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Cheeky Bucks pigs pretend they are pregnant to get extra snacks and belly rubs

Cheeky Bucks pigs pretend they are pregnant to get extra snacks and belly rubs!

Siouxland Church News for week of Sept. 14, 2023

Church events happening around Siouxland for the week of Sept. 14.

COVID-19 Vaccine Rates Leveled Off in Greene County

Majority of Iowa counties turn away more vaccine

Vast Majority of Iowa's Counties Decline COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation

As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continues to drop, Iowa health officials say they've accepted just 12 percent of the vaccine allocation from the federal

Vast Majority Of Iowa's Counties Decline COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation

Unsplash The vast majority of Iowa counties have declined their weekly allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses amid declining demand. As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continues to drop, Iowa health officials say they’ve accepted just 12 percent of the vaccine allocation from the federal government this week. Iowa Department of Public Health Spokesperson Sarah Ekstrand said in an email the state was allocated 63,090 doses for the week of May 24. It accepted 7,850 doses. Eighty-one of Iowa’s 99 counties didn’t accept any new doses this week. Seventeen counties accepted part of their allocation, and just Calhoun County accepted its entire 200 dose allocation.

Counties express frustration with 8-minute warning on expanded vaccine eligibility

Counties express frustration with 8-minute warning on expanded vaccine eligibility Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Mar 5, 2021 By KCRG Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Mar 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript because it was kind of dropped on us last night. We haven't We haven't sent our plan for sure on how we will serve that population. Specifically, Buchanan County Department of Public Health director Tie Burkhardt says all 400 shots they have to give out next week are already scheduled. We're trying to make it as widely available as possible, but some of the other clinics for that tiered group, um, is already set, and I can't take that vaccine back to change direction right now. The state's announcement Thursday night that vastly expands who can get the shot didn't come with much advance notice to the county Health Department's. Burkhardt says they've been planning clinics weeks in advance and need time to make the necessary changes. A week or two would have been better than we would have at least known. Okay, let's not plan five clinics for businesses. Let's do three, and then we can do to clinics for the population that meet it because of chronic health conditions. This isn't the first time Burkhardt and her department have felt the state misled them. Three weeks ago, the state told her they were withholding the weekly vaccine allotment. The state did that to six counties that didn't meet its distribution threshold, but then walked back the threat. Days later. One word exhausted. That's that's the best way we can summarize it. Um, we love what we do. We want to help the community. This is what Governor Reynolds team had to say during a meeting Friday afternoon with frustrated health departments. We hear you and we've heard you every time we recognize that everything is so compressed, Um, and it just continues to be that way. We are doing everything we can to try to give as much notice, and we recognize that we just haven't been able to get into a place where that, you know, several days notice. It's just not something that we've been able to do. Burkhardt says she will be working this weekend to form a plan to include the newly added group not for this week but for the following. Until then, she's reminding herself that the work matters and the validation comes from a safer community. Today I was able to give a vaccine to a person who was so happy that she started crying and when you see that you realize OK, it's it's okay, this is why we're doing this, um, to to protect the individuals

Amid COVID-19, Public Health Workers Face Intense Pressure And Backlash

Amid COVID-19, Public Health Workers Face Intense Pressure And Backlash Article origination WFYI-FM Nola Aigner-Davis is the public information officer for the Polk County Public Health Department. She says their 42-person team is anticipating COVID-19 vaccine distribution to be challenging. Natalie Krebs/Side Effects Public Media The work that people in public health do is often not very visible. It’s usually focused on long-term impacts like improving maternal health and encouraging flu shots. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. last spring, public health workers were thrown into the spotlight seemingly overnight. And this sudden shift has taken a huge toll on them. 

Public Health Workers Face Intense Pressure And Backlash While Navigating COVID-19

IPR Nola Aigner-Davis is the public information officer for the Polk County Public Health Department. She says their 42-person team is anticipating COVID-19 vaccine distribution to be challenging. The work that people in public health do is often not very visible to the general public, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, many were thrown into the spotlight seemingly overnight. Wayne County Public Health Department Administrator Shelley Bickel was supposed to be retired by now. Following a three-decade public health career in neighboring Decatur County, Bickel retired in 2018, only to be convinced by a Wayne County supervisor to spend just one more year running their department part-time.