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New COVID-19 cases have remained high following many Thanksgiving gatherings. KMBC 9 talked to Dr. Ginny Boos about the key takeaway message for the rest of the holiday season.

On this week's Health News You Can Use, we talk to Dr. Karin Olds, the Stroke Medical Director for Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, about how #COVID19 can affect the brain and what neurologists are seeing at Saint Luke's. #SaintLukesHealthNews

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the attacks at #PearlHarbor, and we remember the brave souls who rose above and beyond to answer the call of duty. #HonorThem

2020 DAISY Award Honorees from WMH and HMC Four nurses from Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton and Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe were recognized this week with the DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses . The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care nurses provide every day. The award was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of the auto-immu...ne disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at age 33. Today the DAISY Foundation recognizes extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the work they do every day. The winners of the DAISY award were Jordain Oshel, WMH Med-Surg, Hailey Smith, WMH Medical Surgical, Brooke Ruoff, HMC OBGYN Physician Practice, and Ashley Ewing HMC/WMH Oncology Nurse Navigator. Others nominated for the award included Susie Folkert (HMC), Stephanie Muck (WMH), Nichole Stout (HMC), and Shelby Sutton (HMC). Honorees enjoyed cinnamon rolls with their teams (in a socially distanced setting), a favorite of Patrick’s during his illness. The Barnes family ask that whenever and wherever nurses smell that wonderful cinnamon aroma, they stop for a moment and think about how special they are. To nominate a nurse for this prestigious award, please visit www.saintlukeskc.org/nominate-nurse.

UPDATE Power has been restored and the phone lines are working again. Thank you for your patience! ________________________________... The Saint Luke's Mercer County Clinic in Princeton is experiencing a power outage, and the phone lines are down. We hope to have the issue resolved soon, but in the meantime, any patients in the Princeton/Mercer County area who have urgent questions or concerns, please call Wright Memorial Physicians' Group at 660-358-5750.