Have questions about COVID and back to school? You aren’t alone! Pediatrician Anna Hankins, MD, and Infectious Disease specialist Jessie Leyse, MD, answer your questions. Learn more:
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More than 135 COVID-19 vaccines are currently in development, but we must remain vigilant in our prevention efforts. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines here: https://fal.cn/3aAMp #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Here are the steps you can take to reduce your risk when carpooling by car or bus during COVID-19. #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Stay vigilant, stay the course. #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Vaccines do not weaken a child’s immune system. In fact, vaccines greatly reduce the risk of infection by working with the body’s natural defenses to safely develop immunity to many life-threatening infections. #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
A statement from UVM Health Network President and CEO John R. Brumsted, MD, who pledges that our health system will be committed to ongoing, careful and meaningful action in the effort to create a culture that is equitable, diverse and inclusive for our employees, patients and the communities we serve.
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A: “No. For any virus to cause disease, it must grow inside our cells. Because the vaccine is made from only a piece of virus protein, infection is not possible.” -- Kristin Pierce, MD, infectious disease expert at UVM Medical Center #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Now more than ever, #GlobalHandwashingDay2020 reminds us to get back to basics!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/health/global-handwashing-day-2020-wellness/index.html
The most common symptoms for everybody, including kids, are fever and cough. Diarrhea and rashes can show up, too. But a lot of kids don’t have symptoms, which is why we must be careful, wash hands, wear masks and physically distance.” - Jessie Leyse, MD, infectious disease specialist, Central Vermont Medical Center #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Vermont, home of the Abenaki for 13,000 years, joins six other states in marking Indigenous Peoples' Day today.
Learn more about Vermont's recognized tribes and the local observance's origins here (https://fal.cn/3aSog), and how celebrities, including Sierra Teller Ornelas and Adam Beach, view the ways Native Americans are represented in film and media.
"You just never see Indians on TV. When you do, it's one guy and he has to transform into a wolf or something," Teller Ornelas said. (Photo courtesy of "Entertainment Tonight.")
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The CDC reminds us it is safe for children to receive multiple vaccines at once. Doing so does not weaken your child’s immune system or the effectiveness of any of the multiple vaccines being given. Remember, now more than ever, it is important to get the flu vaccine! #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
We salute everyone working to support patients and their loved ones, so expertly and so compassionately, each and every day, but especially today on World Hospice & Palliative Care Day. Your care is precious. #ThanksHealthHeroes #MyCareMyComfort https://www.uvmhealth.org/coronavirus/thanks-health-heroes
"When I talk about my work, people often tell me how hard my job must be caring for people who are at the end of their lives and dying," Lindsay Gagnon, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, a Hospice and Palliative Care nurse practitioner, explains.
"My response is that people are going through this regardless of whether or not I am involved. And so if by being involved my hospice team and I can help ease any suffering patients might experience and also support the family in their grief, then that can make all the difference."
Lindsay explains further, and does some myth busting, during National Home Care, #Hospice and #PalliativeCare Month. Learn more at: https://www.uvmhomehealth.org/breaking-down-myths-of-hospice-and-palliative-care/.
Thank you, Lindsay, for sharing your clinical knowledge and expertise, and for the compassionate care you provide every day. #HospiceMonth
The University of Vermont Health Network continues working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Vermont Department of Public Safety on a cyberattack on some of our systems. We're working as quickly as possible to return to normal operations and urge you to visit www.UVMHealth.org/cyberattack for the latest developments.
A SPECIAL NOTE TO PATIENTS IN THE BURLINGTON AREA: We urge patients utilizing the Special Services Transportation Agency (SSTA) in/around Burlington to call ahead to confirm UVM Health Network appointments to prevent unnecessary travel and/or delays.
Home Health & Hospice’s regularly scheduled home visits are continuing and McClure Miller Respite House is operating as usual.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Did you know the McClure Miller Respite House is Vermont's only Medicare-certified inpatient hospice residence?
Respite House looks and feels like home because it is — a safe, welcoming, comfortable space, where the around-the-clock care and attention of skilled professionals and volunteers allow residents and loved ones to focus on what matters most.
To learn more, please visit https://www.uvmhomehealth.org/hospice-care/mcclure-miller-respite-house/. #HospiceMonth
Helping clients and families meet important personal goals is an essential facet of hospice care. Today, volunteers and staff rallied to support clients and family members determined to exercise the right to vote.
In one exceptional case, a client who'd never before voted wanted very much to cast a ballot this year. One of our Hospice volunteers drove the client, with oxygen tank in tow, to the client’s Burlington polling place. Poll workers met the prospective voter and volunteer curbside, got the voter registered and accepted the client’s first-ever ballot on the spot.
