Cristina Turner with her two daughters Sophia, 10, and Sadie, 7
A mum-of-two from Carlisle, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer in November last year, brushed off her condition as “nothing to worry about”.Â
Cristina Turner was at a family barbeque last summer when her mum spotted an unusual mole on her back. The 35-year-old initially brushed it off as nothing to worry about, but after a conversation with another family member, she decided to contact her doctor.Â
Cristina, who had previously used sunbeds in her late teens and twenties, was shocked to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma and told she would need urgent treatment.
As many Connecticut students returned to in-person classes this week for the first time in 2021, public health experts say recent fluctuations among K-12 student and staff COVID-19 case numbers could reflect less testing and reporting over winter break, followed by a spike due to holiday gatherings and travel.
Vulnerable populations, health care workers to get first doses of Moderna
Moderna vaccine distributed across Tennessee By Kelly Roberts | December 21, 2020 at 5:52 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 7:03 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Doses of the countyâs second COVID-19 vaccine, this one from Moderna, continue to be shipped from the Mid-South across the United States. The Tennessee Department of Health said the state has received thousands of doses, with the first administered this afternoon.
Those Moderna vaccines are expected to go to local health departments, long-term care facilities and hospitals that didnât get the Pfizer vaccine. The Shelby County Health Department expects the shipment by Wednesday.
Looking forward to a vaccine - Tupelo Community Living Center
Christina Turner of the Tupelo Community Living Center explained people in the center are excitedly waiting for the coronavirus vaccine.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 7:41 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 9:12 AM
Posted By: Bronson Woodruff
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) Managers at Tupelo’s Community Living Center said people who live in their nursing homes have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. I feel like finally, maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” Christina Turner said.
Turner is Senior Director of Clinical Operations at the Community Elder Care Services.
The company manages nursing homes in Mississippi and Tennessee.