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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
OSF Healthcare offers up new opportunities for nursing students
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and healthcare systems struggled due to a surge of patients and a shortage of nurses. OSF Healthcare is aiming to help bolster their ranks with their College of Nursing in Peoria. Austin Blair, the school's dean of admissions and marketing, visited WMBD This Morning to talk about the college. He said they've been making major strides in recent years. 'This fall, we're projected to be over 700 students, which is our largest enrollment,' he said. The college is also introducing a new program to help licensed practical nurses become a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Blair explained this will help open more opportunities for professionals. 'We offer a transitional course as well with that,' he said. 'So they get some of their current experience utilized to be able to go back to school and jump right in to our BSN curriculum. OSF Healthcare is also working to build relationships with central Illinois high schools. According to Blair, any high school senior can reserve a spot at the college for up to two years. And with dual credit opportunities, students can graduate with a their BSN in less than four years. Blair also said they offer many resources for scholarships and student aid. Any OSF employee can get their entire tuition covered. 'We offer a lot of endowed scholarships, we offer a lot of tuition assistance, as well as opportunities to work within the college,' he said. For more details on the College of Nursing, you can visit their website at Love WMBD This Morning? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our Daily Newsletter. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
When 2-year-old goes into cardiac arrest, parents take life-saving action
Most parents of toddlers worry about sleep habits and sniffles, but heart failure isn't usually a concern. It certainly wasn't on the Thomases' radar when their 2-year-old son went into sudden cardiac arrest in the middle of the night at their Illinois home. When the child woke up screaming, his parents ran into the room. (See the video at the top of this article.) Hoda Kotb Reveals Daughter's Concerning Diagnosis Influenced Her Exit From 'Today' "Hearing him scream out was alarming, as he usually slept soundly, and it was a horrible cry," Stephanie Thomas told Fox News Digital. "When I went into his room, he continued to scream out and then face-plant into his crib." Read On The Fox News App At first, the couple thought their son was just having a night terror, so Stephanie Thomas — a clinical dietitian at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois — sat next to her son's crib with her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. "When he finally settled, I could feel his breathing slowly come to a stop," she recalled. "I picked him up out of his crib and placed him on the floor. With him being unresponsive, I felt for a pulse and started CPR." She added, "I was petrified and confused about how my seemingly healthy 2-year-old was in this situation." As she performed CPR, her husband, Kris Thomas, called 911. Emergency responders rushed the boy to OSF HealthCare. After 11 days of testing, he was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, a very rare heart condition that can cause sudden cardiac arrest and death. Though there can be some signs of Brugada syndrome, such as fainting or passing out, the condition is often not discovered until cardiac arrest occurs. The Thomases' son had a similar incident about a month before the cardiac arrest, which they now believe may have been his first episode. Ai Breakthrough Allows Doctors To 'See' Dangerous Blood Clots Forming "He woke up in the middle of the night with a horrible scream, had some gasping and was hard to calm," Stephanie recalled. "It was only a short period, and once he calmed, he seemed 'normal.' We assumed it was a night terror." As Brugada syndrome is often inherited, both parents were tested for genetic abnormalities, but it was determined their son's syndrome is a "mosaic defect," which is when there are two or more genetically different sets of cells in the body. The OSF team implanted the young boy with an EV-ICD (extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator), which is positioned outside the heart's blood vessels. It's designed to detect and correct any abnormal heart rhythms. This was the first time the device was implanted in a child at such a young age, the hospital noted in a press release. Since the first episode, the child has been hospitalized six more times. Each time an abnormal heart rhythm is detected, the EV-ICD delivers a "life-saving shock" to the boy's heart. "Our son acts and appears healthy more than 99% of the time, until his heart gets into an arrhythmia that his body and medication cannot manage on their own," Stephanie Thomas told Fox News Digital. "In these cases, he receives a shock from his ICD." Cdc Removes Covid Vaccine Recommendation For Healthy Children And Pregnant Women The boy has been readmitted to the hospital due to arrhythmias and medication titration seven times since his initial discharge, his mother added. Sunita Ferns, M.D., a pediatric electrophysiologist at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center who is treating the Thomases' son, noted that her young patient is now "married to cardiology." "We monitor these devices constantly. If we see any arrhythmia in the background, despite the medication he's on, we can offer him other technologies," Dr. Ferns said in the OSF press release. Baby With Fatal Brain Disorder 'Saved' By Anonymous $47K Donation "Ablative technologies can help modify the substrate, which is the tissue that's responsible for the bad rhythm." To help control his arrhythmias, the boy also takes a compounded oral medication every six hours, which he will take for the rest of his life. For more Health articles, visit The parents said it can be challenging to navigate the episodes with a 2-year-old who can't understand what's happening. "The hardest part is when he says things like, 'I can't use the elephant blankie because it shocked me,'" said Stephanie Thomas. "He makes these associations between being shocked and the objects or places around him." There are specific triggers for the boy's arrhythmias, the family has learned, such as low-grade fevers and even slight illnesses, like a cold. Click Here To Sign Up For Our Health Newsletter "It is vital that we keep him as healthy as we can — which can be challenging with an active 2-year-old and [also] having a 4-year-old," the mom said. "We make sure that he stays up to date on his and our whole family's vaccines. We do our best to tightly regulate any temperatures." The Thomases now aim to raise awareness of the importance of having CPR training, being alert to warning signs and putting an emergency plan in place. As a healthcare employee, Stephanie Thomas has maintained her Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for over 10 years. "I have always said that I work with doctors and nurses, so I felt this was something I would never use — but the doctors and nurses were not in my house the night my son went into cardiac arrest, so it was left to me."Original article source: When 2-year-old goes into cardiac arrest, parents take life-saving action
