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Tim Putnam runs a 25-bed hospital in rural southeastern Indiana that got hit hard by COVID-19. "We were slammed in March of 2020. We had more cases per capita in our region than, I believe, anywhere. We were equal to New York City," says Putnam, CEO of Margaret Mary Health. "We were just unlucky. We had a few people that were positive that went to large events in the region, and we started getting a lot of people coming in here." At the peak of the pandemic, Putnams staff was caring for 40 in...

BATESVILLE — Batesville Mayor Mike Bettice gave his State of the City Address virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

El Cajon native named to Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force The White House and last updated 2021-02-10 14:38:22-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he has nominated El Cajon native Mayra Alvarez to serve on the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Alvarez is one of a dozen people nominated to serve as non-federal members of the task force, which was created to help ensure an equitable response to the pandemic, according to White House officials. ...

Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the governments target for 20 million vaccinations this month in

  >>  Reuters Published: 24 Dec 2020 08:07 AM BdST Updated: 24 Dec 2020 08:07 AM BdST A vial of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) used at The Reservoir nursing facility is shown in West Hartford, Connecticut, US, December 18, 2020. REUTERS Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in US hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the governments target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt. "); } As of Wednesda...

5-MIN READ Millions of Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Remain Unused in US, Putting 2020 Goal in Doubt Reuters senior correspondent Aislinn Laing gives a blood sample at a medical facility before receiving a dose of vaccine or placebo of Johnson & Johnsons COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at Colina area, Santiago, Chile, November 20, 2020. Picture taken November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado As of Wednesday morning, only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-...

Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sitting unused, putting 2020 goal in doubt Dec. 24, 2020 05:44 am JST Jan. 24 | 12:07 am JST WASHINGTON The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below. © Thomson Reuters 2020. ©2021 GPlusMedia Inc. Dec. 24, 2020 06:56 am JST The Trump administration promised to vaccinate 20 million by the end of the year while providing little fun...

MMH To Administer First COVID-19 Vaccinations For Frontline Healthcare Workers By Margaret Mary Health, news release Phase one individuals include all healthcare workers, with MMH specifically serving those living in Ripley, Franklin, Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland counties.  (Batesville, Ind.) - Margaret Mary Health (MMH) has been working diligently with the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) over the last several weeks, preparing to administer p...

Theyre not just treating Covid, rural-area doctors are fighting vaccine distrust Phil McCausland © Provided by NBC News On Thursday night, Dr. Thomas Huth, vice president of medical affairs for Reid Health in Richmond, Indiana, plans to become the first person to receive a coronavirus vaccine shot at his rural hospital, which will be one of the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the country. His decision comes with two goals: to prevent potentially spreading the virus to h...

Stephanie Kelly, Lisa Baertlein, Carl O’Donnell 5 分钟阅读 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (Reuters) - As health officials from rural areas prepare to vaccinate people scattered over thousands of miles in what could be the most complex such campaign in U.S. history, they face the additional challenge of finding enough dry ice to keep a Pfizer vaccine that must be stored at sub Arctic temperatures from spoiling. The vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE could be author...