The Covid-19 Pandemic has been incredibly stressful for everyone and especially on the healthcare system and healthcare providers. The healthcare workers on the front lines have been truly amazing, working under extremely hard conditions which include, shortages of personal protective equipment, such as N95 respirators and masks, shortages of needed equipment, such as ventilators and shortage of personnel! Many staff members themselves have contracted Covid-19 and are finding themselves hospitalized and in the need of care!

As nurse-patient advocates, we here at Healthlink Advocates, Inc., may not be on the “front lines” out in the acute care setting, but we have seen our role intensify in just two short weeks, particularly now that Covid-19 is widespread in most communities in the US. As soon as the spread began in our country, we contacted all of our client's primary care physicians and had a plan in place for the clients and their families should they get infected. Our clients appreciated the proactive care and planning.

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Did you know that colorectal cancer was one of the most preventable types of cancer and the most treatable type of cancer if caught early? It is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. in both men and women. Colorectal cancer is usually a disease of older adults over 50. Did you know that according to Memorial Sloan Kettering, more people under 50 years old have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer in recent years, specifically people who are in their 20s and 30s?

Who What and How?

Who is affected by colorectal cancer? What are the risk factors? What are the screening options and how is this cancer prevented.

Facts To Date

So much information is coming at us regarding the new novel Coronavirus, known as Covid-19 that originated in China in December of 2019. Since December, the virus has spread quickly globally and has affected 118 countries and regions, infected an estimated 126,000 people and caused over 4,600 deaths.

Initially, the virus was thought to be transmitted from animals to humans, however, we know that it is transmitted easily from person to person through droplets in the air when a person coughs or sneezes, through close contact with people, ie: being within 6 feet of someone, through touching and shaking hands and touching contaminated surfaces and then touching our eyes, nose or mouth.