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
George Soros' son slammed after condemning killing of Israeli embassy staffers outside DC museum: 'Their blood is on your hands'
(Source: X) Alex Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, is under fire online because he condemned the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC. Soros is accused of funding groups opposing Israel through his Open Society Foundation. In a post on X, Alex Soros called the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky 'evil in its most basic form' and said the 'brutal antisemitic act must be condemned in the strongest terms.' The two embassy employees, who were engaged to be married, were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday. Despite Soros's condemnation, social media users accused Alex Soros and his father, George Soros, of being responsible for the killings, claiming the billionaire funds such groups. Many also accused him of hypocrisy due to his foundation's support for radical anti-Israel organisations. Washington police arrested 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, who allegedly fired on the victims after pacing outside the museum. Reports say Rodriguez shouted 'Free, free Palestine!' while in custody. 'Alex, you and your father created this problem through the ruthless and international silencing of critics to open borders policies,' wrote one user on X. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo 'Their blood is on your hands as much as their murderers. We will never forget.' Another X user added, 'You are behind the hate, so excuse us if you don't wish to hear from you on the matter.' Others claimed Soros funds extremist organisations connected to the shooter. One user asserted that Soros 'funds the revolutionary Marxist group the shooter belonged to,' though details of Rodriguez's affiliations are unclear. 'Son is a replica of his father' Alex Soros, as chair of the OSF, has supported multiple left-wing groups that have criticised Israel, reports the New York Post. In 2023, Israel's minister of diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, told Fox News Digital that Soros seems to follow his father's anti-Israel agenda. 'When asked if Soros would continue to fund anti-Israel entities that bash the Jewish state, Chikli said it 'looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist.'' Chikli said that OSF funds Human Rights Watch, an organisation that 'is attacking Israelis heavily, labelling Israel as an apartheid state, and working to delegitimise and demonise it.' The Soros foundation reportedly also supports Palestinian groups in Israel, such as Adalah, which Chikli said denies 'the vision of Israel as a Jewish state' and promotes a 'vision for Arab society in Israel' that challenges the country's identity. George Soros himself has come under harsh criticism. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, condemned the elder Soros for donating more than $15 million to NGOs accused of supporting Hamas. 'George Soros' donations to organizations that seek the destruction of the State of Israel as a Jewish state is shameful. However, I am not surprised,' Erdan said in December 2023. He accused these groups of backing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to isolate Israel and has 'never been about real peace or any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.'
New York Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Alex Soros blasted for condemning shooting of Israelis while funding anti-Israel groups
Advertisement Far-left progressive billionaire Alex Soros is being slammed online for his statement condemning the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers despite funding anti-Israel groups through his Open Society Foundation (OSF). Soros, who is the son and heir to George Soros' fortune and philanthropic empire, condemned the killings in an X post, saying 'the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Capital Jewish Museum was evil in its most basic form' and that 'this brutal antisemitic act must be condemned in the strongest terms.' Milgrim and Lischinsky, two Israeli Embassy staffers who were set to be engaged, were killed outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night. DC police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, who was taken into custody after the shooting attack. Advertisement He was allegedly seen pacing outside the museum before he approached a group of four people, including the two victims, and opened fire. 4 Alex Soros at the 24th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction on July 29, 2017. Jared Siskin/PMC Rodriguez then reportedly went into the museum, where he was detained by security. He allegedly shouted 'Free, free Palestine!' while in custody. Though Soros condemned the killings, his statement was flooded with replies calling out his funding of radical anti-Israel groups that foment anti-Jewish sentiments. Advertisement 'Alex, you and your father created this problem through the ruthless and international silencing of critics to open borders policies,' said one X user named Joseph Janecka. 'Their blood is on your hands as much as their murderers. We will never forget.' Carl Wheless, another user, commented, 'You are behind the hate, so excuse us if you don't wish to hear from you on the matter.' 