SILVER SPRING, Md. /CitizenWire/ — The Fellows of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) Board of Governors is delighted to share the names of the 81 exemplary midwives who have been accepted for Fellowship in 2021. Last year, we revised the Fellowship criteria to increase diversity and inclusivity, resulting in our welcoming the largest group […]
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News: Lift & Care Systems Now Accepts Medicare and Medicaid for Patient Lifts in Massachusetts | CitizenWire
LAKEVILLE, Mass. /CitizenWire/ — Lift & Care Systems is happy to announce that they earned accreditation to accept Medicare and Massachusetts Medicaid for patient lifts. The certification, granted by the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA), allows Lift & Care Systems to sell and service SureHands ceiling lifts for Medicaid and Medicare customers.
News: AMI Expeditionary Healthcare to partner with Pennsylvania to disseminate 94,600 COVID-19 vaccines to schoolteachers | CitizenWire
HARRISBURG, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — AMI Expeditionary Healthcare announces its partnership with the state of Pennsylvania and for its special initiative to help vaccinate all schoolteachers, child-care worker and school staff. Pennsylvania expects to receive an initial allocation of 94,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) single-dose vaccine this week and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare will […]
News: Pure Transplant Solutions Announces Collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to Develop Memory B Cell-Directed Diagnostics for HLA-Sensitized Patients | CitizenWire
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. /CitizenWire/ — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a leading institution in […]
News: Zeteo Biomedical Receives US Patent for Innovative Sublingual Delivery Device for Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Zeteo Biomedical, a privately held, biomedical device company, announced today it has been awarded a United States Patent for its “Oral Delivery Device and Methods” (US Patent 10238577). This latest patent expands the capabilities of Zeteo’s ZEO Delivery Platform to systemically deliver drugs or biologics, into the body non-invasively via the […]
News: Natick Family Dental has Introduced A Variety of Touchless Digital Options in Response to The Pandemic | CitizenWire
NATICK, Mass. /CitizenWire/ — As states and communities begin to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Natick Family Dental’s patients are benefitting from a touchless experience to reduce the rate of transmission and ensure their personal safety. Prior to their appointments, all patients receive links (by email) to intake and screening forms that […]
News: Recovery Expert Slash Coleman To Discuss New Laughter Yoga Addiction Treatment in Webinar to Help Participants Sustain Long-term Sobriety | CitizenWire
RICHMOND, Va. /CitizenWire/ — Renowned author and US Laughter Ambassador Slash Coleman announced today that he will offer a webinar on a new form of addiction treatment entitled “Redefining Addiction and Recovery Through Laughter Yoga.”
News: Wellness Coaches Announces New COVID-19 Testing Contract with Abbott Labs | CitizenWire
BLUE BELL, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — Wellness Coaches has contracted with Abbott to immediately offer the BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 test. Wellness Coaches now offers this 15-minute self-contained rapid test kit for $5 with low-cost administration to existing and new clients.
News: Midwives for an Equitable and Sustainable Future: ACNM Extends Year of Nurse and Midwife, Begins Decade of the Midwife | CitizenWire
SILVER SPRING, Md. /CitizenWire/ — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization extended the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife into 2021 in Europe, to celebrate and recognize the hard work of nurses and midwives fighting the pandemic. The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) supports this decision and hereby extends this recognition […]
News: Across Healthcare announces the eDocSS app, an EHR integrated application that allows surgeons and institutions to comply with new Commission on Cancer Synoptic Operative Report Standards | CitizenWire
CARROLTON, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — Across Healthcare announces the eDocSS app, an EHR integrated application that allows surgeons and institutions to comply with new Commission on Cancer Synoptic Operative Report Standards. Evidence-based research indicates that surgical outcomes related to cancer patients such as quality of life and survival can be improved by adhering to specific operative […]
News: Boomer Brains Declining Faster Than Earlier Generations, Despite Higher Wealth, Education | CitizenWire
SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Despite U.S. Baby Boomers having the longest life expectancy in history, their brains are aging at a faster rate than previous generations, according to a recent Ohio State University nationwide study. The feared complexities of living an increasingly longer life – but with a quickly declining brain – is evitable […]
News: Divine Home Care Services Receives Best of Home Care Award for Fourth Consecutive Year | CitizenWire
HILLSBORO, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Divine Home Care Services announced today that it has received the 2021 Best of Home Care® – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. These awards are granted only to the top-ranking home care providers, based on client satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse.
News: Twenty-Nine States Proclaim March SUDC Awareness Month for Unexplained Childhood Deaths | CitizenWire
ROSELAND, N.J. /CitizenWire/ — The Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Foundation thanks Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming for making statewide proclamations declaring March 2021 […]
News: Dr. Rodney Kryzhanovskiy Joins the Spodak Dental Group Team | CitizenWire
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Dr. Rodney Kryzhanovskiy, a general dentist with a passion for transforming lives, joins the admired team of general and specialty dentists at the Spodak Dental Group. He strives to relate to each patient and understand their needs, desires and concerns, and to help them achieve optimal dental health that aligns […]
News: Pure Transplant Solutions Announces Collaboration with King’s College London to Support NHS Funded GAMECHANgER-1 Clinical Trial for HLA Sensitized Patients with End Stage Renal Disease | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with King’s College London.
