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HOUSTON, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Neighbors Emergency Centers in Baytown, Crosby, Kingwood, and Porter are now in-network with BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) of Texas, another benefit of the freestanding emergency rooms’ affiliation with Altus Baytown Hospital. The outpatient emergency department affiliation has allowed Neighbors Emergency Center to also go in-network with Cigna and Aetna over the last year, as well as allowing the locations to accept Medicare.

The locations now accepting BlueCross BlueShield are:

Neighbors Emergency Center – Baytown: 6051 Garth Rd.
Neighbors Emergency Center – Crosby: 14120 FM 2100
Neighbors Emergency Center – Kingwood: 1120 Kingwood Dr.
Neighbors Emergency Center – Porter: 22678 Hwy. 59

The new insurance network agreements do not extend to the Pearland or Pasadena Neighbors Emergency Center locations.

About Neighbors Emergency Center:
Neighbors Emergency Center provides extraordinary ER care through full-service 24-hour emergency rooms with short wait times, board-certified ER physicians, and private exam rooms. Services include X-Ray, CT, Ultrasound, laboratory, IV Fluids and medications, and all adult and pediatric emergency care. Neighbors Emergency Center has six Houston-area locations in Porter, Kingwood, Crosby, Baytown, Pasadena, and Pearland. For more information visit https://www.nec24.com

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STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Stanford University School of Medicine today announced the launch of the Community Alliance to Test Coronavirus at Home (CATCH) Study, an effort that seeks to estimate the true population prevalence of COVID-19 across the 8.5 million population of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and ultimately aid in the effort to reopen schools, workplaces and communities.

The CATCH Study is now seeking participants. A key aim of the CATCH Study is to scale a simple, safe, convenient, and population-scale early diagnostic system to help stop further undetected spread of COVID-19. CATCH utilizes online surveys and home delivered self-collection kits that are able to be rapidly deployed to carry out remote testing in a broad and representative sample of the population, including those underserved and vulnerable populations that might otherwise not be reached or tested. The study is enabled by the Vera Cloud Testing Platform including its novel Vera Home Test Kit, a gentle nasal swab self-collection kit that can be delivered directly to the homes of study participants by existing couriers and package delivery services.

There is no cost to CATCH Study participation, and all residents in the San Francisco Bay Area are welcome to enroll. Every participant joins online, reports their symptoms and exposures to COVID-19 daily, and may also be offered a home test kit at no cost upon reporting. If accepted, within 24 hours a home test kit will be delivered safely and conveniently by express courier to their home, where they can self-collect a sample, which is then delivered to the Stanford Health Care laboratory and tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection. All tested participants are informed of their results privately and securely online via their personal password-protected account within the CATCH website. The unique approach removes any requirement to leave home or shelter-in-place. 

The study is being led by Stanford Medicine researchers Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatric infectious diseases and of health research and policy, Lorene Nelson, MD, associate professor of health research and policy, as well as Dr. Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering and of applied physics and co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.

«We encourage as many Bay Area residents as possible to sign-up for the CATCH Study to help increase our knowledge of a virus that has had significant impacts on our communities,» said Dr. Maldonado. «Our main objective is to learn where and how the virus is spreading — whether people are displaying symptoms or not — and which communities are most vulnerable. These insights will help our scientists and local public officials gain a deeper understanding of the distribution of COVID-19 throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area so that they can stop its spread.»

With the effects of COVID-19 disproportionately affecting minority and vulnerable communities throughout the country, and specifically in the Bay Area, one of the key intentions of the study is to address inequities in testing by researching underserved populations. The testing kits will provide a convenient, no-cost, rapid home-based option for many in these communities who have difficulty accessing facility-based testing.

All San Francisco Bay Area Residents residing in the following counties can sign-up for the CATCH Study as long as they are at least 18 years of age or older, including those with or without symptoms. All CATCH Study participation is free of charge and does not require health insurance.

The researchers intend to offer home test kits each day to a portion of all CATCH participants who reported the previous day, carefully selecting participants both with and without symptoms, in order to best represent our diverse population. In addition, a pre-selected and representative group of residents will also receive direct mailings beginning October 20, 2020 on how to become CATCH participants. These mailings include a unique personal code, allowing their automatic selection for home testing upon joining the study.

Whenever a CATCH Study participant is selected for testing, a Vera Home Test Kit will be sent to the participant, generally arriving the same day or early the next morning. Each kit includes a gentle nasal swab, which requires participants to swipe only the inside of their nostrils, making it a less invasive process than other health care facility-based tests that require deeper access through the nose. Results will be made available within 24 hours of receipt by the Stanford laboratory. Participants can view their results online via their own private dashboard for the study.

