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After more than two decades of service to Chesterfield, including the past 20 months as assistant director of accounting, Consuela Y. Wilson has been promoted to lead the county's Accounting Department. Wilson was chosen to succeed Donna Arrington, who retired as accounting director June 30. The Accounting Department is tasked with establishing reliable internal controls through policies, procedures and business practices that promote financial integrity and protect public assets. Accounting also assists county departments with grant processes and compliance, prepares the comprehensive annual financial report and serves as a fiscal agent for various regional organizations. Wilson began her career with Chesterfield in October 2001 as a senior automation analyst. She served as financial systems coordinator from 2007 until 2018, when she was named financial systems manager. She was promoted to assistant accounting director in November 2020. Wilson has more than 10 years of progressi...

Social work is a broad field encompassing many specializations and areas of practice. Those considering careers in social work should first learn about the many types of social workers and the fields they serve. Knowing career options helps prospective social workers determine which positions align with their interests and professional goals. In this article, we describe various types of social work careers, the scope of their work, their day-to-day responsibilities, the populations they serve and their work environments. What Does a Social Worker Do? Social workers help their clients navigate personal and societal challenges, including unemployment, poverty, substance abuse, child neglect, mental illness, domestic violence and grief. Daily responsibilities vary depending on licensure, area of practice and position. Tasks can range from advocating for community resources to providing counseling and assisting in legislative processes. Typical social work responsibilities i...

How a coordinated infection prevention and control approach developed during the Covid-19 pandemic supported high-risk settings in the community, including care homes Abstract Like many other cities in the UK, Wolverhampton was hit hard by Covid-19 during the pandemic, which began in 2020. It was agreed that a coordinated infection prevention and control approach was needed to support high-risk settings in the community, including care homes. A team was set up to provide tailored training, audit and outbreak management in care homes and other high-risk settings, with the support of public health, the clinical commissioning group and the acute trust. The approach has now been expanded to cover other areas of infection control including MRSA and C difficile . Citation: Corbett K, Beddow M (2022) Infection control in high-risk community settings during Covid-19. Nursing Times [online]; 118: 9. Authors: Kim Corbett is senior matron infection prevention; Mark Beddow is...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Suffering from debilitating foot pain, several Utahns trusted a Taylorsville clinic to help them feel better. Utahns like Larry Perkins, who has battled neuropathy for three decades. Peripheral neuropathy has overtaken his life. Perkins said he can't drive more than a few miles without losing feeling in his feet. The uncomfortable numbness nags constantly. In April 2022, Perkins heard an ad on the radio offering an alternative treatment for neuropathy. "I heard about this place called True Health," Perkins recalled, "and the miracle that they have of getting rid of it, that you would never have neuropathy again, and I trusted them." Intrigued, he set up a consultation with the clinic, True Health SLC. Larry Perkins True Health is owned by Jade Malay and Shamis Tate. Both are licensed as advance practice registered nurses in Utah. They operated clinics in Taylorsville and St. George. Larry said True Health employees advised h...

Advanced Dermatology, PC New leadership to create and support growth of Advanced Dermatology's network of dermatology centers in NY, NJ, CT and PA. We are delighted to have Mindy, Jonathan and Paris join our company to help us navigate our business forward in the years to come. I am very much looking forward to working with them. " — Rich Zinnecker, CEO NEW HYDE PARK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Advanced Dermatology, PC (AD), a leading network of dermatology centers in NY, NJ, CT, and PA announces that they have hired Mindy Eng, VP of New Business Growth, Jonathan Fennell, JD, as General Counsel and Paris White as VP of Operations. "We are delighted to have Mindy, Jonathan and Paris join our company to help us navigate our business forward in the years to come. I am very much looking forward to working with them," noted CEO Rich Zinnecker. Mindy, Jonathan, and Paris all come to Advanced Dermatology...

Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Splash pads -- those shallow pools of wet, cooling summertime fun for kids -- can also be sources of nasty gastro infections for youngsters who swallow water during their play. That's the take-home lesson from a new analysis of outbreaks of two bacterial illnesses, shigellosis and norovirus, that struck kids frolicking in a splash pad at a Kansas wildlife park last summer. Overall, 21 kids came down with shigellosis (caused by the Shigella bacterium) in an outbreak that started June 11, 2021, and another six cases of norovirus were tied to visits to the wildlife park a week later, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both illnesses can be easily transmitted through swallowed water if it's contaminated with feces bearing these bacteria, said a team led by Samaria Aluko of the CD...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Senator Markey Joins Senator Booker, Colleagues In Urging CDC and HHS to Monitor and Address Racial Disparities in Monkeypox Virus Response    Ed Markey

The First World War stands as one of the deadliest anthropogenic events (events originating from humans) of all time with as many as 22 million people perhaps dying globally amidst the war; with an average of over 10,000 deaths per day. What may have been four times deadlier with the highest estimate of 100 million deaths was the 1918 influenza pandemic, which in the space of just two years wiped out potentially over 5% of the population worldwide. This is the Spanish Flu . What Is The Spanish Flu?   The Spanish Flu is the second deadliest pandemic in human history, caused by the spread of the HINI influenza A virus towards the end of WW1 and lasted until early into the next decade.  (Photo courtesy of BBC) Although garnering the Spanish Flu name, this name is a misnomer, coming from WW1 neutral Spain, who was one of the most prominent nations to report on it. Both the Central Powers and Entente Powers did not want to report to...