News: Caisson Biotech, LLC and Heparinex, LLC Announce Positive Examination Report of European Patent and the Discovery of a New Class of Sugar Polymers | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Caisson Biotech and parent company Heparinex are pleased to announce that they have received a positive examination report from the European Patent Office for a patent covering the chemoenzymatic production of heparosan utilized in the HEPtune® drug delivery platform. Once certified, the new patent family will increase patent coverage across Europe, […]
News: 19th Annual Postdoc Event Targets Career Successes | CitizenWire
ROCKVILLE, Md. /CitizenWire/ — The 19th National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Annual Conference is set for April 15-16, 2021 and will include educational, career advancement and networking opportunities benefiting postdoctoral scholars (“postdocs”) and their host institutions around the world. More than fifty experts will dive into themes of top importance to the greater postdoc community.
News: Basu Plastic Surgery Launches First Annual Scholarship for Adult Learners Pursuing Medical Degrees in Texas | CitizenWire
HOUSTON, Texas /CitizenWire/ — C. Bob Basu, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS of Houston is honored to announce the first year of the annual Basu Plastic Surgery Advancing Care Scholarship for Adult Learners. Designed to support adults over the age of 40 who live in Texas as they pursue a graduate degree as a licensed medical […]
News: Zootility Launches a Comfortable Face Mask | CitizenWire
PORTLAND, Maine /CitizenWire/ — Zootility, a design-driven US manufacturing company, launches a mask to provide comfort and protection to both those who are wearing masks just for a quick trip to the grocery store as well as essential workers who are masked 8+ hours per day.
News: Virtual Speech Therapy Company, Great Speech, Inc., Contracts with Harbour Benefits Holding Inc. to Increase Plan Participant Access to Telehealth | CitizenWire
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Great Speech, Inc., a pioneer in the online speech therapy space, has contracted with Harbour Benefits Holding Inc, to increase access for much-needed virtual speech therapy services to Harbour’s plan participants.
News: California Plastic Surgery Practice Paves the Way for Women in Cosmetic Medicine | CitizenWire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — The field of plastic surgery has long had a gender imbalance: while 92% of patients are women, most plastic surgeons are men. In fact, only 1 out of 5 plastic surgeons is female. This is gradually changing, due in part to women like board certified plastic surgeon Christa Clark, MD, FACS, […]
News: Rescindo Therapeutics’ RSC-57 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Kabuki Syndrome | CitizenWire
CARY, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — Rescindo Therapeutics Inc., a drug discovery company dedicated to the development of new treatments for rare genetic disorders, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for the Company’s lead drug RSC-57, for the treatment of patients with Kabuki […]
News: JNL Technologies Launches Quantum SA Standalone Wander Management Control Unit | CitizenWire
IXONIA, Wis. /CitizenWire/ — JNL Technologies, maker of Quantum nurse call, wander management, and access control systems, is now shipping Quantum SA, a standalone wander management system. Using the same proven Bluetooth technology as JNL’s Quantum DCS product line, the Quantum SA does not require cable installation or the purchase of a Quantum server and […]
News: Flightpath Biosciences Launches via Illumina Accelerator to Conduct Largest Clinical Biomarker Study in Lyme Disease | CitizenWire
BERKELEY, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Flightpath Biosciences, a life sciences company, launched today claiming a spot in Illumina Accelerator’s second global class to develop diagnostics and microbiome-targeted therapeutics to treat rare pathogen-driven diseases. The company has operated in stealth since its founding in mid-2019 and has built a pipeline of drug candidates for a wide range […]
News: MWBE’s For PPE: American Manufacturing Re-Investing In Underserved Communities | CitizenWire
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Minority business enterprise (MBE) New York-based development and diversity supplier firm, MRV Group, LLC partners with architectural firm DXA studio to re-invest American made PPE sales to 501(c)(6) and 501(c)(3) organizations that support MWBE’s and underserved communities impacted by COVID-19.
News: Kalyagen Announces Launch of ‘Stem the Tide of Time’ Campaign Featuring NBA Hall of Fame Finalist Marques Johnson | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Kalyagen is pleased to announce the launch of its “Stem the Tide of Time” social media campaign featuring former UCLA Bruin and Milwaukee Buck All-Star Marques Johnson to promote STEMREGEN;, a natural stem cell enhancer documented to increase the number of circulating stem cells by stimulating Endogenous Stem Cell Mobilization (ESCM).
