MIAMI (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Youfit Health Clubs announced today that it is moving forward with opening two new locations in Florida: Miami – 87th Avenue and Tallahassee – Pensacola Street. These clubs, currently under construction, are nearing completion and are now welcoming new members who want to kickstart their fitness journey. Each location features top gym amenities and offerings for an affordable price. To sign up for a membership at these locations, stop by the new club during business hours and visit the Presale Suite.

Meanwhile, as coronavirus restrictions around the nation ease, Youfit has been gradually reopening locations across the nation in accordance with state and local guidelines. As of today, Youfit has reopened almost 20 gyms across Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and Texas, with dozens more preparing to open their doors in the coming week.

Youfit’s new and reopened locations are committed to meeting all applicable guidelines, including those mandated by the government and implementing safety precautions including the following:

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  Each and every Youfit Health Clubs location has undergone a deep clean that includes the disinfecting and maintenance of all equipment, surfaces, and facilities.
• The clubs are incorporating new social distancing plans to keep staff and members safe. This includes creating greater distance between machines and the implementation of no contact check-in and membership enrollment processes.
• There will be stringent regular sanitizing and disinfecting protocols.
• Lockers and showers at each location will be closed temporarily. YouGX Group Fitness classes will resume at a later date.
• A new membership code of conduct will be implemented.
• The Youfit team is being fully trained on these new policies and procedures and is committed to making the return as smooth as possible.

Members who belong to clubs that closed during the pandemic will receive further communication on the reopening of their specific club through email and text if they have opted in. Additional information will be available on the Youfit website, social media channels and at each club.

About Youfit

Youfit Health Clubs is a gym that’s about one thing only: You. Founded in 2008, Youfit offers affordable gym memberships at state-of-the-art facilities to help members get the most out of life.

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Sterilex

“Sterilex is a growing, family-owned business that’s mission-driven to keep essential workers across all industries safe,” said Alex Josowitz, President and CEO of Sterilex.

HUNT VALLEY, Md. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Sterilex, a leading developer of innovative solutions that improve food safety and enhance public health, today announced the launch of a community initiative designed to keep employees and customers of Baltimore small businesses and organizations safe and operational amid COVID-19.

Local small businesses, including restaurants, retail shops, and food companies, are encouraged to submit a brief application to receive a Sterilex Safety Starter Kit, which includes free disinfectant, a portable sprayer from FOAM-iT to apply the solution, and a guide to sanitation best practices from leading experts at Sterilex.

The company plans to donate nearly 20, 2.5 gallon kits of a proprietary solution that was among the first group of products included on the EPA’s list of disinfectant formulas approved for use against COVID-19.

“Sterilex is a growing, family-owned business that’s mission-driven to keep essential workers across all industries safe,” said Alex Josowitz, President and CEO of Sterilex. “Through these donations, we want to show small businesses in our community that we’re invested in their health and success.”

In addition to the call for applications, Sterilex will be supporting a handful of local nonprofits dedicated to increasing access to fresh and healthy food during the pandemic including the Maryland Food Bank and Moveable Feast.

“This community initiative expands upon Sterilex’s year-round efforts to ensure the safety of food manufacturing and protein processing facilities,” said Josowitz. “Our products are working each day to keep their essential workers safe. And by keeping those workers safe, we’re helping to keep critical industries operational.”

Currently, Sterilex is working with thousands of food manufacturers across the country to ensure they’re equipped to keep their plants running. The company is also collaborating with major meat processors to get their facilities back up and running in the event of an outbreak.

For more information or to apply, visit sterilex.com/donation-form.

About Sterilex

Sterilex is a leading developer of innovative solutions that improve food safety and enhance public health. Sterilex addresses sanitation and microbial challenges through its line of proprietary, award-winning biofilm-control biocides, broad spectrum disinfectants and rapid biofilm diagnostic tools in the food processing, animal health and water treatment industries. Sterilex’s proprietary PerQuat® technology was the first chemistry with products approved by the EPA to remove biofilm and kill biofilm bacteria in both public health and industrial use sites. To learn more, visit http://www.sterilex.com.

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Signs that Save™

We realized the need for home safety reminders, especially right now with more kids at home.

