Treasure Coast Food Bank – 2022 Annual Report | 01 Jan, 2023 Last year, we provided 528,985 diapers to help parents keep their children clean, dry, and healthy. Dileymis and Ariel are loving parents who are struggling to stretch their budget with the soaring cost of food, gas, and more. Having a 10-month-old means that […]
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Community Submission | 20 Mar, 2023 We are excited to announce our 11 finalists. For the 2022 – 2023 membership year, five $100,000 grants will be awarded. Voting begins soon. ANNOUNCING THE IMPACT 100 INDIAN RIVER 2023 GRANT FINALISTS Ballet Vero Beach Fellowship Initiative for Dancers Expansion Bike Walk Indian River County “Wheels
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Larry Buhl | 08 Nov, 2022 Two-Drug Regimens in the Real World: Efficacy of DTG/3TC Gerald Pierone, Jr., M.D., the medical director of the Whole Family Health Center in Vero Beach, Florida, shared data on real world effectiveness of fixed-dose dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) as a two-drug regimen compared with common three-drug regimens among virally suppressed, treatment-experienced PLWH. A
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Indian River Community Foundation | 04 Feb, 2022 According to Indian River Insights, 12% of Indian River County residents do not have health insurance. Whole Family Health Center provides access to affordable quality healthcare by caring for uninsured and underinsured individuals in Indian River County. In 2021, their Behavioral Health Clinic saw 1,151 unique patients: 524 pediatrics and
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Renáe Tesauro | 01 Jan, 2022 “Dr. Pierone is a community treasure,” says Brian Kroh of Vero Beach. “He is passionate about improving the lives of everyone he encounters, regardless of their lifestyle or financial status. He treats people locally, regionally, and in other countries with a drive to make people’s lives better.” “When I
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As COVID Cases Drop, Local Infectious Disease Experts Pierone, Ramgopal Weigh In | Opinion Laurence Reisman | 01 Oct, 2021 But I’ve never heard Ramgopal or Gerald Pierone, an infectious disease specialist with offices in Indian River and St. Lucie counties, more optimistic about seeing light at the end of the dark COVID tunnel. “Things
Amanda D’Ambrosio | 25 Aug, 2021 Gerald Pierone, MD, gets regular phone calls from COVID-19 patients and their family members, asking for a spot at his monoclonal antibody clinic in Vero Beach, Florida. But as infections continue to surge throughout the state, the clinic is often full. “We are just being inundated with COVID patients
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Michelle Genz | 19 Aug, 2021 Jeff Powers has dealt with his share of bad luck: a bad bout of COVID-19 when no one even knew it was in town; a nerve disorder triggered by serious back surgery; and most recently, torn Achilles tendons that have left him in a wheelchair. Powers is ready to
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Lindsey Leake | 13 Aug, 2021 Nearly 367,000 Treasure Coast residents — about 56% of the population — had been at least partially inoculated against COVID-19 through Aug. 12, according to the Florida Department of Health’s latest data. As unvaccinated patients fill local hospitals in record numbers, health officials urge the remainder of the community
Laurence Reisman | 06 Aug, 2021 What if everyone had just listened to two Treasure Coast infectious disease specialists? As Florida hospitals reel from record numbers of COVID-19 admissions — 90% unvaccinated, according to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital CEO Greg Rosencrance — I couldn’t help but think back to a cautiously optimistic column I
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