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A critical-care nurse in New York was the first person in the U.S. to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but the question of who else should be among the first to receive the vaccine is still being sorted out.
Earlier this month, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a body of experts that provides guidance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on vaccine issues, recommended that health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be provided the vaccine in its initial phase of distribution.Â
The panel offered a broad definition of health-care worker that includes roughly 21 million people working in a range of settings and functions. But there are likely to be far fewer than necessary doses to vaccinate all 21 million health care workers in the initial shipments.Â
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week highlights options for aging drivers By Bethany Davis | December 10, 2020 at 5:43 AM CST - Updated December 10 at 9:55 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Older Driver Safety Awareness Week is an important week to highlight the role of transportation and mobility in keeping older adults active in their communities.
One of the toughest decisions we’ll have to make is deciding when to move out of the driver’s seat and into the passenger’s seat. That’s why the American Occupational Therapy Association created Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, to help us, as we age, make the right choices.