Thank you to Councilwoman @sdfavor & @ColumbusCouncil for declaring March #KidneyDiseaseAwarenessMonth! The Council invited Jai’dyn & Jaylyn Cantrell to share their experience & @NCHKidneyCenter members, Dr. John Spencer, Dr. Anne Dawson & Dr. Ray Bignall were there in support!
The Ohio Turnpike Commission has announced winners for their name a snowplow contest.
They are:
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Plow Chicka Plow Wow
You’re Killin’ Me Squalls
The Big LePlowski
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NEW: Today, I released a new Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace #MentalHealth & Well-Being. This Framework lays out Five Essentials needed to make our nation’s workplaces engines of well-being for all workers. https://t.co/fOoSvlEhjf 1/8
New York City's public pay phones are officially a thing of history.
The last one was removed on Monday — and is heading straight to a local museum.
https://t.co/mSz26p8xOm
Starting today, I'm hanging a new portrait in the Rules Committee Hearing Room: Shirley Chisholm, the 1st black woman elected to Congress & the 1st black woman to serve on the Rules Committee.
Join me for a tribute to Black stories at the Capitol this #BlackHistoryMonth ➡️
Somewhere in the world today
7 billionth dose of a COVID vaccine went into someone's arm
Yup - 7 Billion doses
About half (48%) of those doses have been given in two countries: China & India (no surprise)
With 420 Million doses given, US #3 in the world (6% of global supply)
I am a board certified immunologist. My wife is a pediatric ER physician.
I've followed #COVID vaccine data in teens & adults, read Pfizer safety/efficacy data in 5-11 year olds & listened to FDA discussion
We will vaccinate our 8 & 11 year old children w confidence & gratitude