Source: RLS Media Matt Scarfo will soon climb on Mount Everest to raise funds to research a very rare – and always-fatal – children’s disease. Scarfo says that Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs only once in every 3,500 live births. These kids (mostly boys) are in wheelchairs by their early teens, breathing on ventilators by their […]
Source: MoebiusSyndrome.org The Children’s Craniofacial Association; Many Faces Of Moebius Syndrome; Face Equality International; and Moebius Syndrome Foundation have UNITED in celebrating the 11th Annual Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day which will be celebrated worldwide on January 24, 2022. This event will occur in real-time online as people around the world hold a wide variety of […]
MAN OF THE YEAR: Tarik Khan, Philadelphia. Rather than let unused Covid vaccines expire at the end of his shift at the Family Practice and Counseling Network, nurse practicioner Khan rounds out his day by doubling as a visiting nurse, giving the vaccines to Phildelphia’s most vulnerable elderly and disabled shut-in patients. Look, ma — […]
PART ONE What with blossoming mutations, vacation/holiday infection spikes, and vaccine political warfare, it’s easy to feel like Covid’s first cleanup year has been like treading water. But an antidote is on the horizon, Covid mental health services are now available, and even Give Kids A Smile Day came up with a loophole. So we […]
Source: Enid News Davyon Johnson, who attends the 6th and 7th Grade Academy school in Oklahoma, used an abdominal thrust on a school mate who was choking on a bottle cap. School prinicipal Latricia Dawkins recalled the December 17 incident: a student trying to fill his water bottle tried to loosen its cap with his […]
Source: Kearney Observer Across Jersey, two of every three uses of force by law enforcement involve a civilian identified as either suffering from mental illness or who is under the influence. Over half of all fatal police encounters occur in similar circumstances. A pilot program that would pair a New Jersey State Trooper with a […]