The Vera Cloud Testing Platform and Home Test Kits were created by Stanford in collaboration with several other institutions, including the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Microsoft, and aim to increase testing capacity for COVID-19 at local, state and national levels. Stanford also intends to make the platform available under non-commercial terms to academic institutions, public health departments, laboratory providers and other organizations interested in offering expansive at home testing. The study is funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, an independent, nonprofit medical research center that brings together physicians, scientists and engineers from Stanford University, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley to drive discovery and encourage collaborative science.

Residents interested in learning more about the CATCH Study and how they can participate can visit https://catchstudy.stanford.edu/ or call (833) 971-2468.

About Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford University School of Medicine consistently ranks among the nation’s top medical schools, integrating research, medical education, patient care and community service. For more news about the school, please visit http://med.stanford.edu/school.html. The medical school is part of Stanford Medicine, which includes Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health. For information about all three, please visit http://med.stanford.edu.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — She Se Puede, a digital lifestyle community and media platform that inspires, affirms, and informs Latinas to leverage our power in a way that transforms our lives, families, and futures, announced a new nationwide virtual tour Oct. 19-23, the Latinas Make a Difference Tour. The team is hitting the virtual road for a week-long celebration of Latina empowerment. They’re gathering a diverse group of powerhouse Latinas who will discuss topics during this historic year of change: the presidential elections, health and wellness, finance, career, immigration, and much more.

The tour will have two national headlining events and virtual local stops across Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina. It will feature fierce Latinas who are changing their communities for the better and inspiring all Latinas to act on their power, use their voices, and vote ‒ all while showcasing the culture and spirit of each community. She Se Puede founders will host panels with local leaders, a national keynote event, and daily inspiration-building «Power Hours» to help Latinas harness their strength on topics ranging from wellness and finances to voting. Celebrity guests will join throughout the week, including Ingrid Hoffman, Rocsi Diaz, Rosario Dawson, and Stephanie Beatriz.

«Latinas are powerful. And when we act on our power by voting, our voices will make a noticeable difference in our country,» said She Se Puede co-founder, actor, activist, producer, and director America Ferrera. «Latinas are already leading the way in our families, our communities, and in our country. This tour will spotlight the incredible contributions Latinas are make every day and will inspire Latinas across the country to show up for this election with the full force of our potential.»

«While more challenging than ever before, voting has never been more important than this year,» said She Se Puede co-founder, activist, actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria. «If Latinas and our votes didn’t have the power to make such an impact, people wouldn’t be working so hard to make sure we can’t vote. When we vote and are counted, we can make the change we urgently need at every level of our society.»

She Se Puede launched in August and is one the fastest growing digital communities created by and for Latinas. The nonpartisan nonprofit initiative was founded by leaders from the worlds of organizing, politics, and entertainment ‒ Alex Martínez Kondracke, America Ferrera, Carmen Perez, Christy Haubegger, Elsa Collins, Eva Longoria, Jess Morales Rocketto, Mónica Ramírez, Olga Segura, and Stephanie Valencia.

«Latina turnout rates are 14 to 20 percent lower than non-Hispanic Black or white women. That’s not a warning sign, it’s an opportunity ‒ for Latinas to flex their electoral muscles and boost our power in every state in 2020 by turning out,» said Stephanie Valencia, She Se Puede co-founder and president of Equis Labs and Equis Research.

«For far too long, Latinas have been treated like a monolith, condescended to by political parties that we matter only when they remember they need our votes days before the election. Our tour not only seeks to illuminate how our individual experiences and differences are what make us powerful, but that our voices and our votes matter every day of the year,» said Jess Morales Rocketto, She Se Puede co-founder, political director of National Domestic Workers Alliance, and co-founder of Supermajority.

For a full tour schedule, visit: www.shesepuede.org/tour.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) national governing Board of Directors has named nephrologist Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston as the president-elect, with a term as president to begin in October 2022.

«I would like to thank the NKF leadership for the opportunity to advocate for the 37 million adults in the U.S. affected by kidney disease,» Dr. Rosas said. «I look forward to working with [NKF] Chief Executive Officer Kevin Longino, the current [NKF] President Dr. Paul Palevsky, and the staff on these exciting times for kidney health and advocacy. The Advancing American Kidney Health initiative will transform nephrology care in our nation, and NKF will be present in order to advocate for our patients and kidney professionals.»

Dr. Rosas is a nephrologist and epidemiologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center, the Director of the Latino Kidney Clinic, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a nephrologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

«I am thrilled that Dr. Sylvia Rosas is joining the NKF Board as president-elect,» Dr. Palevsky said. «I have known Dr. Rosas for many years and have had the privilege to collaborate with her in ongoing research. She is a passionate advocate for her patients and for all patients with kidney disease. I look forward to her joining the national leadership of the NKF in improving the lives of kidney patients and increasing awareness of kidney disease among the one-third of the adult population who are at risk of developing it,» said Dr. Palevsky, MD, current NKF President.

