texas Christian University and has been a CPA since 2011. Based at the companys Fort Worth headquarters, Kelsey serves on the TCU Accounting Advisory Board and the Neeley School of Business Board of Advisors.

Becky Laman, Senior Vice President of Business Development

Becky Laman has dedicated her career to student success and brings more than a decade of leadership experience developing strategic plans with proven success in higher education, medical education, technology and advertising to her role at TimelyMD. She has held numerous roles across business development and operations, overseeing partner creation and expansion, new partner launches, client service, market research, technology implementation and ongoing improvement. Previously, Laman worked for two industry-leading online education service providers, Wiley Education Services (formerly Deltak) and Bisk Education, supporting both public and private institutions. Her passion for excellence and entrepreneurship has helped to build long lasting partnerships with universities and higher education associations. Becky earned her B.S. in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue University. She is based in the Orlando area.

Nathan (Nate) Stewart, Vice President of Student Marketing

As VP of Student Marketing, Nate Stewarts focus is on maximizing student engagement and utilization, as well as building the TimelyMD brand. Prior to joining TimelyMD, Nate spent 20 years as an executive marketer in the advertising industry, leading teams at some of the best creative agencies in the world for clients like The Home Depot, General Motors, Jack Daniels and Delta Air Lines. Most recently, he was the Managing Director for The&Partnership in New York, where he built a bespoke, embedded agency for The Wall Street Journal that helped the publication add 1.5 million new subscribers, including half a million students across more than 80 universities. Stewart earned a B.B.A. in Marketing from Texas A&M University and is based in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Robert (Bob) Hitchcock, Executive Director of Medical Services

Dr. Bob Hitchcock oversees a national network of medical and mental health physicians and advanced practice practitioners that serve hundreds of thousands of students at TimelyMD partner institutions. An actively practicing emergency physician with over 25 years experience, and several years of telemedicine clinical and leadership experience, Dr. Hitchcock is driven by a passion for outstanding healthcare delivery. He believes that the intersection of technology and healthcare delivery is rich with opportunity to positively influence health outcomes, improve patient access to acute, chronic and preventative care and reduce the cost of healthcare. For over a decade, as a senior executive with a healthcare IT company, he led strategies for business and product development that promoted improved financial, operational and clinical outcomes for hospitals, providers, and the patients they serve. Dr. Hitchcock actively participates with state and national professional organizations to advance the practice of medicine. He received his M.D. from the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine a B.A. from SUNY Oswego. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, N.Y. Dr. Hitchcock is based at TimelyMDs Fort Worth headquarters.

About TimelyMD

Focused on improving the health of student populations, TimelyMD offers universities and colleges a comprehensive, custom program centered around telehealth. TimelyMDs campus-wide solution gives students one point of contact anytime, anywhere to get quality care and immediate treatment for medical or mental health concerns from board certified physicians and licensed counselors. TimelyMDs telehealth programs optimize clinic resources and support clinic staff in delivering quality care to the right students at the right times. Visit timely.md for more information.

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You know strength training is key to building muscle, but how bad is it to skip?

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Official guidelines recommend doing muscle-strengthening activities at least two times per week. But only about a quarter of adults meet those requirements.

That's nearly half as many people who have a regular cardio workout, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Some people don't know how to resistance train and are worried they might get injured, while others have an injury or condition that doesn't allow them to weight train to a full capacity," says Araceli De Leon, CPT, a certified personal trainer, kinesiologist and spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise.

"In addition, there is a misconception around weight training among some females, who think they might get too bulky or gain too much muscle," she says.

Another common barrier is "gym-timidation," a lack of knowledge about how to use weight-lifting equipment and the intimidation that can come with it. Women, in particular, reported lower comfort using gym facilities, including strength machines and free weights, according to a November 2020 study from Penn State University.

But hey, as long as you're exercising regularly, does skipping out on pumping iron actually matter that much? Is strength training mandatory?

Cardio bunnies, consider this your wake-up call.

Why Doing Cardio Alone Isn't Enough

Let's be clear: We're not knocking a heart-pumping aerobic workout, which is amazing for your health in so many ways. But if you don't also incorporate resistance work, your body will pay the price.

"Your muscles might atrophy you will lose muscle mass and endurance because you're not using your muscles as much," De Leon says. "Your ligaments and tendons can also weaken."

