Project HOPE Teams up with Ricky Martin and CharityStars to Support Health Workers

March 23, 2020

MILLWOOD, Virginia, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Project HOPE has teamed up with global superstar Ricky Martin and the groundbreaking fundraising platform CharityStars for the #HelpfromHome campaign, which is raising funds to support healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and in at-risk countries.

“Since the outbreak began in January, our response teams have been working to provide protective gear and other support to the health workers who are tirelessly working to treat patients and stop the spread of this virus,” said Rabih Torbay, President and CEO of Project HOPE. “We’re proud to have teamed up with Ricky Martin and CharityStars to raise funds for our worldwide coronavirus response effort. Healthcare workers are risking their lives to save lives every day, and they need our support now more than ever.”

“Our healthcare professionals are extremely vulnerable right now. They do not have enough gloves, gowns, or protective masks at hospitals, urgent care or doctors’ offices. This is unacceptable,” said Ricky Martin. “I knew in my heart I had to find a way to help them, and teaming up with Project HOPE and CharityStars will allow me, along with everyone else, to contribute and help these medical workers worldwide. All of our lives may depend on them, and their lives may depend on us.”

“Our platform has helped raise nearly $1.5 million to date to help the coronavirus response in Italy, and we are glad to be expanding this effort to help doctors and nurses worldwide,” said Domenico Gravagno, CEO & Co-founder of CharityStars. “This partnership with Ricky Martin and Project HOPE will help vulnerable healthcare workers and save countless lives, and we are proud to be a part of it.”

To join the #HelpfromHome campaign, visit charitystars.com/helpfromhome. Every donation, minus a maximum 2 percent credit card transaction fee, will go directly to Project HOPE’s coronavirus response effort.

Project HOPE has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic since the outbreak began, when Project HOPE’s team on the ground in China began providing critical support and equipment to frontline health workers treating patients and working to contain the virus. To date, Project HOPE has delivered nearly 5 million facemasks as well as isolation gowns, protective coveralls, exam gloves, and other protective gear to hospitals that have screened and treated thousands of patients in China. Project HOPE is now working to provide personal protective gear to health workers in the United States and around the world.

As the virus spread and became a global pandemic, Project HOPE began preparing to provide vital training and other support for health workers in high-risk countries like North Macedonia, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Colombia. In Puerto Rico – which is still reeling in the wake of Hurricane Maria as well as the earthquakes earlier this year – Project HOPE is working with partners on the ground to support response efforts where health facilities remain stretched.

For more information on Project HOPE’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, visit www.projecthope.org.

Contact:
Rebecca Gustafson
Project HOPE
+1-202-602-8312
[email protected]

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(Español) Actualización sobre el coronavirus (COVID-19): La FDA alerta a los consumidores sobre los kits de prueba para el COVID-19 fraudulentos no autorizados

March 23, 2020

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Kia Telluride Named Winner Among Automobile All-Stars

March 23, 2020

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#KiaTelluride named winner among Automobile All-Stars.

IRVINE, California, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The 2020 Kia Telluride, the brand’s most decorated SUV ever, has been named a winner at the Automobile All-Stars, an annual evaluation held by leading publication Automobile, to determine the best new vehicles of the year. This year’s event invited 21 vehicles across various segments to compete, each one considered among the “most interesting new or significantly revised” offerings available to consumers. Only eight of the 21 vehicles were named “All-Stars.”

This win comes on the heels of Telluride becoming the first-ever SUV to claim the “Triple Crown” of the auto industry’s most prestigious honors: 2020 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year from North American Car of the Year (NACTOY)¹; MotorTrend SUV of the Year; and a Car and Driver 10 Best.

“The Telluride being named an All-Star by Automobile is an honor for the Kia brand and extends our popular SUV’s impressive marathon run of significant accolades,” said Michael Cole, president, Kia Motors America (KMA). “It is further validation that our eight-passenger SUV delivers on its promise of world-class design, quality and engineering to our customers.”

The editors of Automobile selected and tested 21 vehicles over multiple days of driving on various types of roads in and around the California high desert. After evaluating and scoring an array of criteria for each contender, the staff determined eight All-Stars winners as the best new cars of the year.

