DENISON, Texas (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

Dear KFC Patient Family:

While the news is dominated by Coronavirus or COVID-19, we wanted to personally reach out to let you know the enhanced protocols our team is taking to ensure your safety and wellbeing.

Knight Family Chiropractic is closely monitoring the guidance of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and local agencies regarding the spread of the virus and recommended precautions. Our focus is to ensure we meet patient’s needs while doing our part to keep you, our employees, and our community safe.

Here’s what we have already begun doing:

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  We enhanced the frequency and techniques used to clean our tables and all common areas.
• We are also cleaning our facilities frequently with recommended sanitizing products daily.
• In addition, we are taking steps to ensure the welfare of our employees. This includes instructing employees to take appropriate precautions with their physicians if they exhibit symptoms. We are also urging all employees to be vigilant about frequent hand washing and gelling.

We look forward to continuing to serve you, and want you to be assured that we are doing everything we can to promote a safe and secure environment.

Dr. Ryan Knight

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.

The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund has been set up to facilitate an unprecedented global response by supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. As part of the agreement, an initial portion of the money from the Fund – which currently stands at more than $127 million – will flow to UNICEF for its work with vulnerable children and communities all over the world.

“COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic requiring extraordinary global solidarity to urgently respond,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. “I’m pleased that UNICEF joined the Solidarity Response Fund. With their extensive experience both in fundraising and in implementing programmes, this partnership will help us to work together closely to save lives.”

The money collected through the fund will be used, among others, to train and equip communities and health-care workers to prevent, detect and treat COVID-19. It will help countries expand their health-care capacity and mitigate its social impact, especially on women, children and vulnerable social groups. And it will accelerate research and development of treatments and preventive vaccines.

As a key partner in this joined-up effort, UNICEF will lead emergency efforts to ensure families and communities in the most vulnerable countries are fully engaged in the response and have access to water, sanitation and hygiene and other infection prevention and control measures. UNICEF will also ensure children, caretakers, and frontline responders such as social workers, teachers and healthcare workers are supported through evidence-based guidance through its vast community outreach and country programs.

“This is an extraordinary emergency that demands an extraordinary response, and we need all hands on deck—individuals, corporations, foundations, governments and other organizations around the world,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “UNICEF is pleased to join the Solidarity Response Fund. It will bolster our efforts to strengthen health and sanitation systems and help protect the most vulnerable families from knock-on impacts of COVID-19 on already overstretched health systems.”

Funds raised will be spent in alignment with the global response plan, and where needs are greatest. At the direction of WHO leadership, it is expected that resources will go directly toward:

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      WHO, for its work to track the spread of the virus, assess gaps and needs, equip frontline health workers with personal protective equipment, ensure lab and testing tools are available in countries around the world, and keep communities and frontline responders informed with the latest technical guidance.
•     UNICEF, to ensure children and families around the world are equipped with all the evidence-based information and latest WHO guidance as well as locally relevant information to protect themselves from the spread of COVID-19; to support vulnerable countries by providing access to water, sanitation and hygiene, and basic infection prevention and control measures; and to provide access to care for vulnerable families and children.
•     CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, a key partner leading the financing for research and development for novel vaccines to combat COVID-19, working closely with WHO.

The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund was set up at WHO’s request by the UN Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and launched three weeks ago. It is the only way for individuals and organizations to contribute directly to WHO’s global efforts to tackle the pandemic. To date the fund has $127 million raised or committed from more than 219,000 individuals from all over the world plus more than 90 global companies and organizations. The partnership is also a tremendous demonstration of solidarity across UN organizations in coordinating, partnering and supporting each other in dealing with the immediate and longer-term impact of the pandemic.

“There has never been a more urgent need for global cooperation,” said Elizabeth Cousens, President & CEO of the UN Foundation. “The COVID-19 pandemic shows us that we all can play a part to stop the spread. The incredible generosity shown to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund from around the world will help WHO, UNICEF, CEPI and partners accelerate their lifesaving work, especially to support the most vulnerable communities and speed the development of a vaccine.”

About UNICEF

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.

About WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations’ specialized agency for health. It is an inter-governmental organization and works in collaboration with its Member States usually through the Ministries of Health. The World Health Organization is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. Learn more at http://www.who.int.

About the United Nations Foundation

The UN Foundation brings together ideas, people, and resources to help the United Nations drive global progress and tackle urgent problems. Our hallmark is to collaborate for lasting change and innovate to address humanity’s greatest challenges. Learn more at http://www.unfoundation.org.

