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Associated Press
2 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Zenova Reaches 100,000 Virtual Emergency Care Encounters in U.S. Correctional Facilities
Zenova Sets New Standard for Healthcare Access in Corrections NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenova, a national leader in virtual healthcare solutions, today announced a significant milestone in its mission to modernize correctional healthcare: over 100,000 successful Virtual Emergency Care encounters have now been completed in jails and prisons across the United States. Zenova's Virtual Emergency Care service provides rapid, on-demand access to emergency-trained physicians and advanced practice providers through secure, real-time telehealth technology. Built on Teladoc Health's Solo platform, the service integrates seamlessly with correctional facility operations, ensuring HIPAA-compliant security and clinical efficiency. Explicitly designed for high-risk and underserved populations, it has become the largest and most impactful emergency telehealth program ever deployed in U.S. correctional settings. 'Reaching 100,000 virtual encounters is a milestone that speaks volumes to the clinical need, the operational impact, and the innovation behind our model,' said Dr. Richard Maenza, Medical Vice President at Zenova. Partner sites connect with a Zenova Virtual Emergency Care provider in less than 2.5 minutes on average, and with over 60% of acute cases treated safely onsite, facilities can avoid the safety risks and high costs associated with unnecessary offsite transfers. 'We understand the operational and safety impact that each offsite transport has on our custody partners,' added Shawn Valenta, Vice President of Virtual Healthcare at Zenova. 'By meeting patients where they are, we're reducing unnecessary ER transports, minimizing risk, and elevating the standard of care behind the walls.' Revolutionizing Correctional Healthcare Zenova is tackling long-standing challenges in correctional healthcare through: As Zenova continues to grow nationwide, the company remains committed to healthcare equity, operational innovation, and delivering the highest quality emergency care—wherever it's needed most. For more information about Zenova Virtual Emergency Care and other services, visit View original content: SOURCE Zenova
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Zenova Reaches 100,000 Virtual Emergency Care Encounters in U.S. Correctional Facilities
Zenova Sets New Standard for Healthcare Access in Corrections NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenova, a national leader in virtual healthcare solutions, today announced a significant milestone in its mission to modernize correctional healthcare: over 100,000 successful Virtual Emergency Care encounters have now been completed in jails and prisons across the United States. Zenova's Virtual Emergency Care service provides rapid, on-demand access to emergency-trained physicians and advanced practice providers through secure, real-time telehealth technology. Built on Teladoc Health's Solo platform, the service integrates seamlessly with correctional facility operations, ensuring HIPAA-compliant security and clinical efficiency. Explicitly designed for high-risk and underserved populations, it has become the largest and most impactful emergency telehealth program ever deployed in U.S. correctional settings. "Reaching 100,000 virtual encounters is a milestone that speaks volumes to the clinical need, the operational impact, and the innovation behind our model," said Dr. Richard Maenza, Medical Vice President at Zenova. Partner sites connect with a Zenova Virtual Emergency Care provider in less than 2.5 minutes on average, and with over 60% of acute cases treated safely onsite, facilities can avoid the safety risks and high costs associated with unnecessary offsite transfers. "We understand the operational and safety impact that each offsite transport has on our custody partners," added Shawn Valenta, Vice President of Virtual Healthcare at Zenova. "By meeting patients where they are, we're reducing unnecessary ER transports, minimizing risk, and elevating the standard of care behind the walls." Revolutionizing Correctional Healthcare Zenova is tackling long-standing challenges in correctional healthcare through: Rapid, Equitable Access: Emergency-trained providers are available 24/7, with virtual evaluations beginning in less than 2.5 minutes on average—dramatically improving response times and health outcomes. Improved Safety for All: Virtual care significantly reduces the need for medically unnecessary off-site transports, thereby lowering the number of off-site transports and decreasing the risks of escape, violence, and exposure for both patients and correctional officers. Meaningful Cost Savings: By treating the majority of acute issues onsite, facilities avoid costly emergency room visits and logistics. As Zenova continues to grow nationwide, the company remains committed to healthcare equity, operational innovation, and delivering the highest quality emergency care—wherever it's needed most. For more information about Zenova Virtual Emergency Care and other services, visit View original content: SOURCE Zenova Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
7 best drag movies to watch during Pride Month
