Bibi Romeiza John, Home Health Aide in Queens, Dies at 48
She, her husband and one of his sons all contracted Covid at the same time; they recovered, but she did not.
Bibi Romeiza John was born in Guyana and lived in Trinidad and Tobago before settling in the United States, where she carried out her calling as a home health aide.Credit.via John family
May 12, 2021
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Bibi Romeiza John was a caregiver for her entire life, having trained through the Salvation Army in her native Guyana to become a nurse and home health aide.
Alcohol deaths in England and Wales in 2020 were the highest for 20 years. The Office for National Statistics recorded 7,423 deaths from alcohol misuse, a 19.6% increase compared with 2019. Although this is likely to have many complex causes, data from Public Health England suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting lockdowns are at least partly responsible for the increase. Largely, the disruption of work and social routines have led to a surge of hazardous drinking within the home (with some fairly harrowing personal stories).
The Intoxicating Spaces project, of which I’m part, has been exploring how pandemics also influenced the use of intoxicants, including patterns of alcohol consumption, in the past. As part of this work, we’ve looked at how the successive bubonic plague outbreaks that gripped England, especially London, in the 17th century (1603, 1625, 1636 and 1665) wrought similar changes in people’s drinking habits.
CareSource Offers Ohio Members Easy Home Opioid Drug Disposal Solution
Health Plan Hopes To Reduce Overdoses and Accidental Poisonings
May 13, 2021 10:38 ET | Source: CareSource CareSource Dayton, Ohio, UNITED STATES
DAYTON, Ohio, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, announced a partnership with DisposeRx, an at-home, eco-friendly medication disposal service, as part of its commitment to prevent opioid misuse, accidental poisonings and drug overdoses. This partnership will allow members and caregivers peace of mind by disposing of medications that are no longer needed.
DisposeRx packets contain a blend of materials that allow unused or expired medications to be disposed of safely. Patients or members simply add water and the DisposeRx powder to their medication in the prescription bottle and shake for 30 seconds. This will chemically and physically sequester the medicat
Both Cody residents charged with first-degree murder in the death of Paisleigh Williams pleaded "not guilty" in a case where the verdict is life or death.