For further information, please contact:

Kurtis Cooper, UNICEF, +19174761435, kacooper@unicef.org

Serena Jiwani, UN Foundation, +12028542355, sjiwani@unfoundation.org

Tarik Jasarevic, WHO, +41793676214, jasarevict@who.int

Margaret Harris, WHO, +41 79 290 6688, harrism@who.int

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BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

In partnership with Music Theatre International and the American Senior Housing Association, Juniper Communities, a leader in seniors housing is launching an initiative to inspire the public to help make or gather Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and donate it to a local senior living community. Send in the Gowns is uniquely focused on reaching out to theatre groups and costumers as many of them have access to sewing teams, fabric, elastic and other materials needed to make gowns, face masks, and face shields to help in the fight against COVID-19. However, anyone can join the cause. Directions for how to make the PPE can be found at https://junipercommunities.com/send-in-the-gowns.

“The campaign called “Send in the Gowns”, is a play off of the classic Broadway tune, “Send in the Clowns” explained Lynne Katzmann, CEO and Founder of Juniper Communities. “Juniper has been proud to be among the first to pilot MTI’s Broadway Senior™ program – where older adults move from the audience to center stage, starring in their favorite Broadway musicals that have been adapted just for them. Now, we’re calling on our theatre friends to help equip us with a new kind of costuming – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). These costumes may not be glamorous, but they’re necessary to keep our residents and those who care for them safe during COVID-19.”

Nationwide, there is a shortage of basic yet essential supplies and Juniper is asking the public to mobilize their sewing teams, dip into their reserves of fabric and elastic, and share their ingenuity and compassion to create gowns and masks to protect those who are most vulnerable. Join the campaign at #SendInTheGowns and #WeWillGetThroughThisTogether.

The show must go on, and with your help it will. Connect with Juniper at info@junipercommunities.com or reach out to a senior living community near you.

About Juniper Communities, LLC

Juniper Communities, a leader in quality, value and innovation in long-term care, operates communities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Colorado that emphasize residents’ wellbeing, interaction and security. Our communities and approach to housing and care offers residents the opportunity to live a full life, regardless of age or health. Juniper’s innovative Connect4Life program has been proven to improve residents’ care by decreasing hospitalizations, re-hospitalizations and urgent care visits, while offering potential cost savings to public programs such as Medicare. To learn more about the many ways Juniper Communities innovates in support of our residents, please contact us at junipercommunities.com or 973.661.8300.

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NEW YORK (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

Real estate developer DMG Investments and its signature properties, One Park and Auden Living, have announced donations of masks to help communities and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to help support the communities where mask shortages are threatening hospitals, first responders and residents, DMG Investments has begun distributing masks to all healthcare facilities within a five mile radius of each of their properties.

DMG’s One Park luxury condo development in Cliffside Park, NJ has donated masks to the Cliffside Park police and fire stations as well as urgent care clinics in New Jersey and New York. They have also provided a box of masks to each tenant in the One Park development.

The firm’s Auden Living line comprises student housing developments in Ithaca, NY; Albany, NY; Spartanburg, SC; and Houston, TX. In those cities, Auden has begun distributing boxes of masks to all hospitals and healthcare clinics within a 5 mile radius. Masks have also been provided to the properties’ student populations.

As COVID-19 continues to impact an increasing number of residents and healthcare providers across the US, DMG Investments remains focused on using its resources to support the local communities it has helped foster.

About DMG Investments

Headquartered in New York City at 100 Wall Street, DMG Investments LLC (“DMG”) was established in 2013.

DMG focuses on real estate acquisitions, development and management as well as financing. Leveraging the expertise of a team of dedicated real estate professionals with decades of experience creating and adding value for investors, DMG has amassed a portfolio of best-in-class assets across the US in dynamic markets in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and South Carolina.

As the portfolio continues to grow, DMG is dedicated to providing amenities and services that enhance the livability of each project be it in the student housing, traditional multifamily or condominium sector. In the years to come, the goal of DMG is to become a global real estate enterprise with a world-class reputation for sustainable development and a business philosophy that emphasizes the importance of delivering value for investors, owners and residents.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

– Study analyzed physical activity patterns of breast cancer patients over time

• Those who met activity thresholds before & after treatment had better outcomes
• Risk of death lowered even for those who exercised regularly, but at lower levels

For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided recommendations to Americans regarding the level and types of physical activity that have been shown to have health benefits. New research from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows that following those guidelines can improve clinical outcomes for patients with high-risk breast cancer, or breast cancer that is likely to recur or spread.

The study, led by Rikki Cannioto, PhD, EdD, Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Buffalo cancer center, shows that among people with high-risk breast cancer, those who engaged in moderate-to-vigorous levels of physical activity before and after their diagnosis had a statistically significant reduction in their chance of cancer recurrence or death. The work is the first report to show that physical activity measured at time points before, during and after chemotherapy is associated with outcome in those with high-risk breast cancer.