“The fact the 2020 Kia Telluride impressed our test drivers so much is a testament to Kia’s execution of style, practicality and value,” said Automobile editor-in-chief Mac Morrison. “In an Automobile All-Stars field of contenders that included some of the best sports cars, luxury GTs and supercars on the market today, this three-row SUV still stood out easily as one of the best new cars of the year. Whether you’re talking about its exterior appearance, interior appointments, or the experience from behind the wheel or in one of the cushy passenger seats, it’s a winner in every way.”

In addition to collecting the most awards within its first year on the market in Kia history, the Telluride is also one of KMA’s best-selling vehicles. Since going on sale in early 2019, over 70,000 Tellurides have been sold and demand continues to quickly outpace supply. Conceived, designed, and developed in the U.S. specifically for the U.S. market, the Telluride is proudly assembled in West Point, Georgia, and is the first Kia vehicle to be exported from the United States.

About Kia Motors America

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia Motors America has been the highest ranked mass market brand in initial quality for five consecutive years according to J.D. Power² and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands by Interbrand. Kia serves as the “Official Automotive Partner” of the NBA and offers a complete range of vehicles sold through a network of nearly 800 dealers in the U.S., including cars and SUVs proudly assembled in West Point, Georgia.*

For media information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com. To receive custom email notifications for press releases the moment they are published, subscribe at www.kiamedia.com/us/en/newsalert.

*The Telluride, Sorento and Optima (excluding Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid) are assembled in the United States from U.S. and globally sourced parts.

¹ North American Car, Utility, and Truck of the Year is a trademark of North American Car and Truck of the Year Corporation.
² Kia received the lowest rate of reported problems among mass market brands in the J.D. Power 2015-19 U.S. Initial Quality Studies of new vehicle owners’ experiences with their own vehicle after 90 days of ownership. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.

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2021 Honda Insight Adds Blind Spot and Cross-Traffic Assists to Roomy, Refined and Efficient Hybrid Package

March 23, 2020

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The 2021 Honda Insight begins arriving at dealerships tomorrow featuring newly available blind spot information (BSI) with Cross Traffic Monitor along with a new exterior color--Radiant Red Metallic. With best-in-class passenger space, upscale interior appointments and a refined driving experience, the 2021 Insight is a premium compact sedan with EPA city fuel economy ratings up to 55 mpg. The 2021 Insight carries a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $22,930 (excluding destination).

TORRANCE, California, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The 2021 Honda Insight begins arriving at dealerships tomorrow featuring newly available blind spot information (BSI) with Cross Traffic Monitor along with a new exterior color—Radiant Red Metallic. With best-in-class passenger space, upscale interior appointments and a refined driving experience, the 2021 Insight is a premium compact sedan with EPA city fuel economy rating up to 55 mpg². The 2021 Insight carries a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP¹) of $22,930 (excluding $955 destination and handling).

The Honda Insight, with standard Honda Sensing® technology, is the only compact hybrid sedan to earn a Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for 2020. Also, the Insight recently received a top-five green score from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), beating out multiple plug-in and battery electric vehicles.

Available in LX, EX, and Touring trims, all Insights come standard with multi-element LED headlights, push-button start, and the Honda Sensing^® suite of advanced safety and driver-assistive technologies. New this year, Insight EX adds blind spot information and Rear Cross Traffic Monitor, while the 8-inch Display Audio with Apple CarPlay^® and Android Auto™ integration remains standard. Insight Touring adds leather seating surfaces, an 8-way power driver’s seat, Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System™, dual-zone automatic climate control, and more.

2021 Insight Pricing and EPA Fuel Economy Ratings

TRIM	MSRP	MSRP Including $955 Destination Charges¹	EPA Fuel Economy Ratings (city / highway / combined)²
Insight LX	$22,930	$23,885	55/49/52
Insight EX	$24,810	$25,765	55/49/52
Insight Touring	$28,840	$29,795	51/45/48

The 2021 Honda Insight for the North American market is made exclusively at Honda’s Greensburg, Indiana, auto plant alongside Civic and CR-V, using domestic and globally-sourced parts. Its hybrid powertrain, including the 1.5-liter Atkinson-cycle, two-motor system and intelligent power unit (IPU) containing the hybrid battery pack, is produced in Ohio.