4 An embassy official cleans blood off the sidewalk at the shooting location outside of the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Another, Eitan Fischberger, asserted that Soros 'funds the revolutionary Marxist group the shooter belonged to.' Advertisement Though the details of Rodriguez's affiliations are currently unclear as chair of OSF, Soros has helped to fund several leftist groups that have accused Israel of genocide and called for the end of the Jewish state. In 2023, Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and social equality, Amichai Chikli, told Fox News Digital that Soros is a mirror image of father George's anti-Israel agenda. When asked if Soros would continue to fund anti-Israel entities that bash the Jewish state, Chikli said it 'looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist.' 4 Washington DC Jewish museum murder victims Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Obtained by NYPost. Chikli added that OSF funds Human Rights Watch, which he said, 'is attacking Israelis heavily and attacking Israel as an apartheid state and delegitimizing and demonizing Israel.' He also said OSF funds 'J Street,' an organization that claims to be pro-Israel but has faced criticism because of its support for positions that allegedly favor Iran's regime and the Palestinians. Chikli also noted that the Soros foundation 'gives money to radical small Palestinian organizations in Israel that describe Israel as a colonial state and a moral sin.' He cited the NGO Adalah, which means 'justice' in Arabic, as an organization 'denying the vision of Israel as a Jewish state' in its 'published vision for Arab society in Israel.' Advertisement 4 Alex Soros attends the Pencils of Promise 2018 Gala at the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Duggal Greenhouse on October 24, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. WireImage, The elder Soros has also faced intense criticism from Israel's ambassador to the UN for pumping over $15 million into a network of nongovernmental organizations that allegedly support Hamas. 'George Soros' donations to organizations that seek the destruction of the State of Israel as a Jewish state is shameful. However, I am not surprised,' Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan told Fox News Digital in December 2023. Advertisement 'For years, Soros has backed and transferred money to organizations supporting BDS that want to isolate Israel,' added Erdan, who has been leading the diplomatic campaign at the UN to spell out Hamas' crimes against humanity. 'They have never been about real peace or any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.' Fox News Digital's Benjamin Weinthal, Greg Norman, Rachel Wolf and Trey Yingst contributed to this report.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Alex Soros blasted for condemning shooting of Israelis while funding anti-Israel groups
Far-left progressive billionaire Alex Soros is being slammed online for his statement condemning the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers despite funding anti-Israel groups through his Open Society Foundation (OSF). Soros, who is the son and heir to George Soros' fortune and philanthropic empire, condemned the killings in an X post, saying "the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Capital Jewish Museum was evil in its most basic form" and that "this brutal antisemitic act must be condemned in the strongest terms." Milgrim and Lischinsky, two Israeli Embassy staffers who were set to be engaged, were killed outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. D.C. police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, who was taken into custody after the shooting attack. He was allegedly seen pacing outside the museum before he approached a group of four people, including the two victims, and opened fire. Rodriguez then reportedly went into the museum, where he was detained by security. He allegedly shouted "Free, free Palestine!" while in custody. Omar Walks Away From Reporters Asking About Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In Dc Though Soros condemned the killings, his statement was flooded with replies calling out his funding of radical anti-Israel groups that foment anti-Jewish sentiments. Read On The Fox News App "Alex, you and your father created this problem through the ruthless and international silencing of critics to open borders policies," said one X user named Joseph Janecka. "Their blood is on your hands as much as their murderers. We will never forget." Carl Wheless, another user, commented, "You are behind the hate, so excuse us if you don't wish to hear from you on the matter." Another, Eitan Fischberger, asserted that Soros "funds the revolutionary Marxist group the shooter belonged to." Young Couple Fatally Shot Outside Jewish Event In Dc Were About To Get Engaged Though the details of Rodriguez's affiliations are currently unclear as chair of OSF, Soros has helped to fund several leftist groups that have accused Israel of genocide and called for the end of the Jewish state. In 2023, Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and social equality, Amichai Chikli, told Fox News Digital that Soros is a mirror image of father George's anti-Israel agenda. When asked if Soros would continue to fund anti-Israel entities that bash the Jewish state, Chikli said it "looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist." Chikli added that OSF funds Human Rights Watch, which he said, "is attacking Israelis heavily and attacking Israel as an apartheid state and delegitimizing and demonizing Israel." Pirro Announces Murder Charges Against Alleged Dc Shooter: 'Antisemitism Will Not Be Tolerated' He also said OSF funds "J Street," an organization that claims to be pro-Israel but has faced criticism because of its support for positions that allegedly favor Iran's regime and the Palestinians. Chikli also noted that the Soros foundation "gives money to radical small Palestinian organizations in Israel that describe Israel as a colonial state and a moral sin." He cited the NGO Adalah, which means "justice" in Arabic, as an organization "denying the vision of Israel as a Jewish state" in its "published vision for Arab society in Israel." The elder Soros has also faced intense criticism from Israel's ambassador to the U.N. for pumping over $15 million into a network of nongovernmental organizations that allegedly support Hamas. "George Soros' donations to organizations that seek the destruction of the State of Israel as a Jewish state is shameful. However, I am not surprised," Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan told Fox News Digital in December 2023. "For years, Soros has backed and transferred money to organizations supporting BDS that want to isolate Israel," added Erdan, who has been leading the diplomatic campaign at the U.N. to spell out Hamas' crimes against humanity. "They have never been about real peace or any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."Original article source: Alex Soros blasted for condemning shooting of Israelis while funding anti-Israel groups
