By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
In 1964, Sam Cooke wrote the powerful soul ballad A Change Is Gonna Come. Rolling Stone magazine listed this song at number 3 of their top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Some significant changes are coming for vaccines including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), flu and COVID-19.
On May 3, 2023, the FDA approved the GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) RSV vaccine with the brand name of Arexvy. The vaccine was approved for those 60 years of age and up to prevent RSV lower lung infection. The GSK vaccine is a recombinant subunit of prefusion RSV F glycoprotein antigen (RSVPreF3) with an adjuvant to enhance vaccine response.
On Tuesday, June 11, the Ada Council approved safety improvements to traffic flow as well as added parking on Buckeye Ave. between Johnson and Gilbert streets. In a special meeting held at Community Health Professionals and attended by just two Ada residents, the four members of council in attendance voted unanimously to adopt a concept that creates one-way traffic flow away from Main St. and creates new angled parking on the south side of Buckeye Ave.
