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You’ll get $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks in August: Mnuchin

By Angelica | Jul 26, 2020 | Comments Off on You’ll get $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks in August: Mnuchin
Coronavirus, stimulus checks, August, Mnuchin

We now know that the second round of stimulus checks will be part of the next stimulus package, dubbed the CARES Act 2, which Senate Republicans will propose next week. The amount of the proposed stimulus checks is also known, and it will be $1,200. Now we also know that the next round of coronavirus […]

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Building a Stock Portfolio like Warren Buffett

By Angelica | Jul 26, 2020 | Comments Off on Building a Stock Portfolio like Warren Buffett

We love dividend investing and reaching financial freedom from this passive income source.  One way to do that is by building a stock portfolio like Warren Buffett! if you need a minor introduction, we’ll do our best. One of the biggest gurus in the investment world is the one, the only, the legend, the myth,…

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Driving culture change in the pursuit of oncology value

By Angelica | Jul 26, 2020 | Comments Off on Driving culture change in the pursuit of oncology value

Five years ago, if you asked oncologists at my practice to name the list price of a given chemotherapy agent, most wouldn’t have known–unless they were executives, maybe. Pharmaceutical reps rarely talk about costs. The EMRs don’t give list prices. And when we input drug orders back then, no cost analyses were offered. These days,…

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“COVID doesn’t affect children.” You may want to rethink that.

By Angelica | Jul 26, 2020 | Comments Off on “COVID doesn’t affect children.” You may want to rethink that.

Walking into the COVID ward in the children’s hospital, those words seemed etched on an invisible wall, a wall that I wanted to choose to stay behind.  It was a wall I could stay behind for the first couple months of the pandemic where multiple studies touted how children weren’t getting sick, and my hospital…

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The Merits of Utilising Contact Centre as a Service Software in a Global Pandemic

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on The Merits of Utilising Contact Centre as a Service Software in a Global Pandemic
Call Center

Are you running an existing contact centre? Or, are you considering opening up a new contact centre based on the remote working model, as prescribed by the boundaries and tenets set in place due to the global COVID-19 pandemic that seems to be increasing rather than lessening? The remote-working business model  It is interesting to […]

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Social isolation in the elderly [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Social isolation in the elderly [PODCAST]

“COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the nation, leading to the implementation of stringent social distancing guidelines by local and regional authorities. In a desperate effort to limit infection rates, in-person social interactions have been reduced, and many have turned towards indoor hobbies and online platforms to connect with their loved ones. Still, this solution to…

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A priest, a police officer, and tragedy

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on A priest, a police officer, and tragedy

He shoved the paper with the address in his pocket. Then he found his little black bag with the oils and other implements for giving what once was called the last rites of the church, but were now termed the sacrament of the sick, and headed off in the direction of the Flats. Sixty-six Center…

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COVID-19 misinformation is a public health crisis

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on COVID-19 misinformation is a public health crisis

As a medical student, I have discussed with classmates and faculty how to handle a potential patient interaction on vaccinations. Learning how to handle a patient who may be misinformed may be best through experience rather than lectures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this experience may come sooner and be more commonplace than I previously expected.…

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Hurricane Hanna strengthens as it nears Texas landfall

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Hurricane Hanna strengthens as it nears Texas landfall

Hurricane Hanna is now the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic tropical storm season, with winds having reached 80mph and further strengthening expected as Hanna approaches the Texas coastline to make landfall later today. Hanna was a tropical storm yesterday and while it was expected to strengthen it was only given a low probability of…

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Is upspeak really that bad for women in medicine?

By Angelica | Jul 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Is upspeak really that bad for women in medicine?

A few weeks ago, I was delighted when KevinMD accepted an opinion piece I’d submitted. But I withdrew it just before publication because, on reflection, I realized that I’d been wrong. While sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve become an avid consumer of medical podcasts, such as those presented by JAMA and the…

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