About Honda
Honda offers a full line of reliable, fuel-efficient and fun-to-drive vehicles with advanced safety technologies sold through over 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The Honda lineup includes the Fit, Civic, Insight, Accord and Clarity series passenger cars, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for more than 35 years and currently operates 19 major manufacturing facilities in North America. In 2018, more than 90 percent of all Honda brand vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, using domestic and globally sourced parts.

For More Information
Additional media information including detailed pricing features and high-resolution photography of all 2020 Honda models is available at hondanews.com. Consumer information is available at automobiles.honda.com. To join the Honda community on Facebook, visit facebook.com/honda.

¹ MSRP plus $955 destination charge, excluding tax, license, registration and options. Dealer prices may vary.
² Based on 2021 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, battery pack age/condition, driving conditions and other factors.

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Dr. Heberto J. Becerra’s New Book Gotas De Inspiración, Is A Work Of Poetry Reflecting The Vivid, Thought-Provoking Facets Of Life

March 23, 2020

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MIAMI, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book Gotas de Inspiración was created by Dr. Heberto J. Becerra. Dr. Becerra is an author who hails from the province of Santa Clara, Cuba. He was a chairman of the CBC Occ, professor at the STBC, and currently serves as a pastor at Peters Road Baptist Church in Plantation, Florida.

Dr. Heberto J. Becerra said this about his book: “The content of this work is about walking through the pages of life—conversions, experiences, praises, transparencies, realities, exaltations, and connections of faith. All of this is here!

If you direct your eyes to the reading of this book, you will discover the profiles of its author. From the acute notes to the most serious, you will notice there is a mixture of arpeggios in verses that will help you to enter from the simplicity of a wave to the immense depth of the Creator.”

As the author expressed in the preface, there is a wide range of routes ranging from traditional verses to avant-garde notes. It is as if the brush of Pablo Picasso was taken to the canvas; even that of Joan Miró.

From the simple verses to the attempt to climb among the mountains of what is known in literature as a modernist movement, you will find it in those lines. If it seems to you that the author presumes to be a snake in literary poetry, it is not so. He qualifies among the archaeologists of the verse, only working with the hard rocks of that millenary discipline.

Published by Page Publishing, Dr. Heberto J. Becerra’s new book Gotas de Inspiración will intrigue readers with well-thought-out verses that impart love, passion, and renewal of faith.

Consumers who wish to be inspired with supernal juxtapositions ingrained within life can purchase Gotas de Inspiración in any bookstore, or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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Ximena Cordova’s New Book Sueños Y Aspiraciones De Una Mujer, An Encouraging Story Of A Woman’s Daily Struggle And Ideologies Throughout Her Excursion In Life, And Her Goal To Succeed In This Society

March 23, 2020

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book Sueños y Aspiraciones de una Mujer was created by Ximena Cordova. Ximena is an author who served as a Diplomat Consul of Ecuador in San Francisco. In 1980 she opened a travel agency and has proven herself to be a competent businesswoman, maintaining high prestige with all her hotels and clients.

This book is about the dreams and aspirations of a woman who was raised by pure adventure and the school of life. She is a very strong woman of character, so as not to fall into temptation of the corrupt world that she faced every day since she was a child. Then, as an adult and as an executive, fought against the masculine world in which every industry that set out to excel and stand out prevailed. She lived and traveled a lot in Europe, trying to learn and absorb many qualities that would help her in her future, believing and hoping to return to her country of origin: Ecuador. Seeing the reality of machismo, she became disillusioned and began to look for other horizons where she found an open window in San Francisco, California. There she settled, working day and night. She opened her future and stood out, with the only flaw that she didn’t give time: love. That is why Ximena has written this book to give a message to the new generation: ‘do not let your beautiful youth pass without enjoying it.’ Enjoy the present, and be good children, as your parents will help you develop and stand out, at least until you’re eighteen.

