You are truly working to improve health one community at a time. We think the program is exceptional. You have gone above and beyond to make your program a statewide model.

In Hilo last year, we proved to race organizers and the international paddling community that it could be done,

That was a time when we were really working together as an international community of academics, politicians, public health experts. Everybody really was so focused,

I believe that the community - in the fullest sense: a place and all its creatures - is the smallest unit of health and that to speak of the health of an isolated individual is a contradiction in terms. (pg. 146, Health is Membership)

As a vital health care provider and major employer, Westchester Medical Center is an important part of the community. But the corporation's combination of fiscal challenges, financial control weaknesses and accounting problems brought it close to the point of collapse.

The public health community is very excited by this new booster shot,