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Item posted by Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch> on Wed 25 Jan 2023 07:08:23 PM UTC. I am happy to announce a new major release of GNU poke, version 3.0. This release is the result of a year of development.  A lot of things have changed and improved with respect to the 2.x series; we have …

T-R PHOTOS BY SUSANNA MEYER — Jaime Hooley, a PA-C (physician assistant, certified) for the UnityPoint Health Family Medicine Clinic, cut the ribbon at the facility’s open house on Tuesday night. The UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Family Medicine Clinic hosted a ribbon cutting and open house on Tuesday evening to celebrate the newly remodeled building and …

The School of Public Health and Health Professions has been awarded $1.3 million from the U.S. government to help train the next generation of public health workers by providing scholarship opportunities to graduate students from disadvantaged or underrepresented groups. UB is one of 29 universities receiving a total of $40.7 million from the Health Resources …

Santa Clara County’s health care system plans to bring much-needed services to the Palo Alto-Mountain View area with a new Valley Health Center, which is set to open in the fall of 2024. The 24,500-square-foot planned facility, located at 4151 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, will offer a full range of primary care services that …

The distance between Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is only a few miles. But for some workers who aren’t paid a lot of money, the Upper Valley’s two largest employers are worlds apart. Recent examples: A small group of hourly employees at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art was looking for, among other things, better …

LEBANON — Three community mental health agencies serving the Upper Valley received federal grants to expand and sustain their services amid an ongoing workforce shortage and an increase in demand for services following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lebanon-based West Central Behavioral Health, Springfield, Vt.-based Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont and …

INDIANAPOLIS — USA Gymnastics is expanding its mental health coverage for athletes and coaches under a new program unveiled on Monday. The organization will help cover eight visits a year to mental health providers for eligible national team members across all disciplines and four visits to mental health providers for eligible coaches under the new …

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus expressed the notion that “the only constant in life is change.” At times, that change is more constant than others. Your teen years are a season of intense, unrelenting transition, fraught with all kinds of challenges. Yes, hormones are swirling, but things are legitimately flying at you fast and furiously: academic …

SARANAC LAKE — The affordable housing shortage is impacting the local health care industry. As local hospitals and biotech businesses struggle to add more staff, industry leaders say housing is a major hindrance to hiring, and they’re turning to new, unique ways to try to attract and keep doctors, nurses, lab workers and …

OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford On a sunny Lake Erie morning in August, National Walleye Tour Championship boats exit Dunkirk Harbor. Lake Erie’s status is called “poor and unchanging” in a new report co-sponsored by the U.S. and Canadian governments. The lake “supports a productive walleye fishery, but elevated nutrient concentrations …