Ximena says, “I helped my daughters all my life. Today they are important professionals of twenty-nine and thirty years respectively. They went to study at a university in Europe, and they returned to what was and will be their home forever, and they still live with me without any shame.”

The purpose of this book is to tell readers about daily experiences not only from Ximena as the author, but also from many women who have identified with her but unfortunately do not dare to speak out of shame for fear that they will not be given credit and for the frustration that the authorities never helped to give continuity to the fact. Today, all these cases mentioned have improved, but there is still much more to do and work.

Published by Page Publishing, Ximena Cordova’s new book Sueños y Aspiraciones de una Mujer will impart a no-holds-barred depiction of a life fraught with anxiety leading up to victory and fulfillment of life’s purpose.

Consumers who wish to be encouraged to speak up of the injustices they have experienced can purchase Sueños y Aspiraciones de una Mujer in any bookstore, or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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Bright.md COVID-19 Screening Products Help Save Thousands of Provider Hours During Pandemic Crisis

March 21, 2020

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PORTLAND, Oregon, March 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — As COVID-19 has spread to every state in the U.S. and increased testing reveals exponential growth in the number of infected patients, Bright.md has helped health systems evaluate and treat tens of thousands of patients with its virtual care delivery platform, SmartExam™. Allowing patients to be clinically managed from their own homes reduces the spread of the virus and, more importantly, gives valuable time back to providers to focus on the patients who need the most care.

As of Friday morning, Bright.md’s partner health systems have:

Screened more than 27,000 patients with possible COVID-19 infection.
Escalated more than 425 patients who have met Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria for further care or testing.
Saved providers more than 8,000 care delivery hours.

Using SmartExam, providers can deliver a diagnosis and treatment in less than two minutes, which means a single clinician can manage more than 200 patients each day. For comparison, in-person and video visits typically require more than 20 minutes of provider time, which means a single doctor has capacity for only 25 to 50 patient encounters each day, even when taking on exceptionally long shifts.

“Overwhelmed health workers on the front lines of the global COVID-19 pandemic are working long hours to treat the growing number of patients who require screening and care for the virus,” said Dr. Ray Costantini, co-founder and CEO of Bright.md. “By enabling at-home online care automation, we are seeing the number of patients accessing our services multiply exponentially each day, which means fewer patients will expose others to the virus and providers have more time to address the most serious cases.”

Bright.md—recognized this week by CB Insights as one of 12 healthcare technology companies on the forefront of addressing the COVID-19 crisis—has also announced a suite of products to help systems manage the demand on their clinical resources:

Free COVID-19 Screening Tool: Last week, Bright.md made available a free COVID-19 screening tool based on its virtual care platform, SmartExam, which can be deployed in a few days, to hospitals nationwide.
SmartExam Light COVID-19 + URI Care: A streamlined version of SmartExam that includes the COVID-19 Screening Tool, as well as the Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) module, which allows hospitals to screen for COVID-19 and deliver care in the case of more common upper respiratory infections (e.g., flu). This tool can be deployed in one to two weeks.
SmartExam: Bright.md’s flagship virtual care tool that helps deliver remote care for more than 450 conditions that drive more than 60% of primary- and urgent-care volume first integrated the COVID-19 assessment into its URI module in late January.

Dozens of health systems already overwhelmed with patients have contacted Bright.md to deploy these digital triage tools in the next two weeks. Bright.md’s dedicated COVID-19 team is continuously monitoring the evolving CDC guidelines about COVID-19 screening, updating all products within one business day.

Bright.md’s SmartExam is also still helping systems deliver care to people who have more mainstream medical issues, such as pink eye and bladder infections. “People have real concerns about going to the doctor right now, but non-acute conditions don’t just go away during a pandemic,” said Dr. Costantini. “If we can help healthcare systems keep those patients out of their doctors’ offices by offering them high-quality evidence-based virtual care, their clinicians can attend to the sickest patients. It’s a powerful way to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 impact.”

In addition to its recognition by CB Insights this week, Bright.md also banded together with nearly 40 other health tech companies to form the StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force, a group mobilized to provide government agencies, regulatory boards and healthcare systems with solutions for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the novel coronavirus.