Skipping out on strengthening is also bad for your bones. "Weight training puts stress on your bones, which nudges bone-forming cells into action," De Leon says. "If you don't do resistance exercises, your bones may get weaker and lose some mineral content."

This is especially important for older adults primarily those who are postmenopausal, as the decline in estrogen levels leads to bone loss, increasing your risk of fractures.

In fact, resistance exercise alone or in combination with other forms of physical activity is the ideal training for improving bone mass in postmenopausal women, middle-aged men and older adults, according to a December 2018 review in Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Finally, if weight loss is your goal, you won't torch nearly as many calories without resistance training, says A. Brion Gardner, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Manassas, Virginia.

"When you do a 30-minute cardio session, you are burning calories for that 30 minutes," he says. "But a 30-minute weight-lifting session will have you burning calories for the rest of the day, an effect known as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption."

That's because strength training, by causing microscopic stress to your muscles, triggers your body to enter a recovery state. That muscle recovery uses calories for energy.

Plus, the more lean muscle you have, the more you'll increase your basal metabolic rate, the number of calories you burn each day just to maintain normal biological function. Muscle is metabolically active, meaning it burns more calories at rest than body fat, he says.

The Benefits of Strength Training

Not convinced yet? "There are so many benefits to resistance training, even if you already have an aerobic program," De Leon says. "Because everything in the body is connected, having a solid muscular foundation is important in the way one's body moves, heals and interacts with other body systems."

Just check out all these major payoffs.

You'll Prevent Injury and Promote Healing

Increasing your strength training volume and intensity are associated with a reduced risk in sports injury risks, according to an August 2018 meta-analysis in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

A 2017 report from the American College of Sports Medicine also shows that following a resistance-training program is associated with a lower incidence of stress fractures, falls and low-back injuries in people who are physically active.

And if you do get hurt? You'll bounce back more quickly and efficiently if you've been sculpting muscles.

"Resistance training strengthens your tendons and ligaments, which can help you recover from injuries, like a sprained ankle or dislocated shoulder," De Leon says. "It will also improve your balance and posture by strengthening the small stabilizers that keep you erect."

It Will Enhance Your Athletic Performance

Runners with a strength-training practice significantly improve their speed and endurance, according to a September 2019 study in the British Journal of Medicine. "Increased muscle fiber size and contractile strength lead to greater physical capacity," De Leon says.

She explains that her own resistance workouts have helped her become stronger in other pursuits. "I'm a long-distance runner, and targeting my leg, core and glute muscles helps me have longer, more successful runs," she says.

Her strength-training routine also allows her to be a more powerful rock climber, stabilizes her in yoga practice and prepares her for snowboarding days.

You May Reduce Your Risk of Disease

A November 2017 study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that moderate strength training (between 100 to 145 minutes per week) is associated with a lower all-cause mortality risk in older women.

In fact, older adults age 65 and over who followed recommended guidelines to strength train at least twice per week had 46 percent lower odds of all-cause mortality than those who didn't, in a February 2016 study in Preventative Medicine.

But that's not all research shows that women who focus on strengthening their muscles reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes by 30 percent and cardiovascular disease by 17 percent compared with those who don't strength train, according to a January 2017 study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

The bottom line: Combining strength training with aerobic exercise is linked to an even lower risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and early death than doing cardio alone.

It Can Help Boost Your Mood

According to a June 2018 meta-analysis in JAMA Psychiatry, resistance training reduces symptoms of mild to moderate depression.

"Resistance training regulates your blood flow and heart rate, which clears away brain fog and pumps you full of feel-good endorphins," De Leon says.

As you perform new feats of strength, your mental strength and confidence will also improve.

You'll Reduce Low-Back Pain

A small May 2020 study in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation found that people with lower back pain experienced significantly less discomfort and saw improvements in pain-related disability when they followed a strength-training program. (A randomized clinical trial looking at this effect is currently underway.)

De Leon explains that strengthening your core via resistance work lends support to your lumbar spine (lower back), relieving pressure and pain. Bonus: The study participants also reported an increase in energy levels.

You Might Sleep Better at Night

Building muscle may even improve shuteye, according to a small May 2015 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, in which people fell asleep faster and had fewer nighttime awakenings on days when they engaged in resistance training.

Which Kind of Strength Training Is Best?

There are many different ways to strength train, but the best modality for you depends on your abilities, goals and needs. Here's the 101.

