Health providers raise questions as vaccine distribution changes considered
Providers ask about compensation, vaccine supplies Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Jan 13, 2021
Providers ask about compensation, vaccine supplies Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript THE STATE AND DHHS SAYING THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW MUCH VACCINE THE STATE WILL GET, TO ADJUST TO THE LATEST SUGGESTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO GET VACCINE TO EVERYONE 65 AND OLDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PATRICIA TILLEY: AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING NONSTOP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE PROJECTIONS, SO THAT WE CAN NIMBLY ADJUST OUR PLANS. JENNIFER C: THOSE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED WANT MORE COMMUNICATION AND GUIDANCE, SHARING ROLLOUT CONCERNS WITH SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN. DR. MINTZ: WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DIVERT RESOURCES FROM OUR USUAL CARE OF PATIENTS TO THIS VACCINATION EFFORT. JENNIFER C: PRIVATE PRACTICES, TO DR. WAZKOWSKI: S
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Tuscaloosa: Thousands of excited football fans partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State for the national championship, ignoring pleas for common sense and safety at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Students and others poured out of jam-packed bars near campus as time expired in Miami late Monday, gathering on University Boulevard in an area called “The Strip,” traffic cameras and images posted on social media show. Many of the fans screaming and cheering as they pressed against each other in the street didn’t wear face masks. The scene was exactly what officials feared before the game as they urged people to watch at home and celebrate privately. More than 5,300 people have died in Alabama from the illness caused by the coronavirus, and about 404,000 hav
WHITEFIELD â With the recent inception of COVID-19 vaccine administration throughout the United States, questions have arisen as to when North Country residents can anticipate having the option of being vaccinated.
As they have since the pandemicâs start, North Country Healthcare  and its affiliates have worked closely with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services and Bureau of Infectious Disease Control immunization Pprogram, following their guidelines, as well as those established by the federal Centers for Disease Control.
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a tiered vaccination program, which identifies who is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine (based on supply) and when. The segments, detailed below, are designed to best ensure that those who can provide health care to others in need, are available, healthy and able to do so.