We salute this first-time voter, as well as our Hospice social work team — and social worker Ezra Lebowitz in particular — who created this #ElectionDay magic. Ezra laid the groundwork with town clerks and clients, while volunteers transported folks to the polls. Collaboration and #democracy in action. #HospiceMonth
The University of Vermont Health Network is making steady progress toward restoring systems to normal operations following last week's cyberattack event. We are dedicating additional internal resources to augment the effort. Our IT team is reviewing hundreds of different patient care and operations applications to ensure our systems are secure and have temporarily blocked incoming email as part of that work. We still do not know when full restoration will be complete.
Please visit: UVMHealth.org/cyberattack
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Throughout November, during National #HomeCare, #Hospice and #PalliativeCare Month, we salute the health care heroes — nurses, nursing assistants, home health aides, therapists, social workers and all others, on the front lines and behind the scenes — who transform the lives of the patients and families they serve.
Masks on and hats off to each and every one of these inspiring professionals! #ThanksHealthHeroes! Join the chorus of gratitude at https://www.uvmhealth.org/coronavirus/thanks-health-heroes.
In this New Year, you may be feeling mental fatigue from a very difficult 2020. If you're asking yourself "Why am I feeling this way?" tune into our podcast for guidance from our experts. Listen: https://fal.cn/3cBAX #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
A cold tends to start slow and get worse over a few days. You feel lousy, but it usually doesn’t disrupt your life. The flu and symptomatic COVID-19 tend to develop more rapidly, making you feel wiped out and unable to do your normal daily routine. Check out our symptom chart here: https://fal.cn/3czRP #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
Got questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? We've got answers. #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
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None of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in development in the United States use the live virus that causes COVID-19. This means you can’t “get” COVID-19 from the vaccine. The goal of each of the vaccines in development is to teach our immune systems how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19. Read our COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs: https://fal.cn/3cvKz #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
It’s not too late to support Home Health & Hospice in 2020! We rely on our generous community to support our work and are grateful for each of you!
Join in or renew your support with a gift today at https://www.uvmhomehealth.org/donations/make-an-online-donation/.
Now is the time to get creative and stay connected virtually to reduce the spread of COVID-19. #spreadfactsnotCOVID19
In recognition of Black History Month, the UVM Health Network is celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black American pioneers in medicine.
Today, we honor Charles Drew, MD, first to use blood plasma to store blood for transfusion. Charles Drew pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and, during World War II, organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S. Following the war, Dr. Drew began developing a blood storage program at the American Red Cross but resigned soon after officials decided to segregate the blood of Black Americans.
Dr. Drew continued on to become chief surgeon at Freedman's Hospital in Washington D.C., and the first Black examiner for the American Board of Surgery.
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Join the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont (CVRI-VT) on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:00 PM for a free community town hall in honor of #HeartMonth.
Hear from experts at CVRI-VT, UVM Larner College of Medicine, and The University of Vermont Medical Center about stroke and heart attack prevention as well as risk related to COVID-19, pre-eclampsia, racial disparities, and more.
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Join the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont (CVRI-VT) on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:00 PM for a free community town hall in honor of #HeartMonth.
Hear from experts at CVRI-VT, UVM Larner Med, and The University of Vermont Medical Center about stroke and heart attack prevention as well as risk related to COVID-19, pre-eclampsia, racial disparities, and more.
Register at http://bit.ly/2YXidU0.
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Front-line medical workers are eagerly rolling up their sleeves to receive their second shots of COVID-19 vaccine. The first responders we’ve spoken with universally welcome this jab of hope. Here's what Mike Cannon of VT USAR TF1 shared:
“You can’t do your job, you can’t treat folks safely unless you are vaccinated. I have total confidence in this.”
Note: Masking, distancing and cleaning hands are still advised as it’s unclear whether people who have been immunized can be carriers, but the second dose provides the most effective protection against the disease. #OurShotVT
In recognition of Black History Month, the UVM Health Network is celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black American pioneers in medicine.
Today, we honor Patricia Bath, MD. She was the first black female physician awarded a patent for a medical invention. Dr. Bath's accomplishments include the invention of a new device and technique for cataract surgery in 1988, known as laserphaco, for which she was the first black woman to receive a medical patent.
She was the first woman appointed chair of ophthalmology at a U.S. medical institution (UCLA) in 1983. Dr. Bath retired from her post 10 years later and has since become an advocate for telemedicine, serving in roles related to the emerging technology at Howard University and St. George's University in Grenada.
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In 1962, when Jackson J.W. Clemmons, Ph.D., M.D., moved to Vermont to join The University of Vermont's Department of Pathology, he was only the second African American on the @UVMLarnerMed faculty. Read his and his family's remarkable story at: http://www.med.uvm.edu/vtmedicine/a_pioneer_in_the_lab_and_on_the_land
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