Middleton Outreach Ministry hosting pop-up vaccine clinic next week
April 29, 2021 6:44 PM Stephen Cohn
ERFURT, GERMANY - APRIL 08: Medical Staff prepares a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination center at the Messe trade fair grounds during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2021 in Erfurt, Germany. German authorities are expecting a strong increase in the volume of inoculations in April as vaccine supplies stabilize. Germany began vaccinations in late December and authorities predict as many vaccine doses to arrive in April as in the three months before. So far about 13% of people in Germany have received a first dose. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
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MADISON, Wis. Vaccinators in Wisconsin are getting ready to start administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again after federal regulators lifted a pause on it late last week.
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Boys & Girls club hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend
April 28, 2021 11:00 AM Logan Rude
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FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York.
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend to increase access to the vaccine within local communities.
The clinic will run Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Northport Community Learning Center located at 1740 Northport Dr. in Madison. The Boys & Girls Club is hosting the clinic with help from Fitchburg Family Pharmacy and the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy.
MADISON, Wis. On Friday, the FDA and CDC halted the pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, telling vaccinators they can resume using the shot.
Nearby states such as Indiana and Michigan have started using the shots again, but Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services hasn’t given the all-clear yet.
Still, a pharmacy in Milwaukee decided to move forward this weekend, but many others are waiting on word from the state.
In their last press release about Johnson & Johnson, DHS said vaccinators “should hold on to the vaccine until federal review has been completed.” Technically, that happened on Friday.