The HHS’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults engage in at least 2.5 to 5 hours of moderate-intensity physical activity or 1.25 to 2.5 hours of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week. Dr. Cannioto and colleagues surveyed 1,340 people with high-risk breast cancer who were enrolled in the Diet, Exercise, Lifestyles and Cancer Prognosis (DELCaP) Study to determine whether meeting those minimum levels of activity at four time periods before diagnosis, during treatment and after treatment was associated with disease recurrence and/or mortality.

“When considering activity from before diagnosis and after treatment, we found that patients meeting the minimum Guidelines at both time points experienced significantly reduced hazards of disease recurrence and mortality — 55% and 68%, respectively,” Dr. Cannioto says.

Importantly, patients who did not meet the physical activity Guidelines before diagnosis, but who reported meeting the Guidelines at their two-year follow-up experienced a significant survival advantage of 46% decreased chance of recurrence and 43% decreased chance of mortality.

The team also made two other key observations that expand the current understanding of physical activity and breast cancer.

When combining physical activity data from all four time points before, during and after treatment, they found striking inverse associations between mortality and physical activity at all activity levels, demonstrating that patients who consistently engaged in lower volumes of regular, weekly physical activity experienced similar survival advantages as patients who met or exceeded the guidelines.

The strong inverse relationship between pre-diagnosis physical activity and outcomes among patients who met the recommended range of activity reveals another important takeaway: even though exercise may not prevent breast cancer in all women, it is consistently associated with a survival advantage.

“Taken collectively, these findings have important implications in the clinical oncology setting because they suggest that a cancer diagnosis may serve as an impetus for increasing physical activity in some patients, and among these patients, beginning an exercise program after treatment resulted in a survival advantage,” Dr. Cannioto says. “These observations coincide with previous findings from our group showing that lower levels of regular, weekly activity were associated with a significant survival advantage — which is encouraging given that patients and survivors can be overwhelmed by the current physical activity Guidelines.”

This work was supported by several National Cancer Institute (NCI) grants (project nos. R01CA116395, R01CA139426, P30CA016056, UG1CA189974; CA180888, CA180819, CA180863, CA180858, CA180828, CA180801, CA68183, CA04919, CA13612 and CA46282), as well as by funding from The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Amgen Inc.

An online version of this release is available on our website.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a community united by the drive to eliminate cancer’s grip on humanity by unlocking its secrets through personalized approaches and unleashing the healing power of hope. Founded by Dr. Roswell Park in 1898, it is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York. Learn more at http://www.roswellpark.org, or contact us at 1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355) or ASKRoswell@RoswellPark.org.

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BOSTON (PRWEB)
April 03, 2020

The Fenway Institute today commends the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for issuing new guidance reducing the blood donation deferral period for men who have sex with men (MSM) from 12 months to three. The new guidance was one of four recommendations for blood donation announced today to increase the nation’s blood supply, which has reached dangerously low levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Each and every one of us has important contributions to make in this crisis, and that includes donating blood,” said Sean Cahill, Director of Health Policy Research at The Fenway Institute. “As we adapt to meet the critical needs of our health care system during this public health emergency, we must be guided by science and research. It has been clear for years now that most gay and bisexual men can safely donate blood. This is a welcome step in the right direction.”

The new FDA guidance recommends that blood collection agencies update screening protocols so that blood can be collected from a man who has not had sex with another man in the prior three months. Since 2015, the deferral period has been 12 months. Prior to that, MSM were not permitted to donate at all based on a prohibition put in place in 1983 to keep HIV out of the nation’s blood supply.

Advanced nucleic acid testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C can detect each of these viruses well within a three-month period following initial infection. Such testing of the nation’s blood supply is routine and has resulted in an estimated residual risk of viral infection to about one in 1.47 million transfusions. There have been no transmissions of HIV via blood donation in at least 20 years.

“This move protects the nation’s blood supply in two ways. The first is by making decisions based on science and epidemiological research. We know that other countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom that moved to three-month donation deferral periods for MSM have not encountered any safety issues,” said Cahill, who testified in front of the FDA’s Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability in June 2010 in support of a change in the blood donation policy. “The second way this protects the country’s blood supply is by expanding the pool of people who can donate and begin to increase supply. Gay and bisexual men want to contribute in this public health emergency just like everyone else. Now some of us can.”

Additionally, the new guidance reduces the recommended blood donation deferral period from 12 months to three months for people who have received tattoos or piercings. It also reduces the recommended blood donation deferral period from “indefinitely” to three months for people who inject drugs or exchange sex for money. The new guidance explains, in part, that “aligning many of the deferrals to asking about a 3-month period, donor recall of events will be enhanced, and this could potentially enhance the safety of the blood supply.”

About Fenway Health

Since 1971, Fenway Health has been working to make life healthier for the people in our neighborhoods, the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV/AIDS and the broader population. The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health is an interdisciplinary center for research, training, education and policy development focusing on national and international health issues.

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