New York, NY (PRUnderground) February 8th, 2021
Mary O’Leary, Former Consultant with Ascellon Corporation in Landover, MD, Patient Advocate in St. Helena, CA, and Consultant for the World Health Organization, was recently selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her influence, proficiency, and dedication to her professional life.
Inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself; only a few members are selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. These special honorees are distinguished based on their longevity in their career, contributions made to society, and the impact they had on their industries. Ms. O’Leary will be honored at IAOTP’s 2021 Annual Awards Gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York City for her selection as a Lifetime Achievement recipient. www.iaotp.com/award-gala
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Napa County Public Health, together with St. Helena Hospital Foundation/Adventist Health St. Helena, announced Wednesday that healthcare workers and those 75 and older would have priority in getting their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Others who have received first doses may have to wait longer, but no one will have to wait beyond the 42-day time period allowed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the two organizations said in a news release.
Because of limited vaccine allocations from the state, the county announced Tuesday that it was suspending first-dose clinics until the second shots could be given to all who require them.
The first five weeks of Napa Countyâs mass vaccination effort has proved volatile, punctuated by vaccine shortages, changing guidance at the state level and gaps in communication between local government and the healthcare entities receiving vaccine allocation from the state.
Each of those variables has proved an obstacle not only in the countyâs effort to vaccinate its residents but to communicate clearly with them. After suggesting vaccines would be made more widely available in late January, state officials â following revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention â declared California residents age 65 and older eligible for the vaccine.
The St. Helena Hospital Foundation administered Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday to the most vulnerable residents of Vineyard Valley Mobile Home Park and Silverado Orchards.
Provided the county can supply enough vaccine, the foundation hopes to vaccinate up to 500 people per day from Tuesday through Friday at the Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus in St. Helena, said Glen Newhart, president of the St. Helena Hospital Foundation.
âThis is day one for St. Helena and the upper valley on the road to normal, whatever that normal looks like in the future,â he said. âPeople have waited for this day for so long, and itâs nice to see the smiles.â