Dr. Rosas completed her Internal Medicine training at Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois at Chicago. She obtained clinical nephrology training and a master’s in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. She also completed the Wharton Management Program. She has been a nephrologist for 21 years.

Dr. Rosas’s primary research focus is on the epidemiology of metabolic and cardiovascular disease complications in patients with kidney disease, particularly diabetic kidney disease. She has also evaluated health disparities in individuals with kidney disease, particularly in those of Hispanic or Latino background.  She grew up in Puerto Rico and lived in Bogota, Colombia, as a teenager and medical school student.

«NKF is honored to have Dr. Rosas join the Board of Directors as the President-Elect,» said Anthony E. Tuggle, Chair of the NKF Board of Directors and a kidney transplant recipient. «We are especially fortunate at this time of intersection between kidney disease, the pandemic, and racial inequality in healthcare to have a nephrologist who is also an epidemiologist and diversity advocate, in our leadership. I want to thank Dr. Rosas for giving her talents to NKF in this critical way.»

«During my term as president, I would like to continue to focus on public awareness of kidney disease, particularly, diabetic kidney disease, the most important cause of kidney disease worldwide,» Dr. Rosas said. «I have been an advocate for eliminating barriers to kidney donation as well as reducing organ discards. In addition, there are significant disparities in both who is at risk for developing kidney disease and how treatment is applied.

«I plan to continue advancing these areas I have been dedicated to my entire career, to support programs that address and find solutions for these health disparities,» she said. «In addition, I will continue to work to increase gender and racial diversity in the healthcare field.»

Dr. Rosas is the clinical center leader in the NIDDK-funded multicenter APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) that evaluates the role of the APOL1 gene in kidney transplant outcomes.  She is also the leader for the Kidney Precision Medicine Program (KPMP) Chronic Kidney Disease recruitment site at Joslin Diabetes Center. KPMP aims to ethically obtain and evaluate human kidney biopsies in order to create a kidney tissue atlas, define disease subgroups, and identify critical cells, pathways, and targets for novel therapies.

She has received numerous awards including the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of New England Physician of the Year in 2017 and National Hispanic Medical Association Fellow of the Year Award. She has been a long-time volunteer with NKF, including as a member of the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings planning committee, a judge at the Young Investigator Forum, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at NKF.

On a local level, she has been a member of the medical board of the NKF New England chapter. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and the Advances of Chronic Kidney Disease Journal.

Dr. Rosas served as the Chair of the Minority Affairs Committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Dr. Rosas has been the secretary for Women in Nephrology as well as Program Committee Chair for the NIDDK Network for Minority Health Research Investigators.

Dr. Rosas and her family live in Newton, MA, outside of Boston. She is married and has two teen-age children.

Kidney Disease Facts
In the United States, 37 million adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease—and approximately 90 percent don’t know they have it.  1 in 3 adults in the U.S. are at risk for chronic kidney disease.  Risk factors for kidney disease include: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and family history. People of Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander descent are at increased risk for developing the disease. Blacks or African Americans are almost 4 times more likely than White Americans to have kidney failure.  Hispanics are 1.3 times more likely than non-Hispanics to have kidney failure.

About the National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest, most comprehensive, and longstanding patient-centric organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease in the U.S. For more information about NKF, visit www.kidney.org.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, begins the annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving^® fundraising campaign to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®. The campaign, which will run for eleven weeks through Jan. 3, 2021, is the 17th annual Thanks and Giving campaign at Domino’s.

To help the kids of St. Jude, customers can add a donation to their orders – on the phone, in stores or online. In addition to adding a whole dollar donation, customers can choose to round up their order total to donate the change to St. Jude.

«Franchise and corporate team members in stores across the country are looking forward to dedicating the rest of the year to raising funds for the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,» said Ritch Allison, Domino’s CEO. «We are thrilled to join forces with our customers to support this incredible organization in the fight against childhood cancer.»

In September, Domino’s announced its commitment to raise $100 million in ten years for St. Jude. In honor of the historic pledge, St. Jude will name its newest housing facility The Domino’s Village. The Domino’s Village will be a home away from home for patient families, offering a peaceful respite with living, dining and play spaces for patient family residents to enjoy.

St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and other life-threatening diseases across the U.S. and around the world. Discoveries made at St. Jude are shared freely so every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists can use that knowledge to save thousands more children around the world. In addition to housing and food, St. Jude offers an on-site school and numerous other services for patients and their families. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, because they believe all a parent should have to worry about is helping their child live.

