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Cystic fibrosis
Cambridge, MA
News
Massachusetts' Littlest Garbage Man Makes His Rounds Thanks To Make
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For four-year-old Alan, there was always something special about the garbage trucks that came through his Ashland neighborhood each week. He fell in love with the big green machines and wanted to be like the men and women who drove them. He even dressed up as a garbage man for Halloween one year. So, it was a no-brainer when Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island offered him the chance to make a wish that he would don the high-vis vest and hard hat and climb aboard a WM truck to put in a hard day's work. They even gave him a time card to punch in and out. …
Dorchester, MA
News
Bacteria Alert: Boston-Based Hospital Restricts Water For Drinking, Bathing
Franciscan Children's Hospital has restricted water usage after tests revealed the presence of a specific bacteria, the hospital recently announced. After initially detecting the presence of the bacteria in the water supply in 2019, Franciscan Children's has continued to extensively test its water, with help from the DPH and the CDC. Tests regularly came back negative until Nov. 22, when two isolated areas on the hospital's campus tested positive for the bacteria. The bacteria, called Burkholderia cepacia, is usually not harmful to healthy people, but poses a special…
Cambridge, MA
Business
Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney
A Sherborn firefighter is in need of a new kidney so he can keep giving back to his community "in a life-affirming way." Sam Gutwill was born with cystic fibrosis and has been in and out of the hospital for 12 years, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf. He received a "life-changing" liver transplant in 2017 that allowed him to become an EMT and a firefighter, but while Sam was completing his training his kidneys failed. This eventually resulted in Sam being hospitalized with Stage 5 Kidney failure last week, his aunt Laura Wise said on the GoFundMe SHERBORN FIREFIGHTE…
Kingston, NY
Lifestyle
Fight The Flu—Get Vaccinated!
Cold and flu season is upon us. We can expect that the new reality of COVID-19 will only complicate the influenza (flu) season. The flu affects millions of people each year. It is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can be a very serious disease which can lead to hospitalization and even death. This year, the flu vaccine is more important than ever. As we all are aware, COVID-19 has the potential to overwhelm our hospitals and health care systems, so people with the flu may not receive adequate care in the crowd of COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms and inten…
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Lifestyle
Fight The Flu—Get Vaccinated!
Cold and flu season is upon us. We can expect that the new reality of COVID-19 will only complicate the influenza (flu) season. The flu affects millions of people each year. It is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can be a very serious disease which can lead to hospitalization and even death. This year, the flu vaccine is more important than ever. As we all are aware, COVID-19 has the potential to overwhelm our hospitals and health care systems, so people with the flu may not receive adequate care in the crowd of COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms and inten…
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Lifestyle
Fight The Flu — Get Vaccinated!
With fall right around the corner, cold and flu season will soon be upon us. Influenza, commonly known as the flu, affects millions of people each year. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can be a very serious disease which can lead to hospitalization and even death. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to get the flu vaccine annually. In the U.S., the flu season is most common in the fall and winter; however, seasonal influenza viruses are detected year-round. Typically, flu activity begins to increase in October, peaks between D…
White Plains, NY
Lifestyle
Westchester Woman Battling Cystic Fibrosis Gets Big Lift From Taylor Swift
Megastar Taylor Swift took the time to make a dream come true for 22-year-old Westchester woman battling cystic fibrosis. The call from Swift took place on Saturday, June 15, after friends of Yonkers' Annie McMahon tweeted the star a video of the group having a dance party in her hospital room, asking Swift to contact the young woman. McMahon, who has had two double lung transplants and is too sick for a third, is now in hospice care. Annie McMahonTwitter But that doesn't stop McMahon and her friends from rocking out to Swift's tunes every chance she feels well enough to do so. In a …
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Business
Music Teacher Opening North Jersey Studio Has To Pry Kids Away From Piano
The desire to come to a music lesson has rarely been the issue for Erin Calev's students. It's having to leave, the Dumont mom says, that poses a problem. Calev, who is recently opened her first studio on Park Avenue, chalks it up to her teaching philosophy. "I realized very early on in life and early on in motherhood that a child can learn anything if you make it fun," said Calev, who has more than two decades of experience teaching music. "I really enjoy working with young kids and I actually sometimes have trouble with them not wanting to leave. Their parents have to pr…
North Salem, NY
Sports
Golf Outing Scheduled In Memory Of Former North Salem HS Student
Friends and supporters of the late Zack Bassin of Carmel, who died in August at the age of 21 from a rare form of Cystic Fibrosis, will host a memorial golf outing in Putnam County to help raise funds to battle the disease. The event, scheduled for May 21 at the Putnam County Golf Course, 187 Hill St., Mahopac, benefits Emily's Entourage, an innovative foundation that fast-tracks research and treatments for Cystic Fibrosis. “Zack was a great friend and an avid golfer and would love to see everyone coming together for a fun day of golf and fundraising for a great cause,” said friend and one …
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Lifestyle
Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life
At 53 years old, Donna DiCosta has a lot to be thankful for: a successful nursing career and two healthy children. But the thing she is most thankful for is having a second chance at life, thanks to the power of organ donation. “Every day that I am alive is because my organ donor chose to give the gift of life,” DiCosta said. “What she has done for me is truly remarkable.” At age three, DiCosta was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. She managed to live normally for most of her life, but once she had her children her lungs began to fail. She was constantly having a hard time breathing and makin…