ORLANDO, Fla. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Signs That Save™ announce the launch of a new website and 5 summer safety campaigns for parents and guardians during quarantine and summer months. Started by Art and Kimberly Rios, parents first then therapist and banker, Signs that Save™ is devoted to reducing preventable deaths through visual cues. The signs are vinyl removable stickers placed in high visibility locations and offer a simple reminder to caretakers. Signs are affordable and brandable for corporate sponsors. Signs That Save™ Website provides a free comprehensive list of resources and news related to their campaigns.

How it Started?

Kimberly and Art Rios were driving home and heard a story about the growing number of Hot Car Deaths, or Vehicular Heatstroke cases, in Florida that are 100% preventable and 55% accidental. From this fateful drive, Signs That Save was created and launches with 5 campaigns including heat stroke prevention, hand washing, poison control, pool safety, and bath safety.

About Signs that Save and Founders

Signs that Save™ was born out of the necessity for visual cues, not just on the roads, but in your home or in your car, as reminders for safety first. New parents can be especially distracted and tired, a simple sign; can be a powerful reminder to double check for safety. Look for the sign, the sign that saves.

About Kimberly and Art Rios

Kimberly Beaman Rios is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, published author and founder of Accessible Books for Children, LLC. Kim has worked with individuals, couples, families and groups within the focal areas of stress, trauma, grief and anxiety. In her approach to varying situations, Kim considers, “how can the design/environment be improved?” She has applied these same principles and her love for children in creating Signs That Save™.

Art Rios is the Co-Chair and President of Signs That Save. Prior to devoting himself to Signs That Save™, Art spent almost twenty years in the financial services industry with a focus on risk management. If you ask him, the job he takes greatest pride in and enjoys the most is raising his children with his loving wife. Raised in Florida, Art enjoys the occasional round of golf, hiking, boating and fishing. Above all, he and Kimberly cherish spending quality time with their family and close friends while giving back to their community.

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Dallas Plastic Surgeon Dr. Rod J Rohrich

This type of virtual, interactive livestream meeting will become a standard for global educational conferences moving forward

DALLAS (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Following the popular annual Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting, Dallas rhinoplasty specialist, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, hosted a special, add-on course on rhinoplasty. Over 500 people from nearly 40 countries registered to attend this one day livestreamed event which included steaming surgical presentations, clinical analysis, interactive live panel discussions, and Q&A sessions focused specifically on rhinoplasty and secondary rhinoplasty.

The global event was livestreamed as a virtual alternative to in-person educational conferences, most of which have been put on hold during the social distancing directives put in place to help control the spread of COVID19.

Key topics at this event included detailed nasal analysis as well as the use of finesse technology in rhinoplasty, considerations in ethnic rhinoplasty, correcting nasal asymmetry and the deviated septum, principles in secondary rhinoplasty, the use of cosmetic fillers in rhinoplasty (known as liquid rhinoplasty), and safety guidelines for rhinoplasty and secondary rhinoplasty surgery.

“This type of virtual, interactive livestream meeting will become a standard for global educational conferences moving forward,” says Dr. Rohrich, who serves as Chair of the Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting. “They allow for people all over the world to learn without leaving home during these challenging times. We are proud to be on the forefront of these technological advances that help bring convenience and safety to our global educational meetings.”

About Dr. Rohrich

Dr. Rod J. Rohrich is a board certified plastic surgeon in Dallas, Texas. He is considered one of the most influential surgeons in this century. He is a Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and was the Founding Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery as well as the first plastic surgeon selected as a Distinguished Teaching Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine with high honors, and completed his plastic surgery training at the University of Michigan Medical Center and fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard (hand/microsurgery) and Oxford University (pediatric plastic surgery). He is Chair of the Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting, Founding Chair of the Dallas Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine Meeting, Founding Member of the Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery, and a Founding Partner of the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute.

Dr. Rohrich also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the most respected global peer reviewed plastic surgery journal – the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He developed and is Editor-in-Chief of the first open access peer reviewed plastic surgery journal, PRS Global Open. Dr. Rohrich has published over 900 peer reviewed articles and six textbooks in plastic surgery

Dr. Rohrich also served as president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the largest organization of board certified plastic surgeons in the world. He repeatedly has been selected by his peers as one of America’s best doctors. He received the ASPS Special Achievement Award and on three occasions has received one of his profession’s highest honors, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes his contributions to education in plastic surgery.

