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Dr. Andrew Chu Wins AMH Chairman's Award

2 years 6 months ago
ALTON – Andrew Chu MD, medical director of the Alton Memorial Hospital lab, is the winner of the 2022 Alton Memorial Hospital Chairman’s Award. Dr. Chu won based on nominations submitted by employees and his fellow physicians. He received the award recently from Gary Ayres, chairman of the AMH board of directors. Dr. Chu succeeded Dr. Susan Rayne, who retired in March 2021. “I am honored to be in this position and grateful that so many people value what we are doing in the laboratory,” Dr. Chu said. “Having been at AMH for nearly seven years, I have had the privilege of working with many physicians who I feel are deserving of this recognition. I owe a special thanks to the entire lab team, and, in particular (manager) Ruth Tepen and (supervisor) Melissa Crouch. Dr. Chu has been on staff at AMH since 2016 and has served as chief of pathology and laboratory medical director since April 2021. He is also the director of flow cytometry, hematology, and molecular

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IDPH Reports 63 Illinois Counties are at Elevated COVID-19 Community Levels

2 years 6 months ago
CHICAGO – With COVID-19 cases and other respiratory viruses on the increase around Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding the public to take steps to protect themselves and their loved ones during the holiday season. This includes being fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 and the flu and getting tested for COVID-19 before attending holiday gatherings, especially if you’ll be visiting someone at high risk for severe outcome. Public health officials also urged Illinoisans who test positive to immediately contact a healthcare provider and discuss whether they should take one of the widely available and effective treatments for COVID-19. IDPH is stressing these safety reminders as the CDC reported 63 Illinois counties are at an elevated Community Level for COVID-19 as of November 18, up from 46 counties at an elevated level in the previous week, with 12 counties at a High Community Level and 51 counties at a Medium Level. IDPH is reporting

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Developer launches new $129M St. Charles County industrial park, starting with a 500,000-square-foot industrial building

2 years 6 months ago

This article originally ran in Aviation Pros on Nov. 23, 2022.  A new $129 million speculative industrial investment in St. Charles County will create over 950 jobs, the developer said while breaking ground on the project Wednesday. NorthPoint Development is developing a new master-planned industrial park, Lakeside Logistics Center at 16000 Spencer Road in St. Peters. Five buildings spanning 1.6 million […]

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Matt Fernandes

Report: ID.me Lied About Pretty Much Everything While Providing Identification Services To The Government

2 years 6 months ago
ID.me made its disastrous news cycle debut as COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc worldwide. With ID verification and other government services mostly still being handled remotely, multiple governments continued to wrestle with these unprecedented logistical problems. ID.me appeared to be such a solution. It wasn’t. In June 2021, it was reported that ID.me was locking […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: NEWYES Scan Reader Pen 3

2 years 6 months ago
Now, you can understand any book or reading material of your choice regardless of its language. The NEWYES Scan Reader can recognize 3,000 characters per minute, has 0.3s translation speed, and its accuracy rate is as high as 98%. It also supports 9 UI languages, 55 OCR languages, 112 text translation languages, and 112 voice […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Massive Indoor Slide Park Arrives in St. Louis Area

2 years 6 months ago
A 39,000-square-foot indoor slide park, with 10 slides, air-filled basketball courts and a zip line, has opened in Chesterfield. Slick City Action Park, described as the “world’s first indoor slide park with no water” to the Ladue News, launched its facility in the St. Louis area in late November. It’s the Slick City Action Park's second location, with its first in Lakewood, Colorado.
Benjamin Simon