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LiveSmart: Staying Fit While Staying Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to keep physically and emotionally healthy by making exercise a part of your day.
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Worried About COVID-19? Quit Tobacco With Our Virtual Butt Stops Here Program
Smokers are more likely to face increased risk of developing a serious infection from the coronavirus (COVID-19). Smokers can reduce this risk by quitting. Join our seven week, FREE on-line Butt Stops Here program The program begins April 28.
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Today.com: Do Coronavirus Symptoms Include a ‘Fizzing,’ Tingling or Burning Sensation?
Arthur Gran, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at Samaritan Hospital, speaks to Today.com about a strange new sensation reported by some COVID-19 patients.
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Spectrum: Sending Smiles to Children of Health Care Workers
Mercy Cares for Kids held a social distancing serenade for its students, many of whom they have not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Spectrum News interviewed the daycare’s director, Theresa Joslin, for its story.
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Colleagues Spread Easter Cheer at Samaritan Hospital
Colleagues in the Food and Nutrition department at Samaritan Hospital made 24 Easter baskets for their colleagues in nursing units and support services.
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WTEN: Drive-by Reunion – Daycare Teachers Host Social Distance Serenade for Students
WTEN/News10 aired a story on a social distance serenade held for students of Mercy Cares for Kids. Teachers lined the parking lot to safely say hello to children who have not been attending because their parents have been working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WTEN: St. Peter’s Health Partners Using New Therapies to Treat Coronavirus Patients
WTEN/News10 aired a story on multiple therapies being used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals.
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WNYT: Plasma, Antiviral Drug Treatments Introduced at St. Peter’s Hospital
Jorge Cerda, M.D., chief of the Department of Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed by WNYT about new treatments being offered to COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals. This includes experimental convalescent plasma, and as well other antiviral and anti-inflammatory drug treatments.
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Franklin Hospitality Group and LoPorto’s Restaurant and Catering Donate Easter and Passover Meals to Samaritan and St. Peter’s Hospitals
LoPorto’s Restaurant and Catering and The Franklin Hospitality Group donated meals to more than 700 employees of St. Peter’s Health Partners in celebration of Passover and Easter weekend.
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Spectrum News: Hilton Garden Inn Transforms for Medical Staff
Shannon Galuski, executive director of the St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation, appeared in a Spectrum News report on “Heroes Landing”: A respite for health care workers.