For now, though, we're asking people who aren't in high-risk groups to hold off. And if you are in a high-risk group, talk to your doctor or get to a clinic. |
From a health department standpoint, it's closed. They can't admit patients. They can't treat patients. They can't do hospital-type work there. |
He also agreed not to work in the emergency medical field in Pennsylvania forever. We also notified surrounding states. |
It's been a mild season. And it's been a light year nationwide, not just in Pennsylvania. |
It's going to take a combination of all of us. No one person can do everything, or one agency. We're trying to get everyone to work together. |
It's something we said we'd do, so we want to go ahead and do it. |
Not everything had been corrected from the previous survey. We haven't decided if we're going to revoke the license. |
Rarely does a facility go through a license inspection without any deficiencies. We certainly didn't see any immediate jeopardy to patients. Our concerns were that there are still some things in the process of being corrected. Will we go back in? I can't say yes or no on that. Because there's the possibility the license could be revoked, it's something we take very seriously. |
Schools have screened students for height and weight for about 50 years. They're simply taking what they've already been screening for and calculating the BMI. |
That means we will keep a closer eye on you. |
That will be a good starting point. |
That's still the big question mark for the upcoming flu season, whether Chiron will be able to deliver on the vaccine that they were producing. |
That's still the big question mark for the upcoming flu season, whether Chiron will be able to deliver on the vaccine that they were producing. |
The most dramatic drop came after a new longer-lasting medication hit the market. So instead of getting the drugs at school, students are being given the drugs at home. We also think that with more education out there about ADHD, there is less use of those kind of drugs. |
They're more of an inconvenience and they're no fun if you're pulling them off your skin. |