About Domino’s Pizza^®
Founded in 1960, Domino’s Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world based on retail sales. It ranks among the world’s top restaurant brands with a global enterprise of more than 17,200 stores in over 90 markets. Domino’s had global retail sales of more than $14.3 billion in 2019, with over $7.0 billion in the U.S. and nearly $7.3 billion internationally. In the third quarter of 2020, Domino’s had global retail sales of more than $3.7 billion, with over $1.9 billion in the U.S. and nearly $1.8 billion internationally. Its system is comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of Domino’s stores as of the end of the third quarter of 2020. Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino’s achieve more than half of all global retail sales in 2019 from digital channels. In the U.S., Domino’s generated more than 65% of sales in 2019 via digital channels and has developed several innovative ordering platforms, including those for Google Home, Facebook Messenger, Apple Watch, Amazon Echo, Twitter and more. In 2019, Domino’s announced a partnership with Nuro to further its exploration and testing of autonomous pizza delivery. In mid-2020, Domino’s launched a new way to order contactless carryout nationwide – via Domino’s Carside Delivery™, which customers can choose when placing a prepaid online order.

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About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — NALIP’s Latino Media Fest brings together Latino filmmakers, industry reps, executives, and film aficionados for a 3-day event. The festival featured premieres, workshops, master classes, and star-studded awards ceremony to recognize substantial work in entertainment that inspires Latino creatives to continue moving their projects forward in front and behind the camera.

At a virtual event TODAY NALIP announced the Latino Media Fest Awardees:

• Best Latinx TV Show – POSE (Steven Canals accepted the award)
• Best Latinx Film – Mucho Mucho Amor (accepted by Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch, and Alex Fumero)
• Best Latinx Director – Flavio Alves (Director, The Garden Left Behind)
• Excellence in Entertainment Journalism – Claudia Puig (President, LAFCA)

Colombian filmmaker Sofia Camargo received the Jury Award for short  «By The River.» NALIP Latino Media Fest Jury Award is presented to one of the Latino Media Fest’s official selection filmmakers after a selection process conducted by the panel of jurors.   

The event was hosted by Comedian, actor, writer Al Madrigal. Awardees were selected by an internal committee of judges, as well over 20,000 member NALIP supporters voting via the NALIP newsletter.

«It’s important to increase visibility for U.S. based Latinx creatives and amplify them across the globe: our awards show allows us to do just that,» says Ben Lopez, Executive Director of NALIP. «When we celebrate the best and brightest in our community, we take leaps towards an industry that is more representative of the world we live in.»

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NALIP’s Latino Media Fest presented by Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo brings together Latino filmmakers, industry reps, executives, and film aficionados for a 3-day event. The festival will feature premieres, workshops, master classes, and star-studded awards ceremony to recognize substantial work in entertainment that inspires Latino creatives to continue moving their projects forward in front and behind the camera.

The Latino Media Fest is supported by Sony Pictures, WarnerMedia, Netflix, STARZ, Facebook, Univision, A+E Networks, The Walt Disney Company, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Fashion photographer and artist, Edwin Antonio will release a music album inspired by his book «Runway Dreams» with reporter and stylist, Leaf Greener. The album will be released with three singles called «Miss Wintour,» «Dance with me» and «Pretty Muse.» These singles will be released in the three weeks before the release, October 16, 23 and 30, 2020 at 12:00 AM New York and London time. With these songs the artist wishes to describe dreams within the fashion industry with stories inspired by his vision of inspiring people who work in the fashion industry such as Anna Wintour. He also makes reference to his own experiences and story with «Dance with me» and «Pretty Muse.»

The album will be released on November 6, 2020 – 12:00 AM New York and London time on all digital platforms and the CD and Vinyl version can be pre-ordered on Edwin’s official page and iTunes, which will have sixteen (16) singles inspired by his book and his art. It will have five (5) songs which for the artist are very special since based on his work he says that «brings the past to the present» and with these songs he does the same, bringing very famous compositions such as those of Giacomo Puccini, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giuseppe Verdi and Händel Messiah to their music which will be Electronic Dance / House music genre. On the singles covers the artist collaborates with the illustrator previously commissioned by Beyoncé, Ruben Baghdasaryan and Puerto Rican singers Natalia Lugo and Kedward Avilés. For the cover of the album and the book the artist use pieces by the American fashion designer Michael Kors, where the Immaculate Virgin is dressed in a Michael Kors Collection, Fall 2019 dress and Venus with one from the Fall 2020 collection.

Edwin Antonio is an artist, fashion photographer, musician and producer originally from Puerto Rico. Known for his photographic work consisting of fashion editorials with classic paintings, with his talents has become one of the most important artists in the fashion industry, demonstrating his passion and love for art. His work has been seen in Vogue, Elle, Harper‘s Bazaar and many others magazines. In 2020, Edwin launches his first book and musical album called «Runway Dreams.»

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