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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Susan J. Loeb, professor of nursing and doctoral program director in Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Pennsylvania Nightingale Award (NAP) Nursing Research Award. Selected. Loeb was formally recognized at NAPs’ 35th annual awards ceremony on Oct. 25 in Harrisburg. As designated by the NAP organization, the Department of Nursing Research demonstrates a commitment to excellence in nursing practice through research and publishes discoveries that enhance nursing practice, patient care, education, and science in academic and scholarly fields. We will award candidates who have The…

World Health Organization. Global Tuberculosis Report. (2023).Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. This is a Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This statement was endorsed by the Council of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. (IDSA), September 1999, and the sections of this statement. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 161, S221–S247 (2000). Google Scholar  Lillebaek, T. et al. Molecular evidence of endogenous reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after…

House Speaker Mike Johnson harshly criticized Obamacare at an event in Pennsylvania on Monday, telling the audience there would be “massive” changes to U.S. health care if Donald Trump wins the election.”Health care reform is going to be a big part of the agenda. We said we’re going to have a very aggressive agenda in the first 100 days, but there’s still a lot of things on the table.” Johnson, of Louisiana, reportedly spoke while campaigning for Republican House candidate Ryan McKenzie in Bethlehem. To the video obtained by NBC News.”Isn’t there Obamacare?” an attendee asked Johnson, referring to the…

Puerto Rican artist Nicky Jam on Wednesday withdrew his support for presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. In a video uploaded to Jam’s Instagram, the reggaeton star sits in a luxury car and yells at Trump in response to racist comments made by Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Ricans and Latinos during a rally over the weekend. The video shows him explaining that he does not support it. “The reason I supported Donald Trump is because I believed it was best for the U.S. economy, where many Latinos live…many immigrants who are suffering from economic conditions,” Jam said in Spain. spoke in…

Small businesses face many challenges in managing customer relationships due to limited resources and budget constraints. Without the means to invest in a sophisticated customer relationship management system (CRM), many businesses rely on manual processes that are time-consuming and prone to errors. Additionally, fragmented customer data is spread across multiple platforms, leaving businesses without a complete picture of their customers. Even extracting and editing this data can be difficult. Without a clear system, businesses often struggle to properly track interactions, making it difficult to personalize communications with customers. Inconsistent follow-up further damages customer relationships, especially as your business grows and…

Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Tera Roberts explains why fantasy managers should play Seattle’s running back in Week 9.See morevideo transcriptI don’t think it’s probably like this, but in terms of average points per game in half-P, Pr Kenneth Walker is 7th RB this year.It came about in a very strange way. Yards and efficiency weren’t on his side, but the touchdowns were there, and he was very comfortable receiving, catching 27 of 31 targets for 100 and 93 yards and a touchdown. We’ve seen an increase.Not bad considering he missed multiple games due to injury.The lack of receivers was always…

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a gene that may interfere with the effectiveness of HIV vaccines in humans, paving the way for improved vaccine development for HIV and other diseases such as cancer and malaria. (OHSU/Kristin Torres Hicks) Continuing the journey to develop an HIV vaccine, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a gene that could prevent the vaccine from being effective in humans. The study, published Oct. 11 in the journal Science Immunology, removes another barrier to vaccine development not only for HIV but potentially other diseases such as malaria and cancer.…

A familiar face is back in the AFC North, but this time it will be against perhaps its biggest rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Welcome to Baltimore, @juiceup__3 ‼ ️ pic.twitter.com/Gwi4S0yO6s— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) October 30, 2024Wide receiver Diontae Johnson, who played for the Steelers for five seasons from 2019 to 2023, practiced with the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday afternoon for the first time since being traded from the Carolina Panthers. The 28-year-old, a pending free agent, was acquired by Baltimore on Tuesday in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick along with a 2025 sixth-round pick. He is one of the…

Sales of GSK’s top-selling vaccine fell sharply in the third quarter as demand slumped, sending the British drugmaker’s shares down 3% in U.S. trading on Wednesday. GSK lowered its vaccine sales forecast in July, but revised it downward again in its third-quarter earnings report on Wednesday. The company now expects vaccine sales to be down low single digits compared to last year. During the third quarter, sales of GSK’s shingles vaccine were down 7% compared to the same period in 2023, and sales of its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Alexby were down 72% compared to the same period last year.…

Meanwhile, Musk is reportedly managing his own diplomatic back channels with Vladimir Putin and openly considering the possibility of being arrested or assassinated for his devotion to Trump. In the final stages of the campaign, Trump is beginning to acknowledge that his victory will likely cause an economic crisis and that he deserves a chance to rebuild the country.But this is not just the story of one MAGA billionaire, however megalomaniacal. In addition to supporting the former president, Bill Ackman, Stephen Schwartzman, and Marc Andreessen frequently speak in Manichean terms about the dangers of the election and the cultural conflict…