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The next phase in COVID-19 vaccine distribution will soon be underway in Wisconsin -- pending public weigh-in. 

Prisoners could get vaccine before some seniors, frontline workers Prisoners could get vaccine before some seniors, frontline workers The first phase of Wisconsins COVID-19 vaccine plan is less than 20% complete. But state health officials are already looking ahead to who gets it next. MILWAUKEE - The first phase of Wisconsins COVID-19 vaccine plan is less than 20% complete. But state health officials are already looking ahead to who gets it next. Will you be a part of Phase 1b? "The rollout ha...

Priority categories for COVID-19 vaccines not cut and dried State advisory panel hashes out who should be next in line while some say they cant wait. Written By: Shamane Mills / Wisconsin Public Radio | 8:43 am, Jan. 6, 2021 × Stock photo In Wisconsin and other states across the nation, the rollout of coronavirus vaccine so far has been slower than promised under the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative. Efforts to pick up the pace are complicated by decisions on who ...

State panel hashes out who should be next in line, while some say they cant wait. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. photo by Lisa Ferdinando. U.S. Secretary of Defense, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons In Wisconsin and other states across the nation, the rollout of coronavirus vaccine so far has been slower than promised under the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative. Efforts to pick up the pace are co...

Debate stirs over next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution Debate stirs over next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution Who is next to get COVID-19 vaccines? Essential workers? The elderly? A panel of state health experts is starting to debate Phase 1B. MADISON, Wis. - Tens of thousands of health care workers and nursing home residents have already gotten a COVID-19 vaccination. There are still hundreds of thousands left. But after that, who is next? Some say it ought to be the elderly. Oth...

Fact check: Ted Cruz blasts CDC advisory on travel, mask use for vaccinated people Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact Texas FacebookTwitterEmail Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, left, wears a protective mask while departing the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader McConnell each took a stab at breaking the deadlock over a new stimulus, but it wasnt clear that either side budged enough to get a ...

Fact-check: Health leaders urge vaccinated people to wear masks. Is that anti-science? PolitiFacts ruling: Pants on Fire Heres why: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to Twitter Tuesday to challenge the latest coronavirus guidance as vaccines were being distributed around the country. Cruz responded specifically to Dr. Vin Gupta, a lung and intensive care unit doctor who appeared on MSNBC to caution vaccine recipients against abandoning the kinds of preventative measures public health experts...

Minnesota trending to a grim holiday milestone with COVID Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune Less than two weeks old, December has already become the second-deadliest month for COVID-19 in Minnesota, with a record 439 deaths reported over the past seven days alone. The state reported 67 more deaths Saturday and has recorded 766 virus deaths since the start of the month, a pace that puts Minnesota on track to surpass 5,000 total pandemic deaths by years end. Through Saturday, 4,3...