News: Kalyagen™ Announces Launch of Clinical Trial to Evaluate STEMREGEN® and Stem Cells for Advanced Heart Failure Patients | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Kalyagen™, along with the Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Regenerativa y Terapia Celular (the “Spanish Society of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy”), is pleased to announce the launch of a multicenter clinical trial, “The Effect of Stemregen and Adipose Stroma Vascular Fraction (SVF) Either Individually or in Combination in Patient With Heart […]
News: EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Acquires Pharmaceutical Strategies Group | CitizenWire
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — EPIC Holdings, Inc. (EPIC) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG). The move incorporates the expertise and resources of the nation’s largest independent pharmacy benefit consulting firm into EPIC’s Employee Benefits Consulting practice.
News: Pure Protein, LLC and Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC Promote Blake Harlan to President and Dr. Rico Buchli to Vice President of Products and Services | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Pure Protein, LLC (Pure Protein) and subsidiary company Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), announced today that Blake Harlan has been promoted to President and Rico Buchli, PhD to Vice President of Products and Services.
News: Coral Springs Medical & Dental Takes Industry-Leading Approach to Healthcare | CitizenWire
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — HG Doctors recently added a third location to its family of healthcare practices – Coral Springs Medical & Dental. Its one-stop approach to healthcare services is a driving force behind its expansion. This new facility offers primary care/family medicine, geriatrics, senior activities, behavioral health, podiatry and dental care – all […]
News: Blockit COVID-19 Operations Platform Powers Big City Vaccination | CitizenWire
MCKINNEY, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Blockit Inc., a leading provider of digital care coordination solutions, has been on the front lines of the pandemic, providing a no-cost adaptation of their deeply integrated and highly sophisticated healthcare scheduling platform to be utilized toward COVID-19 relief efforts. Today, Blockit announced that its vaccine scheduling solution is now being […]
News: 30,000 Sq-Ft Medical Center Opens in FL Corridor – First Research-Driven Medical Program Dedicated to Treating the Aging Process, Improving Brain Performance | CitizenWire
SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — World leader in improving brain performance, Aviv Clinics, has opened its state-of-the-art, 30,000-square-foot medical facility – the first treatment center of its kind in North America. The practice, located at The Center for Advanced Healthcare in The Villages, Florida, is dedicated to Aviv’s scientifically evidenced medical program concentrated in hyperbaric […]
News: National Postdoctoral Association Applauds Pay Increases for Postdocs | CitizenWire
ROCKVILLE, Md. /CitizenWire/ — As advocates for a rewarding postdoctoral experience, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) applauds the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for increasing the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) stipends for fiscal year 2021.
News: Japanese Offices in US Host Healthcare Tech and Digital Health Startup Business Opportunity Webinar for Expansion to Japan | CitizenWire
SEATTLE, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center and the Kobe Trade Information Office today announced the hosting of a webinar for Healthcare Tech and Digital Health startups looking for opportunities to expand their business into Japan. The webinar will be the first of its kind, with the goal of connecting with and […]
News: New Study Confirms PhoneSoap ExpressPro Disinfection Technology Kills 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2 Virus | CitizenWire
PROVO, Utah /CitizenWire/ — PhoneSoap proudly announces a 99.99% reduction of SARS-CoV-2 with its ExpressPro disinfection technology. According to a recent study conducted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the PhoneSoap ExpressPro, a rapid UV disinfection device for cell phones, tablets, and other hard-to-clean hand-held items, resulted in a 99.99% reduction of SARS-CoV-2 […]
News: Beach Cities Health District teams with South Bay Mommies and Daddies to Support Raising Happy, Healthy and Resilient Children | CitizenWire
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — “Parents’ Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy and Resilient Children,” presented in partnership with Beach Cities Health District and South Bay Mommies and Daddies, is a five-part video series designed for parents of children ages 0-6.
News: Dr. Maira Estrada Joins the Spodak Dental Group Team | CitizenWire
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Dr. Maira Estrada, a general dentist with more than four years of experience in the dental field, joins the prestigious team of general and specialty dentists at the Spodak Dental Group. Her mission as a dental care provider is to provide excellent care with a compassionate approach and ensure that […]
News: Right Choice Dental Care offers Dental Implant and Laser Dentistry to Patients in Naperville IL | CitizenWire
NAPERVILLE, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — Right Choice Dental Care is local, trusted, and top-rated dentists that specialize in comprehensive cosmetic, family & restorative dentistry. Dr. Pinal Patel and Dr. Konstantin Gromov utilize their combined expertise to offer patients high-quality and personalized cosmetic & oral implantology dental care.
News: Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC and University Hospital Basel Announce Research Collaboration | CitizenWire
AUSTIN, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a research collaboration with The Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology Department of the University Hospital of […]
News: Mopec Introduces Disinfection and Air Purification Systems for Lab Safety | CitizenWire
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. /CitizenWire/ — Mopec, the nationwide leader in pathology, anatomy, mortuary and necropsy equipment and supplies, announced two new products under their Guardian Systems line that are specifically designed to help improve disinfection processes and improve laboratory safety.