Governor John Carney, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) have released the list of community testing sites throughout Delaware scheduled for next week, including pop-up and Curative trailer sites, as well as community sites hosted by New Castle County. View list.

MSD President Matthew J. Burday, DO and member Christine A. Degnon, MD were interviewed this week in an article in Town Square Live regarding the challenges physicians have had receiving vaccines to distribute to their patients. Read article.

Delaware Online / The News Journal is looking for your stories from the pandemic. What did you learn? What you would change if you could? Write a letter to yourself a year ago, just before the pandemic. Give yourself advice, warnings, inspiration, and send it to covidletters@delawareonline.com. Include a photo and they will select an assortment for publication. You can also mail a handwritten letter to reporter Meredith Newman at P.O. Box 15505, Wilmington, DE 19850. Read more.

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Additional demographic data on COVID-19 cases and deaths, including race/ethnicity, more age-specific data and COVID rate information by ZIP code, and information on Delaware's contact tracing efforts can be found on the Division of Public Health's My Healthy Community data portal. 

The Medical Society of Delaware has launched the "Excellence in Physician Leadership Series, A Certificate Program in Leadership Development" as a 12-week self-paced certificate program in physician leadership education and development which includes attendance at two required live sessions. This program will share the relevant skills necessary for leadership excellence and equip physicians with practical tools in finance, practice improvement, strategy, public speaking and decision-making to empower physicians to effectively participate in leading organizations in the rapidly changing world of health reform. The cohort is now open. Read more.

MSD is looking for help from members to serve as mentors for our newer members. MSD’s Mentor Program pairs individuals to learn about each other, share information about MSD activities, committees and opportunities, and encourage engagement with MSD events and initiatives. This is your opportunity to “pay it forward” to young physicians, residents, fellows, and students and encourage their engagement with MSD. Contact Mary LaJudice, 302-224-5183 or Mary.LaJudice@medsocdel.org. Click here to read testimonials from MSD Past President Nancy Fan, MD and Committee on Membership Chair John O'Neill, DO about the benefits of peer mentoring.

The 19th annual American Lung Association "State of Tobacco Control" report was recently released. The report serves as a blueprint for what state and federal leaders need to do to eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco use and focuses on the importance of ending tobacco use amid the pandemic, as smoking is a risk factor for the most severe COVID symptoms.

The American Lung Association calls for the following actions to be taken by Delaware's elected officials to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke:

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MSD's Membership Department is pleased to announce the newest members of the Medical Society of Delaware. Welcome to the third oldest medical society in the country!

If you know someone interested in joining the Medical Society of Delaware, please contact Michelle Seymour at 302-224-4905 or Michelle.Seymour@medsocdel.org.