"We're all born naked, and the rest is drag," RuPaul famously said. That latter medium has become a global phenomenon thanks to its powerful self-expression, cheeky genderplay, highly stylized social critique, and emphasis on creativity and community. As we enter Pride Month, some of the best LGBTQ movies around happen to be focused on the drag experience. Well before "RuPaul's Drag Race" brought drag queens into the homes and hearts of TV fans each week, the fabulous, flamboyant art form has been immortalized on the big screen via groundbreaking documentaries, star-studded comedies and acclaimed indie flicks. From essential drag movies like "Paris is Burning" and "The Birdcage" to more recent genre-bending titles like "Solo," here are seven great drag movies to watch during Pride Month, all available on some of the best streaming services, including Hulu, Prime Video and Tubi. The 1995 cult classic "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" sees a trio of against-type turns from lead actors Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo as three New York City drag queens who embark on a road trip to Hollywood to compete in the "Drag Queen of America" pageant and end up stranded in the small (and small-minded) Midwestern town of Snydersville. Though the fiercely funny film certainly isn't considered a critics' darling. It only has a 46% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with commendation for its efforts to "celebrate individuality" but criticism for being "too timid and predictable to achieve its admittedly noble aims." "To Wong Foo" did receive wide acclaim for its three stars, with both Swayze (playing the wise Ms. Vida Boheme) and Leguizamo (as the hilariously sassy Chi-Chi Rodriguez) earning Golden Globe nominations for their performances. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Rent or buy "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" on Prime Video now Written and directed by Sophie Dupuis ("Family First"), this 2023 Canadian drama stars Théodore Pellerin as Simon, a young emerging drag queen in Montreal who is dealing with dueling personal conflicts. Firstly, there's the passionate but complicated romance he shares with Olivier (Félix Maritaud), the newest drag performer at his club, which Simon must juggle while simultaneously navigating a reunion with his opera-singer mother Claire (Anne-Marie Cadieux), whom he has been estranged from for the past 15 years. "Fully rendering its protagonist's personal and artistic crises, 'Solo' both honors and transcends its subject matter in its widely evocative, deeply affecting character study — while also happening to have an absolutely banging soundtrack," praised Todd Gilchrist in his review for Variety. Watch "Solo" on Prime Video now Drag may have sashayed its way into the pop-culture mainstream in the past few decades, but for many filmgoers, their first exposure to the artform was Jennie Livingston's groundbreaking 1990 documentary "Paris Is Burning," which pulls viewers into the drag ball culture of '80s-era New York City and the vibrant, varied personalities (voguers, strutters, trans icons and the like) involved in it. The pioneering film — which was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2016 — centers on four figures of the underground ball scene: Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Venus Xtravaganza. Together, they helped paint a portrait of not only the fierce fashions and fiery rivalries of New York City drag balls but also, more largely, of queer life in America, including how their worlds were changed by the AIDS epidemic. Watch "Paris Is Burning" on Max now In this Blake Edwards-directed remake of the 1930s German film 'Viktor und Viktoria', legendary star Julie Andrews is Victoria Grant, an out-of-work soprano in Depression-era Paris whose employment struggles take a turn when she begins posing as a female impersonator named Victor (get it?), with gay performer Carole "Toddy" Todd (Robert Preston) posing as her manager. Victoria's alter ego is a sensation on the city's cabaret scene, so much so that her performances catch the attention — and amorous feelings — of Chicago gangster King Marchand (James Garner), who rightly doesn't believe that the drag queen he's falling for from the stage is actually a man. Though parts of the 1982 musical comedy feel outdated these decades later, "Victor/Victoria" was a forward-thinking film for its time, challenging gender norms and sexual attitudes with great humor. It was nominated for a whopping seven Oscars, including for Andrews's lead performance and Edwards's screenplay, with composers Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse wing for Best Original Song Score. Rent or buy "Victor/Victoria" on Apple TV now There are few '90s movies with as many quotable lines per minute as "The Birdcage" ("Actually, it's perfect, I just never realized John Wayne walked like that"), the Mike Nichols-directed 1996 remake of the French farce "La Cage aux Folles. " In the beloved queer comedy, Robin Williams stars as Miami club owner Armand Goldman, whose life partner Albert (Nathan Lane) is the star performer in his club's drag revue. The couple's flamboyant South Beach lifestyle, however, is upended when Armand's son Val (Dan Futterman) announces he's going to marry the daughter (Calista Flockhart) of ultra-conservative Republican Senator Kevin Keeley (the late, great Gene Hackman) and his wife Louise (Dianne Wiest). During a planned dinner between the soon-to-be in-laws, Armand and Albert pretend to be straight in an attempt to hide their romantic relationship. Unsurprisingly, hilarious hijinks ensue. Watch "The Birdcage" on Hulu now Beauty pageants are a storied part of drag culture, a world that the seminal 1968 documentary "The Queen" explores. Directed by Frank Simon and narrated by Flawless Sabrina, the non-fiction flick chronicles the experiences of drag queens participating in the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest held at New York City's Town Hall. As the contestants rehearse, perform and are scored for their walk, talk, gowns, beauty and more by a judges' panel that includes Andy Warhol and Larry Rivers, they share discussions on everything from sexual identity to the war draft. But soon that backstage chumminess turns into bitter jealousies, most memorably showcased in a fiery speech delivered by future House of LaBeija founder Crystal LaBeija. Jerry Portwood of Rolling Stone called the film "extraordinary because it captures so much, doubling as a time capsule of a generation's innocence and fashion-forward sophistication. You can tell why it functioned as a template for many future gender-nonconforming people looking for some sort of pre-internet guide through the confusing maze of sexuality and gender." Watch "The Queen" on Prime Video now The titular "Priscilla" isn't even a person at all, but a pink bus, one that shuttles two