"Although both machines and free weights, such as dumbbells and kettlebells, allow you to gain a similar amount of muscle size and strength, free weights require more core engagement and activate more muscle groups than a machine," De Leon says. Without the support of a machine to hold you in the proper position, your body is forced to work harder to maintain your posture.

"As a result, free weights are better for building muscle long term, compared to a machine that may only be targeting specific muscles," De Leon says.

Because machines provide more support, they can be a good bet for beginners who haven't yet honed their form. "A machine is also great to work on improving your form and range of motion after an injury," De Leon says.

"These [resistance bands] are cheap and portable," De Leon says. "Although they do increase muscle size and strength, in the long run, they will become less challenging." To make your strength workouts more challenging with resistance bands, you can add them to your dumbbells or kettlebells.

"Body-weight workouts use your own weight to provide resistance against gravity," De Leon says. The best part is that body-weight exercises don't require any special equipment, like weight machines, dumbbells or even resistance bands. You can do them anytime, anywhere, which is especially helpful if you're avoiding the gym during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"To build muscle using body-weight training, gradually increase the amount of reps or train until failure for example, by doing squats until you physically can't do any more," De Leon says. "You can also try a 'time under tension' workout, where you perform each movement very slowly so that it becomes more difficult."

So, How Bad Is It Really to Never Strength Train?

As long as you are still getting an aerobic workout, you're not doomed if you skip pumping iron. "There is no harm per se in not weight training," Dr. Gardner says.

But it's certainly not ideal. "Over time, it can lead to adverse health effects and the loss of fitness gains," De Leon says. "People with a strength-training practice have an overall greater quality of life."

Aim to strength train at least twice per week, and experiment with different types of resistance-training equipment to help you figure out what will help you reach your goals. Because the more you enjoy that activity, the higher the chances you'll stick to a routine.

Ultimately, you'll be better off if you quit resisting resistance training. Now drop and give us 20!

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Chapter 10: Market Analysis and Forecast by Forecast (2021-2027).

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Panelists for the COVID-19 Vaccines: A Community Town Hall include, clockwise from top left, Dean Lee Hamm, MD; Executive Dean Patrick Delafontaine, MD; Professor and Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology Keith Ferdinand, MD; Associate Professor Lisa Morici, PhD; panel moderator Sharon Courtney, vice president for government affairs; Professor Bob Garry, PhD; Associate Professor John Schieffelin, MD; and Professor Dave Mushatt, MD. (Photo provided by Tulane School of Medicine)

Tulane University School of Medicine will virtually host COVID-19 Vaccines: A Community Town Hall Monday, Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m. CT to discuss the COVID-19 vaccines.

A panel of experts including Senior Vice President and School of Medicine Dean Lee Hamm, MD; Executive Dean Patrick Delafontaine, MD; Professor and Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology Keith Ferdinand, MD; Associate Professor Lisa Morici, PhD; Associate Professor Dave Mushatt, MD; Associate Professor John Schieffelin, MD;and Professor Bob Garry, PhD, will discuss current and upcoming vaccines and topics related to the vaccines.

We anticipate the first wave of approved vaccines to reach our hospitals next week and be available to frontline providers. We hope that more vaccines will be available more widely in the weeks ahead, said Dean Hamm. To provide accurate information and answer your questions, we will assemble some of our experts so that you hear directly from the most trusted sources.

In the United States, the historic first doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be available in December, coinciding with dramatic increases in COVID-19 cases nationwide.

Tulanes medical faculty offer a range of expertise about the vaccines and include frontline physicians who have treated COVID-19 patients, representatives on both city and state COVID-19 task forces, and researchers. Tulane is also the site of the Janssen vaccine Phase 3 trial, for which results are expected next month. Executive Dean Patrick Delafontaine is the principal investigator for the New Orleans site.

Delafontaine said that the School of Medicine conducted a town hall centering on the vaccines earlier in December for medical students and residents. The panel discussion was valuable, he added, but the questions were plentiful. That event gave rise to Mondays town hall, which is open to the public.

Questions about COVID-19 vaccines will be accepted in the Zoom chat during the town hall, but viewers can also submit questions for consideration beforehand to medquestions@tulane.edu.

The live stream of the town hall will be available via Zoom and also Facebook Live. For more information and to access the links to the town hall, click here.

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Illinois regulators are scheduled to decide the fate of Mercy Hospital on Tuesday, about five months after the historic medical center on the Near South Side announced that it wanted to shut down during a pandemic.