Aligned Orthopedic Partners inked its third partnership of 2022 with Virginia Beach, Va.-based Jordan-Young Institute, the management services organization said Aug. 18. The Jordan-Young Institute was founded in 1985 and performs thousands of procedures yearly, according to an Aligned Orthopedic news release. Its partnership brings Aligned Orthopedic to 50 orthopedic surgeons and more than 125 physicians overall. "The skill, proficiency, and expertise provided by Jordan-Young's team of 14 doctors have earned them reputations as pioneers in groundbreaking innovative solutions that continue to advance the standard of patient care," Emil Engels, MD, CEO of Aligned Orthopedic said in the news release. "Their surgeons and physiatrists, combined with a dedicated team of caring professionals, have the traits we look for in determining whether a cultural fit exists for a partnership." 

Infectious Disease Diagnostic Market Report PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES, August 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Allied Market Research added new research on Infectious Disease Diagnostic Market- Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022–2030. The Infectious Disease Diagnostic market explores comprehensive study on various segments like size, share, development, innovation, sales and overall growth of major players. The research is based on primary and secondary data sources and it consists both qualitative and quantitative detailing. Some of the key players involved in the study are Abbott Laboratories, Becton Dickinson and Company, BioMerieus SA, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Danaher Corporation, F Hoffman-La Roche, Hologic Inc., Luminex Corporation, Qiagen Inc., and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Get Free Sample PDF of Infectious Disease Diagnostic Market Report>>> https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/request-sample/2011 ...

(CNN) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a resurgence of the Ebola virus after one case was confirmed by local health authorities on Monday night, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement Tuesday. The case was identified after samples from a 46-year-old woman in the eastern province of North Kivu tested positive after she died on August 15th. "Analyses showed that the case was genetically linked to the 2018-2020 outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces- the country's longest and largest," the statement read. Scientists say the virus can remain present in the central nervous system and bodily fluids of survivors and flare up much later. "Ebola resurgences are occurring with greater frequency in the Democratic Republic of Congo which is concerning," Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa said in the statement. She, however, expressed confidence in local health authorities to contain the virus and stop the flare...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] DSS to deliver $30M+ in SNAP benefits to eligible Conn. households    WTNH.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] John Phillips warned you: L.A. County Health Department, under Barbara Ferrer, who is not a medical doctor, won't let you reply on social media.    KABC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Many Barriers to High-Quality Rural Health Care | NEJM Catalyst    nejm.org

Special Report Infectious diseases have plagued humankind throughout history. When small bands of hunter-gatherers contracted an illness, it might have remained relatively contained; but as agrarian societies allowed for more heavily concentrated populations, these diseases could cause widespread damage. Trade routes between urban centers now became superhighways for the transmission of pathogens. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of the 20 worst epidemics and pandemics in history. An epidemic is defined as the widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. A pandemic is an epidemic that crosses international boundaries and affects a large number of people in multiple countries or worldwide. Pandemics such as the Black Death, which wiped out 60% of the population of Europe, are capable of dramatically altering the course of history. They have devastated economies, toppled civilizations, en...

Newly-reported Monkeypox (MPV) data is often subject to change. Owing to public interest in up-to-date disease reporting, the Illinois Department of Public Health is presenting Illinoisans with the latest data and has chosen to publish the daily reported MPV case counts as they are reported. Therefore, data and case counts presented on the website are subject to normal and expected change as cases are interviewed by local health departments. Day-to-day changes in case counts may occur as cases are being interviewed.

When asked about what the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) does, Jennifer Thompson, executive director of the organization's New Jersey and Delaware chapters, turns the question around: "When you think of a social worker, what comes to mind?" Thompson says most people "think about one singular interaction they've had," such as seeing a therapist with an LCSW or MSW degree (social workers currently provide 60% of the mental health services in the United States) or interactions within the context of social services organizations, such as child protective services, public housing administration or job support offices, or nursing homes. One of Thompson's professional missions (she has a few) is helping people understand all of the "hidden spaces" in which social workers operate on a daily basis. "The social work profession is so incredibly broad," she says. Social workers are clinicians, but also researchers, advocates, progr...

As omicron subvariants continue to make up roughly all COVID cases in the U.S., marking a shift in the most common symptoms and in the virus' incubation period, how long will symptoms last? For those who do experience symptoms, some may last longer than others. Longer-Lasting Symptoms Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday that a cough will likely be the symptom that lingers longest, while a fever will be among the first symptoms to fade. "Cough tends to be the most lingering effect. That's true whenever you have any viral infection," Arwady said during a Facebook Live. "You can be feeling totally better, you're still gonna have some irritation and... a cough doesn't mean you're contagious past 10 days but that's usually the last to go away." Fatigue is another symptom that can last a bit longer, she said. The CDC says most people with COVID-19 "get better within a few...