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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Update April 16, 2021: Employees now have until November 1, 2021, to purchase long-term care insurance if they wish to opt out of the Washington State Long-Term Care Program. On April 14, 2021, the House passed an amendment to the original Bill (SHB 1323), extending the deadline from July 24, 2021, to November 1, 2021. (Reflected in original post, below.) Although this is a welcome delay, employees must still act quickly to secure lo...

PA nursing homes to receive more COVID-19 vaccines through new state initiative David Bruce, Erie Times-News © CHRIS LANDSBERGER/THE OKLAHOMAN A long-term care facility staff member, Pam Byers LPN, receives the COVID-19 vaccination for Oklahoma nursing home residents and staff at The Lodge at Brookline in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Long-term care facilities across Pennsylvania will be able to vaccinate new residents and staff through efforts announced Thu...

DHS: 709 new positive cases of COVID-19 in WI; 5 new deaths By FOX6 News Digital Team Published  article MADISON, Wis. - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 709 Friday, April 16, state health officials reported, for a total of 589,213. Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported five new deaths Friday, with a total of 6,703 deaths in the state. Of the positive cases, 28,462 have required hospitalization (4.8%), while 573,071 have rec...

WI DHS: 110K staff, residents vaccinated in long-term care program By FOX6 News Digital Team Published  article MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on Friday, April 16 that the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program will complete its last round of COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week. Since the launch of the program on December 28, 2020, pharmacy partners have provided first, second, and third rounds of on-site clinics at more than...

UPS driver makes special stop to visit 6-year-old Wisconsin girl UPS driver makes special stop when traveling through Oak Creek On his UPS route through Oak Creek, driver Kevin Kiewig always makes a special stop at one house. Kevin stops by to check on his friend, 6-year-old Molly.  OAK CREEK, Wis. - On his UPS route through Oak Creek, driver Kevin Kiewig always makes a special stop at one house. Kevin stops by to check on his friend, 6-year-old Molly.  When UPS driver Kevin Kiewig stoppe...

MPD seeks to locate 16-year-old girl missing since October 2020 By FOX6 News Digital Team Published  article MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are asking for the publics help in the search for long-term missing person Delisha Thames.  Thames was last seen on Oct. 24, 2020 in Milwaukee. She is described as a female, African American, 16 years old, 5 tall, weighing 145 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.  If anyone has information about Thames whereabouts, you are urged to contact Milwaukee po...

The Milwaukee Health Department opted NOT to revise the current public health order on Friday, April 16 despite the fact that the city's rate of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.

Long-term care facilities across Pennsylvania will be able to vaccinate new residents and staff through efforts announced Thursday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The new program resumes what the CDCs Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program started shortly after COVID-19 vaccine was first released in December. For the past month or so, facilities have had to make their own arrangements to vaccinate new residents and staff, said Keara Klinepeter, executive deputy secre...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Walgreens Now Administering COVID-19 Vaccinations in 49 States, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico April 12, 2021 GMT DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 12, 2021-- Walgreens is now administering COVID-19 vaccines at a majority of its stores in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, as the company continues to play an integral role in the nation’s vaccination and pandemic response efforts. With...

On Monday, the state's congressional delegation met at Wilmington Hospital to take note of the American Plan Rescue Act's allocation of $16 million for Delaware coronavirus vaccinations. The act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The $16 million is part of $93 billion in funding for va