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COVID-19: Vassar College Reveals Plans For Bringing Students Back To Campus COVID-19: Vassar College Reveals Plans For Bringing Students Back To Campus
Covid-19: Vassar College Reveals Plans For Bringing Students Back To Campus Another Hudson Valley college has announced its plans for reopening its campus for the first time since March in the fall as New York recovers from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The plan for Vassar College in Poughkeepsie is calling for the arrival of small groups of students to campus on staggered dates beginning on Saturday, Aug. 15, with classes beginning on Monday, Aug. 31. Students who are unable to return to campus or who choose not to do so will be able to take courses remotely.  According to Vassar President Elizabeth Bradley, the college will be employing a comb…
BSSNY Offices Are Now Open BSSNY Offices Are Now Open
Bssny Offices Are Now Open We at Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York have been closely monitoring the rapidly evolving developments relating to the Coronavirus. Our highest priority is the health and well-being of our patients and staff and we want to let you know the precautions we are taking at this time. To help ensure the safety of our patients who now wish to come into the office for their appointments, we have instituted protocols based on the latest CDC guidelines, along with extra precautions that include: Wearing face masks. All BSSNY staff are required to wear appropriate PPE and it is mandatory that patie…
COVID-19 And Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes:  What You Need to Know COVID-19 And Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes:  What You Need to Know
Covid-19 And Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes: What You Need to Know Presently, data shows that children, adolescents and young adults with well-managed endocrine conditions, such as diabetes, are not at increased risk of getting infected or becoming severely ill with the coronavirus. However, poorly controlled diabetes can weaken their immunity and thereby increase the risk of getting infected. There are some indications that otherwise healthy, but severely obese children are at increased risk of a more complicated lung infection due to COVID-19. New data is becoming available each day about the virus, but in the meantime, parents and caregivers of children w…