Boston, Oct. 30, 2014, — Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) passed away this morning in a hospital in Boston at age of 71. He served as the 53rd Mayor of Boston, and was the city’s longest-serving mayor. Before becoming mayor, the Boston native was a member and President of Boston City Council.
Menino announced not running for reelection in March 2013 at Faneuil Hall (file photo).
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Tag: Health
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Boston Mourns Passing of Tom Menino
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Free Cancer Screenings Offered at Tufts Medical Center’s Fifth Annual See, Test & Treat Program on Oct. 25
Boston, –October 20, – For the fifth straight year, Tufts Medical Center will host See, Test & Treat®, a free cervical and breast cancer screening program, funded through grants from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation. The event features same-day test results, diagnoses and follow-up care for uninsured and underserved women ages 21 and older. Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD, FCAP, Pathologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center, will lead a group of Tufts MC pathologists, OB/GYN doctors, primary care physicians and radiologists in offering this program to the Boston-area community. The event will take place on Saturday, October 25, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the OB/GYN clinic on the second floor of Tufts Medical Center’s South Building (860 Washington Street in Boston).
Volunteers from Tufts Medical Center provide free checkups at 2014 August Moon Festival in Boston Chinatown (photo by David Li).
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Suspected Ebola Case Emerges in Boston as First US Infection Announced by CDC
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 13, 2014, –The Ebola outbreak made local and national news headlines yesterday as a suspected patient with Ebola symptoms was isolated at a health clinic in Braintree, Mass. The Patient was later transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center(BIDMC) in Boston. To add to the anxiety, CDC has confirmed positive preliminary test result of a Dallas nurse for Ebola virus.
CDC Ebola training at BIDMC on Oct. 6, 2014 (file photo).
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Texas Nurse Tested Positive for Ebola Virus
Atlanta, Oct. 12, 2014, — A healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary tests by the Texas Department of State Health Services’ laboratory. The patient was isolated after the initial report of a fever and remains so now. Confirmation testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s laboratory is being done today.
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Ebola Situation Assessment by WHO
What we know about transmission of the Ebola virus among humans
World Health Organization Ebola situation assessment – Oct. 6, 2014The Ebola virus is transmitted among humans through close and direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, faeces and vomit.
Sources: Situation reports received from the ministries of health of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, and the World Health Organization (from cdc.gov).
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“The Almost Effect” Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum to Be Held at Harvard Medical School
“The Almost Effect” and Integrative Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum-HMS
Date and Time: 1:30 pm to 5:30pm Saturday, Oct 18th, 2014
Location: Shapiro 10 Conference Room, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA
Group picture from Traditional Chinese Medicine Forum in July 2013 (photo by David Li).
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New Book on Floating Hospital’s First Century Published
Boston, Sept. 19, 2014, –Boston is renowned for its innovative, world-class medical centers, and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center is high on that list. While the hospital’s reputation for superior care is well known, surprisingly few Bostonians are familiar with its unique history. Authors Lucie Prinz, Jacoba van Schaik, and Floating Hospital staff members intend to change that with a new book commemorating the hospital’s 120th anniversary.
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Tufts Medical Center Receives National Leadership Award from EPA Chief Gina McCarthy
Boston, August 25, 2014, — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy traveled to Boston on Aug. 19 to meet with families and health care workers to discuss the impacts of clean air and President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. At Tufts Medical Center, where the EPA recognized staff with a national leadership award in asthma management earlier this year, Administrator McCarthy met with Barbara Ferrer, Phd, MPH, MEd, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC); Michael Wagner, MD, President and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children; May Chin, RN, Program Manager of the Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative at Tufts Medical Center and others involved in asthma treatment and prevention. She heard from Robenia Chambers, a mom of three and a client of BPHC who shared her story of how working with a community health worker helped her with her asthma and her kids.
(L to R)May Chin, Barbara Ferrer, Kurt Spalding, Gina McCarthy, Nathalie Bazil, Michael Wagner, Margaret Reid, Sherry Dong and Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle pose for a group picture (provided by Julie Jette).
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WHO: FAQ on Ebola Virus Disease
By World Health Organization (WHO)
1. What is Ebola virus disease?
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan.
The origin of the virus is unknown but fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely host of the Ebola virus, based on available evidence.
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The Sharewood Project Offers Free Health Clinic in Malden
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, June 9, 2014, –It was 16 years ago when I first came to know the Sharewood Project in the Fall of 1998. I gradated from a master’s program earlier that year, and was working part-time for Singtao Daily newspaper. I went to report the weekly clinic by Sharewood Project at the Church of All Nations in Boston Chinatown.
The Sharewood clinic was in this church back in 1998. It’s now in the First Church in Malden, Mass. (file photo).
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