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Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine in Pasadena Welcomes First Class 50 future doctors start tuition free program
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VOL. 24, NO. 30
People Are Finally Getting Serious About Face Coverings Some cities are citing noncompliance with $2,000 fine Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
To mask, or mask-not? That indeed is the question. Cover up or cough up some cash. That is what many municipalities are now saying, in a growing effort to enforce the ongoing battle against COVID-19 transmission. Experts say, to prevent infection, you must cover your nose and mouth. When outside your home, the State of California says “wearing a mask is now required statewide. Wearing a mask or cloth face covering can slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting the release of virus into the air. It also reinforces physical distancing, and shows you SEE FACE COVERINGS PAGE 4
Arcadia Nursing Home Sees Spike in COVID-19 Cases Countywide, nursing home COVID-19 deaths showing decline The new medical school provides robotic dolls such as this newborn baby to help medical students during their training to become doctors. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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he Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine welcomed its inaugural class of 50 students as they commence their medical journey “focused on becoming clinicians and advocates for change within the medical profession and in society,” according to a press release sent out to local media Monday. Opening a school of medicine can be a daunting experience at the best of times but as Dr. Abbas Hyderi, senior associate dean for medical education says, opening during a pandemic added a whole new set of challenges for the faculty and staff as well as the medical students themselves. As a direct result, the school will integrate COVID-19 into its casebased curriculum by examining the biology of the virus itself, address-
ing clinical implications of COVID-19 as it presents, and integrating it into the context of racial and ethnic disparities, public health surveillance, vaccine development and delivery, and the impact of the economy on health. The impressive, elaborate building on the southeast corner of Green and Los Robles features the permanent installation of “Bridge (Science of Speed)” in the atrium by Los Angeles conceptual artist Glenn Kaino. The piece was created in collaboration with former Olympian Tommie Smith, one of the two sprinters who raised a blackgloved fist on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in non-violent protest against oppression. The expansive, undulating Bridge has been exhibited at the High Museum in Atlanta, the San Jose Museum of Art as well as in Chicago SEE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PAGE 4
With 2,708 new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County as of Tuesday, the county trend indicates some good news, seeing falling virus-related death numbers in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. On Monday, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of Public Health, confirmed that the curve is going down in nursing homes in the County of Los Angeles. At Arcadia Health Care Center, however, 45 residents and eight staff have been confirmed to have the virus. There have been two deaths at that facility as of Tuesday. “Public Health continues tracking the SEE COVID-19 CASES PAGE 4