Mercy the first chartered hospital in Chicago says it has been treating fewer patients and operating in the red for years. Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Mercy tried to merge with three other South Side hospitals. But Illinois lawmakers wouldnt help foot the billion-dollar bill, so the deal ended.

The decision to discontinue Mercy Hospital was not an easy one but rather, the culmination of a multi-year, multi-factorial process that ultimately resulted in the consensus that Mercy Hospital needed to be at the forefront of transforming the health care options available on the South Side of Chicago and needed to move forward with a new model of care, Mercy attorney Edward Green wrote in July to state regulators.

Ever since, patients, physicians, health advocates and activists have rallied against the closure.

The majority of Mercys patients are Black, and doctors there also treat many Cantonese-speaking patients from nearby neighborhoods, including Chinatown. During COVID-19, Black and Latino Chicagoans have gotten sick and died the most, public health data show.

And a new state report shows that Mercys closure would create major health care access issues for people who need emergency care, in particular. Patients who would have gone to Mercy would have to travel at least five miles to another hospital emergency department. Thats according to the report from the staff of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, which is the regulatory board thats scheduled to vote on Mercys closure.

The loss of emergency care services will result in health risk to the population that Mercy Hospital serves, according to the report.

Late Friday afternoon in the wind and light rain, dozens of people formed a giant circle in front of the Thompson Center downtown and called for lawmakers, including Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, to stop the closure.

How are we supposed to provide patient care when you cannot support us on the other end, Dr. Anudeep Dasaraju, an emergency medicine physician who treats patients at Mercy, shouted from the middle of the circle. We are fighting two battles here, and we feel like we are losing. Despite what happens on the 15th, we will continue to fight.

The group then walked on to Randolph Street and briefly shut it down as they formed another large circle, chanted and prayed.

Before the pandemic, hospitals across the country watched their beds empty out as they treated fewer patients losing the money they would have generated. Many advances in medicine mean patients no longer need to be hospitalized. Family doctors have been working to prevent people from getting sick in the first place and from winding up in expensive emergency departments. Meanwhile, immediate and urgent care centers have become convenient and cheaper alternatives to hospital emergency departments.

The ripple effect on the South Side is evident in the services hospitals have cut over the years, particularly obstetrics.

Consistently, Mercy has only staffed just under half of the roughly 400 beds in the hospital.

In his letter to regulators on behalf of Mercy, Green underscored how health care has changed, and how the hospitals patients disproportionately suffer from chronic medical conditions and need more preventative care, rather than expensive hospital care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted these disparities, Green wrote.

Mercys proposal: close the hospital and its half a dozen clinics, then open a new outpatient center with urgent care services that would treat some 50,000 people a year. Doctors there would focus on prevention.

Theres also a financial reason to close. Green wrote that Mercy needs at least $100 million in the next five years to maintain a safe and sustainable acute care environment. The hospital has said its losing about $4 million a month.

The review board that plans to vote on Mercys closure is a nine-member board appointed by the governor. It currently has just six members there are three vacancies and needs five votes to approve or deny a project.

The board regulates the health care industry to prevent the duplication of medical services. Hospitals come before the board when they want to acquire another hospital, start or stop providing a medical service or, in Mercys case, close.

Board staff members review the proposals to make sure they meet state guidelines, but board members are known for not always following their staffs findings.

In Mercys case, board staff members found that the hospital does not meet some standards to close.

For example, Mercy has one of the busiest emergency departments in Chicago, treating on average about 57,000 people a year. Other hospitals would have to absorb those patients. Mercys closure would also leave a hole in intensive care beds for the sickest patients, and no hospitals in the area would have physical rehabilitation beds for patients. Mercy staffs 16 physical rehab beds.

Mercy also treats a large portion of patients who need outpatient care, like a check-up at the doctors office. Over a five-year period ending in 2019, Mercy averaged about 360,000 outpatient visits a year accounting for more than one in every four visits among all hospitals in the area.

The report also reveals some other details, including that Mercy was slightly profitable in 2020.

Mercy is pushing back on the board staff members report. In a letter to the board, Green said other hospitals in the area have enough beds to treat Mercys patients. In fact, he said Mercys closure could help other hospitals, including Cook County-run Provident Hospital about three miles south, by sending patients (and the money they generate) their way. The county recently downgraded Providents emergency department to a stand-by department, and Provident is laying off staff amid a budget crunch.