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U.S. News & World Report ranked Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in eight specialties.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital has been honored once again by U.S. News & World Report on their annual best children’s hospitals list. This year, the hospital ranked in eight specialty areas, more than it has ranked for in a single year. Johns Hopkins All Children’s also had the most specialties ranked in Florida and was the only children’s hospital on Florida’s West Coast to make the list. The 2020-2021 list ranked Johns Hopkins All Children’s among the top 50 in the following specialty areas:

• Neurology and Neurosurgery #27
• Diabetes and Endocrinology #33
• Nephrology #39
• Cancer #41
• Neonatology #44
• Urology #46
• Pulmonology and Lung Surgery #47
• Orthopaedics #50

“We are humbled and honored by this recognition of the depth and breadth of services we offer to this community and its children and families,” says Thomas Kmetz, president of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. “There is much uncertainty in the world right now with COVID-19, but families can be assured that we are here to take care of their kids as we have been for nearly 100 years.”

More than 100 pediatric hospitals across the country participate in the survey each year, including the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, which ranked nationally in 10 specialty areas. Since joining the Johns Hopkins Health System in 2011, specialists at All Children’s have collaborated with colleagues in Baltimore on a variety of treatment and research initiatives.

Read additional details about Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital rankings.

About Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg is a leader in children’s health care, combining a legacy of compassionate care focused solely on children since 1926 with the innovation and experience of one of the world’s leading health care systems. The 259-bed teaching hospital, stands at the forefront of discovery, leading innovative research to cure and prevent childhood diseases while training the next generation of pediatric experts. With a network of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care centers and collaborative care provided by All Children’s Specialty Physicians at regional hospitals, Johns Hopkins All Children’s brings care closer to home. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital consistently keeps the patient and family at the center of care while continuing to expand its mission in treatment, research, education and advocacy. For more information, visit HopkinsAllChildrens.org.

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MEDICC joins those calling for systemic racism to be recognized and dismantled; for hatred to be addressed and replaced by respect and understanding; and for equal protection under the law.

OAKLAND, Calif. (PRWEB)
June 16, 2020

Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) strongly condemns racism and police brutality, and commits to support US and global actions to dismantle the structures they rely upon. MEDICC has been working for more than 20 years to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes and equity. One of the major barriers to “health for all” around the world is racism in all its many forms.

Racism is not only a public health crisis, but moreover a crime against the right to health. It is also a crime against economic, social, educational and employment justice and the right to safe communities where people can live in dignity. It is a local, national and global crisis brought dramatically to the forefront of our consciousness by the COVID-19 pandemic and the violent death and injury of so many people of color through police brutality in the United States, most recently the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. It is past time to honestly address the acute vulnerability African Americans and other people of color are subjected to in our country, the stress of living a life on guard all the time, and the necessity to teach children to do the same.

The anger, grief, frustration and pain that has led so many to the streets to demonstrate for change and risk their own health during a pandemic is both palpable and understandable. MEDICC joins those calling for systemic racism to be recognized and dismantled; for hatred to be addressed and replaced by respect and understanding; and for equal protection under the law. We stand with those protesting in our country and around the world and join them in demanding more just, antiracist and equitable societies and leaders worldwide.

In line with this, we will push to expand attention to the science examining health disparities and social inequities, while increasing self-awareness of personal blind spots and institutional structures that contribute to racial injustice and white privilege, and then act to change them.

Our organization–comprising African American, Native American, Latino, Asian American and white health and related professionals committed to social justice—commits to finding and supporting more effective ways to reduce the dangerous impact of racism on the health of African Americans and other people of color. We pledge to follow the lead of the communities of color that have joined MEDICC’s Community Partnerships for Health Equity (CPHE) in over a dozen US cities, and to support them as they continue to organize for equity, justice and true public safety; to continue to address racism through our support for US medical students and graduates of Havana’s Latin American School of Medicine, our scientific journal MEDICC Review, and renewed travel programs for US health professionals to Cuba.

MEDICC stands by the belief that Black lives, and those of all people of color, must be respected, protected, nurtured and defended.

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