Dr. Costantini will be available for interviews and to share his insights with the industry on effectively deploying telehealth solutions and managing patient demand during global health crises.

For more information, hospital systems can email [email protected] or visit www.bright.md.

About SmartExam
SmartExam can support care for the conditions that account for up to 60% of the visit volume in primary care, urgent care, retail and non-emergent emergency department (ED) settings. The AI-powered asynchronous care automation tool helps providers achieve up to 20x improvements in efficiency, reducing a 20+ minute in-person or video-based appointment to under 90 seconds.

About Bright.md
Founded in 2014 and based in Portland, Oregon, Bright.md is a leading healthcare automation company dedicated to modernizing direct-to-patient telehealth for healthcare systems with its AI-powered virtual-care platform, SmartExam. Bright.md partners with premier healthcare organizations in North America, including three of the top five not-for-profit health systems and five of the top ten health systems in the United States. These partners offer SmartExam to more than 10 million patients who are seeking convenient urgent and primary care online. Bright.md has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Healthcare, a Vendor to Watch by Chilmark Research, and is the preferred choice of AVIA’s Virtual Access cohort. Bright.md is venture-backed by B Capital Group, Seven Peaks Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Oregon Venture Fund and the Stanford-StartX Fund. For more information, visit Bright.md.

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“Mexicali Resiste” Fights for Citizens to Choose Water over Beer and Corruption

March 21, 2020

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MEXICALI, Mexico, March 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Alcohol Justice is reporting that Mexicali Resiste and organized Mexicali residents will demonstrate opposition based upon corruption and human rights violations to the “consultation” vote on whether the U.S.-based alcohol corporation Constellation Brands is granted rights to continue operating in Mexicali, BC.

What: Opposition Demonstration

When: Saturday, March 21, 2020 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (DST)

Where: Mexicali, BC

Who: Mexicali Resiste, community residents, allies and activists

Why: Since January 2017, Mexicali Resiste has opposed the plans by Constellation Brands, a U.S. based alcohol corporation, to build a billion-dollar brewery to use local water to make beer for American consumers in a region already experiencing severe water scarcity. Constellation Brands is expected to consume 20 million cubic meters of water annually from the Valley of Mexicali. This desert region has an over-exploited aquifer that is fed by the Colorado River with serious water shortages and serious drought issues in Tijuana, Tecate, Rosarito and Ensenada.

In February 2020, the National Human Rights Commission released a report that determined that the process of the approval and installation of the Constellation Brands Brewery violates the human right to water, which will lead to the detriment of the population and farmers of the Valley of Mexicali.

On March 9th Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suddenly announced a public “consultation” vote on March 21st and 22nd where residents of Mexicali will decide if the U.S. based alcohol corporation Constellation Brands can continue to produce beer while extracting essential water in Mexicali, BC. The official locations for the consultation vote were released on March 17th, only 4 days prior to the actual scheduled vote.

Concerned Mexicali Resiste and residents point out that such a short notice for a ‘consultation’ is a clear sign of corruption. They believe this tactic will result in a vote in favor of Constellation Brands, allowing it to continue to produce beer while extracting essential water in Mexicali, BC.

“A human rights issue should not be voted on as a consultation,” said Rubén Albarrán, lead singer of the musical band Café Tacvba. “A corporation should not exploit a source of life that is limited and that is designated for use by the population for domestic and agricultural purposes and not meant for industry.”

Although the voting process is being promoted as “participatory” there is serious concern for the sudden vote which did not include public input and lacks transparency in the overall process. They also note that the vote ignores the corruption and human rights violations that have been documented since 2017.

“It’s important to expose the corruption of these multinational corporations because protecting human rights should be the global standard,” stated Mayra Jimenez advocacy manager at Alcohol Justice. “However, that is not always the case. Good for business doesn’t mean good for human rights and in this case, water rights. In Mexicali, Constellation Brands is a death sentence for the quality of life. Mexicali Resiste values community and life over profits and death. As one Mexicali Activist stated, “‘We don’t need beer to survive but we do need water.'” Water is life and when it is compromised the community stands up and fights back!”