Hello friends --Another week of quarantine. The world is in such a weird place right now. It feels surreal.  I'm trying to get outside and work every day. It's beautiful this week and there is a TON of yard work that needs to be done so it works out well!  I hope you and yours are doing well. I LOVE hearing from you - and it would be especially welcomed now - in isolation. Just hit reply to this email and let me know how you are doing and if there is anything I can help you with.Off to the races:1.  First and foremost: times are tough. MS Focus' Emergency Assistance Grant provides full or partial financial assistance for urgent needs related to rent, utilities, or medication. Click the link to learn more: Emergency Assistance Grant2.  One of the few things coming into my home right now is groceries. I was glad to find this article to learn best practices for how to decontaminate them.  Scrubbing Bubbles3.  Here is a video example of a neuro telemedicine visit - with Aaron Boster MD of The Boster Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Stuart Schlossman of MS Views and News. I would totally be down for doing this - even beyond the quarantine. How about YOU? Telemedicine in Action4.  A simple to use, paper-based test for the novel coronavirus in wastewater could help identify the infection in communities, including those with people who carry the virus but show no symptoms. and   The Truth Is In The Sewage5.  A new study out of Thomas Jefferson University has found preliminary evidence that a compound found in some herbs and fruit peels may help protect against and reverse some of the damage caused by #MS. Interesting.  Fruit Peel Compound May Reverse MS Damage6.  Treatment with Gilenya (fingolimod) could make people with MS more vulnerable to the parasitic infection known as cryptosporidiosis, a case report suggests. Here's the deets: Gilenya May Raise Risk of Intestinal Parasitic InfectionWell - that's all folks. Please be careful, stay safe and be well. If you find this newsletter or any of the work I do helpful and you'd like to say thanks and support my work, please check out my Patreon page and learn about rewards you'll receive when you donate to FUMS!  Thanks in advance.Warmly -- Kathy#FUMS

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