drag queens (played by Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) and a transgender woman (Terence Stamp) across the Australian Outback to perform a drag show at a remote desert resort. Along the ABBA-soundtracked journey, the trio encounters several colorful characters, from homophobic gangs to friendly Aboriginal Australians. Heartwarming and uplifting, "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" was a surprise hit when it debuted in theaters in 1994. In the thirty years since, the Stephan Elliott-directed road-trip comedy has become an essential title of queer cinema. "While its premise is ripe for comedy — and it certainly delivers its fair share of laughs — 'Priscilla' is also a surprisingly tender and thoughtful road movie with some outstanding performances," reads the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, where the movie holds a 94% approval rating. Watch 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' on Tubi now
Borneo Post
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Borneo Post
‘Little Borneo Birdie' treats pre-Gawai Dayak event guests to award-winning dance show
Dion stages a delightful performance for the guest at the SDNU Taman Heng Guan's pre-Gawai dinner. — Photo by Churchill Edward KUCHING (May 26): Young talent Dion Das Louis, who is globally known as 'Little Borneon Birdie', staged an award-winning show at a pre-Gawai Dayak dinner at the Christian Ecumenical Centre Jalan Stampin here last Saturday. The event, hosted by Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) Taman Heng Guan branch, featured the nine-year-old talented performer. At the World Championship of Performing Arts (WCPA) held at Long Beach in California, USA last year, Dion was declared winner in the 'Mini Solo National and Folklore' category. At the All Division Champion (ADC), he triumphed in the Junior Ethnic Dance category. When met, SDNU Taman Heng Guan chairman Peter Moni Selat said he felt honoured and proud that Dion, like himself, is a resident of Taman Heng Guan in Matang. 'Dion has been given monetary incentives by this SDNU branch in acknowledgement of his efforts, including his contribution towards promoting Malaysia and Sarawak in particular, and encouraging him to further develop his art. 'The dance was, in fact, inspired by the traditional Iban 'ngajat', blended with the stances of the 'Peacock' and the 'Hornbill',' said Peter. Dion was accompanied by his parents, Louis Lansam and Edina Lanying at the event. The 'Little Bornean Birdie,' has been selected to represent Malaysia at the Dance World Cup Finals in Burgos, Spain, scheduled for this July 3 to 12. He earned a spot after winning the Dance World Cup Malaysia Qualifier in the 'Mini Solo National and Folklore' categories, held at the Sabah Culture and Arts Department premises in January this year. In addition to this achievement, Dion clinched the prestigious 'Best Solo Mini' title during the competition. Meanwhile, in representing SDNU president Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom at the dinner, union secretary-general Gerard Joseph said it would be imperative for all Dayak members to register with SDNU so that it would have a bigger voice. 'With 50 branches across Sarawak, SDNU is currently seen as a platform to unite all Sarawakians through social, welfare, and recreational programmes,' said Gerard. Mawan, also advisor in Sarawak Premier's Office (Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development), had pledged a government grant of RM10,000 to SDNU Taman Heng Guan. Moreover, Ooohaa Cafe donated RM10,000 to the branch. dance performance Dion Das Louis Gawai Dayak lead Little Borneon Birdie
Perth Now
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Myles Smith 'was caught off-guard' by recognition
Myles Smith "never imagined" being named on Time 100's list of most influential people. The 26-year-old star has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last year, and Myles has admitted to being caught "off-guard" when he was named alongside the likes of Serena Williams and Mark Zuckerberg on the prestigious Time 100 list. He told the BBC: "That one caught me off guard. I never imagined I'd end up in it. It's mad. "I think I just felt really grateful, you know? To be recognised on that level for doing something I love." Myles' 2024 single, 'Stargazing', has already been streamed more than one billion times, and he's been amazed by the song's success. He said: "You always hope people connect with a song, but 'Stargazing' just seemed to take on a life of its own." Asked why the single has become so popular, Myles replied: "I think it's the honesty in it - everyone's either been through heartbreak or held on to hope when they probably shouldn't have. "It's simple, but it's real. And I think people felt that." Myles is determined to achieve sustained success. The singer has previously been described as an overnight success - but Myles doesn't look at his career in that way. He recently told The Independent: "I wish it was as magical as an overnight switch, but it didn't feel quick. For me, I'm 15 years in." Myles isn't motivated by short-term success. Instead, he wants to achieve longevity within the music business. He shared: "So many decisions that I've made have been because I didn't want it to be one song and done, or one song followed by capitalising with every single opportunity to make money. "I've made some really bad financial decisions and turned down really great opportunities because I don't want to just disappear overnight." Myles believes aspiring musicians should always have some kind of fallback career options. The 'Solo' hitmaker actually likened the life of an aspiring musician to that of an up-and-coming soccer player. The award-winning star reflected: "You have people playing literally their entire lives and they're great and then at 17, they're dropped because of an injury – and then what happens? "I know others say differently, but I think going down the education route is so wise before getting into this world because it will save you half the problems that I see a lot of artists get themselves into."