Transformation is the only feasible path forward for Mercy Hospital, Green wrote. And, just as importantly, it will hopefully motivate the State of Illinois, Cook County, and the other healthcare providers in the region, to begin to transform how healthcare is delivered on the Southside of Chicago so the disparities and inequities can start to abate.

Green added that Mercy was profitable in 2020 only based on a one-time cash infusion from the state and federal governments

Mercy has already started transitioning patients to other hospitals. If approved, Mercy plans to close by May 31.

Ann Guild, a compliance analyst with the review board, said she couldnt recall a time when the board rejected a hospitals request to close.

But if the board does vote no, Mercy could come back for a second vote, followed by an administrative hearing if the board rejects Mercys bid to close a second time.

Ultimately, Mercy could take the state to court, or the hospital could just close and be fined.

The fine is $10,000, plus another $10,000 for every 30 days the hospital stays closed without permission from the board.

Kristen Schorsch covers public health on WBEZs government and politics team. Follow her @kschorsch.

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The government has announced a landmark rule change that will make it easier for gay and bisexual men to donate blood in England.

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock today (December 14) announced new criteria would be introduced in the summer where anyone who has had one sexual partner and who have been with their sexual partner for more than three months will be eligible to give blood.

The criteria will apply to anyone regardless of their gender, their partners gender, or the kind of sex they have.

This landmark change to blood donation is safe and it will allow many more people, who have previously been excluded by donor selection criteria, to take the opportunity to help save lives, Mr Hancock said.

"This is a positive step and recognises individuals for the actions they take, rather than their sexual preference.

The move has been championed by LGBT+ advocates as it will now make it easier for gay and bisexual men to donate blood.

Since 2017, men who have sex with men have been unable to donate blood until three months after their last sexual activity.

However, the new criteria will come with some restrictions. Donors who have had more than one sexual partner or a new partner in the last three months will only be able to donate blood if they have not had anal sex.

People using HIV-preventative medicine, such as PrEP or PEP, will still be unable to donate blood.

The new criteria is based on findings from the For the Assessment of Individualised Risk (FAIR) report, which suggested moving away from the blanket three-month ban and instead identifying a range of highest risk behaviours that apply to all donors.

NHS Blood and Transport will now assess any potential risks through its donor health check questionnaire.

The government has insisted the new changes will have no impact on the safety of blood donated in the UK.

By closely examining the latest evidence relating to blood donation and sexual behaviour, we have been able to bring forward a more inclusive policy to allow people to safely donate blood to save lives, Lord Bethell, Minister for Blood Donation, said.

I am grateful to the members of the FAIR steering group, including LGBT charities, for the work they have done over the last 18 months to enable us to bring this policy, which many have called for, to fruition.

FreedomToDonate, a pressure group that has campaigned for fair and equal blood donation, welcomed the changes and said it would encourage more people to donate blood.

Almost 6 years ago, our group of volunteers set out to rewrite the rules that had perpetuated inequality and prevented thousands of potentially safe donors from donating for too long, Ethan Spibey, Founder and Director of FreedomToDonate, said.

Today, we welcome a pioneering new policy and are immensely proud that more people than ever will be able to fairly give the life-saving gift of blood.

Working with the NHS Blood and Transplants steering group, we have moved the UK from a population-based risk assessment, which excluded too many people who would otherwise have been able to safely donate for no reason other than their sexuality, to an individualised risk assessment, which will look at each donors individual risk profile.

At the start of 2020, the blood service announced it needed 68,000 new male donors to begin donating blood.

"Today sees both that need and the potential of so many safe donors fulfilled.

Nancy Kelley, Chief Executive of Stonewall, added that while the change represented an important first step, there was still a need to address issues relating to minority communities.

Ms Kelley said: While we welcome todays news, we know much more still needs to be done to tackle the challenges that lead to gay and bi men, along with other groups of people including black African communities, sex workers, and trans communities, being at higher risk of acquiring HIV and other STIs.

The recommendations of the HIV Commission set out a clear roadmap for achieving the UK governments commitment to ending new HIV infections by 2030, and we will continue to work with the government and other charities to make this a reality.

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We are on the cusp of a monumental achievement, the release of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, but the dark cloud of vaccine skepticism remains, serving as an even bigger threat to the nations health than the virus itself.

The only thing more unpredictable than viruses are people, so encouraging naysayers to get a double dose of the vaccine will be no small feat. Despite promising data that shows the vaccine to be 95 percent effective, skepticism remains understandably high, given the speed at which this vaccine has been developed.

