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“Grow old with me,” poet Robert Browning famously wrote. “The best is yet to be.” That can be true of course, but it’s by no means a guarantee. Browning lived to age 77, which for the 19th century was quite good. His wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, however, died at age 55.
Springfield slates ‘town hall’ to explain COVID vaccines, debunk myths
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Springfield The city has a COVID-19 Town Hall to spread information about the vaccination program. Here, in file photo, Pat Conz and her brother Robert Kelly are among those being vaccinated at the Eastfield Mall. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD A community task force has scheduled a “town hall” virtual meeting on Tuesday to provide detailed information about coronavirus vaccines and to dispel myths about it.
City officials will join with the Springfield Vax Force Committee to host the meeting from 6-8 p.m., with information provided by the 17-member committee.
February 18, 2021
Six Campbell faculty members were selected to serve in various roles with professional organizations – North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP) and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
Dr. Byron May, chairman and professor of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, shared, “We would like to congratulate all the candidates on their newly appointed roles in service to these organizations and to the profession. In addition to these roles,
Dr. Beth Mills, clinical assistant professor of Ambulatory Care, will serve as the 2021 NCAP President.”
Dr. Paige Brown, assistant dean of Interprofessional Education and clinical associate professor of Pharmacy Practice was elected to serve as secretary for the NCAP Board of Directors. Brown graduated from Campbell’s Doctor of Pharmacy program in 2006 and has served in various capacities such as clinical pharmacist, pharmacy education specialist, clinical assistant professor, and vice chair of Experi
Our Education: SIUE SOP to not require PCAT for admission
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EDWARDSVILLE The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) will drop the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) as a requirement for admission to align admissions practices with national trends among pharmacy schools. The policy immediately applies to fall 2021 admission applications.
“With many of the barriers that standardized tests can create, the environment during COVID-19 and to ensure our applicant pool is as diverse as possible, it was deemed this would be best for our prospective students,” said SOP Associate Dean Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDCES, Office of Professional and Student Affairs, and professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.
A new variant of COVID-19 was discovered in the Chicago area of Illinois; while school health officials say the variant hasnât heavily impacted our area, they warned of the possible consequences if students donât remain vigilant.Â
Jerry Kruse, medical doctor and dean and provost of the SIU School of Medicine, said that even though Illinois has moved into less restrictive mitigations, this new variant means residents shouldnât ease up on pandemic protocol.Â
âThe issue with the new variants is that oftentimes, theyâre more infectious than the other ones, and that means that the average number of people who can be infected by one person might be a little bit higher,â Kruse said. âAnd so the message weâre getting out is to not let our guard down ⦠weâve moved back to a more liberal either tier or phase by the State of Illinois, and that kind of encourages people to get together or drop their guard down on their preventative measur