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According to a Pew Research poll conducted from Nov. 18 to Nov. 29, 60 percent of American adults said they would definitely or probably take the vaccine when it becomes available, well below the 75 percent needed to achieve herd immunity. The outlook is even more bleak in Black and brown communities with vaccine-acceptance rates hovering around 50 percent.

Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black, Brown Community

Vaccine hesitancy in Black and brown communities stems from Americas dark history of medical racism and unequal access to care. Black and brown people often cite the 1951 story of Henrietta Lacks and the 40-year Tuskegee syphilis experiment as reasons to distrust medical research. The forced sterilization of Latina women and the nonconsensual surgeries performed by Dr. J Marion Sims on enslaved Black women, are just two examples of the hyper-experimentation on Black and brown bodies that have been common practice throughout American history. The trepidation that Black and brown people have in the U.S. medical system is not an irrational fear but a corollary of generational trauma.

The relationship between Black and Brown communities and modern medicine is tenuous at best. Based on my experience, when African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans are told to get vaccinated first, they hear guinea pig. Frustration sets in when these groups are told to accept medical treatments without being given an explanation of the processes and procedures that are to be performed. This creates a scenario where Black and brown people are left to fill in the blanks, spawning the conspiracy theories that litter social media today. Even worse, this now discouraged group of people become less likely to attend future medical visits and persuade others to do the same.

New Voices in Vaccine Messaging

We need the voices of Black and brown medical professionals now more than ever. Research shows that the trust between Black and brown doctors and their patients leads to better health outcomes. Studies show that communities of color are more compliant with medical treatment and more likely to access preventative services when directions are given by a healthcare professional who shares a similar racial or cultural background. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has even insinuated that Black and brown medical professionals be the centerpiece of pro-health messaging campaigns when the vaccine is released to the public to ensure its equitable distribution.

Throughout history non-medical professionals like athletes and entertainers have served as gatekeepers to medical information. People listen to celebrities because they can connect with them, but the danger in taking medical recommendations from celebrities is that the larger and more emotional their stories become, the more likely it is that nuances will be lost and misinformation will spread.

Celebrities benefit from the halo effect the tendency to attribute positive impressions from people you admire. This means that people may unknowingly accept misinformation because they place more trust in the celebrities they admire than their own critical thinking.

Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged the Black community to lean on celebrities to get the message out about the vaccine. History shows that this approach has marginal returns at best. A tactical, innovative, and thoughtful pro-vaccine messaging campaign, spearheaded by medical professionals, that meets people where they are, is needed to ease the concerns of Black and Brown Americans. Well intentioned celebrities cannot answer specific medical questions. They cannot confirm or refute information with evidence-based science. They are not equipped to do the job of healthcare professionals. To defeat the coronavirus pandemic we need a messaging campaign that looks nothing like the ineffective celebrity-driven campaigns that weve used in the past. We simply cannot afford to go about this the wrong way given how deadly the virus has been in our communities.

How the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Works

As vaccine hesitancy looms, the battle to get the community informed and vaccinated wages on. Answering questions about the vaccine in churches, town hall meetings, and on social media via livestream formats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook can go a long way in alleviating the publics concerns.

One of the questions that I get asked most often is how the coronavirus vaccine works. The short answer is that the vaccine unlocks the bodys natural defense system.

The Moderna and Pfizer vaccine candidates consist of saline and messenger RNA (mRNA) surrounded by a fatty layer. The vaccines mRNA contains instructions that tell the body to make non-infectious coronavirus spike proteins. These proteins kick off an immune response that generates antibodies against COVID-19, which are stored throughout the body for future use. If the body comes into contact with the virus it releases these antibodies, fighting off the disease and avoiding serious illness.

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Trusting the Medical Community Again

The hate filled rhetoric between pro and anti-vaccine groups predates the pandemic, in part due to the deep class divisions that exist between the two groups. This needs to change. The need for widespread vaccination is on par with the need for meaningful conversation between pro and anti-vaccine groups.

The reconciliation between marginalized communities and modern medicine wont happen in a day, month or year, but if we dont begin the process today we will continue to suffer huge losses. Full transparency and open dialogue by both sides can help us mend the fences of American medical mistrust. Whether you choose to take the vaccine or not lets use this moment as an opportunity to work together and take the first step towards rebuilding trust with the medical community.

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