Carroll County Public Health will be hosting another vaccination event on Friday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the former Edge 2 store in the Westgate Mall. For those who received their first Moderna vaccination on April 14, this will be the scheduled date for the second (booster) dose. Walk-ins for the Moderna vaccine will also be welcome during this time period. There is a select number of the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine available, but Public Health is requesting that those interested in receiving it reserve a time by using the link included below. They will take walk-ins only if there are doses still available. There is no charge for the COVID-19 vaccine, however, the cost for administration will be billed to your insurance provider, Medicare or Medicaid. The patient will not be billed. Those receiving a vaccination will need to bring those cards as well as an ID with them to the vaccination clinic. More detailed information on the vaccine and excerpts from the re
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A Carroll woman was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges following a reported disturbance. Officers with the Carroll Police Department were dispatched to a residence.
He also talked with a different patient who had been infected with COVID-19 prior to getting the first vaccination. They reported getting quite ill with that first dose and were hesitant to get the second because they fear it will be worse.
He says generally patients are able to get through the adverse side effects with acetaminophen. There is, however, a specific timeline for getting that second dose. Typically, patients are called back after three weeks with the Pfizer vaccine and four weeks with Moderna. These timelines can be pushed to about six weeks before the patient will have to start over at step one. Topics such as these, an in-depth discussion on herd immunity and more will be presented in the pre-recorded town hall that can be accessed by following the link included below. The full interview with Dr. Ulveling can also be found here.
Physicians from the St. Anthony and McFarland Clinics along with staff from Carroll County Public Health will be recording a joint educational discussion to provide the latest information on vaccinations, statistics and long-term health issues for some who had COVID. St. Anthony Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kyle Ulveling, will moderate the discussion and be joined on the panel by Dr. John Evans of the McFarland Clinic, Dr. Mark Collison with the St. Anthony Clinic and RN, BSNs with Carroll County Public Health, Director Nicole Schwering and Sara Schulte. The group will present the current COVID statistics and will not only answer some of the most frequently asked questions on safety concerns and herd immunity they will also discuss shared goals for the future and introduce two COVID-19 patients who continue to have symptoms long after their acute infections. This will not be a live event, but will be prerecorded and then distributed through media outlets, on the medical websites and th
Carroll County Public Health and St. Anthony Regional Hospital will be hosting a Johnson and Johnson vaccination clinic next week. The single dose vaccine will be administered at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in the corridor outside the first-floor lab on Wednesday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. They have been allocated 100 doses and those interested in getting vaccinated are asked to register for an appointment time by following the link included below. Those without access to the internet can call the COVID helpline at 794-5835. More information is available on the Carroll County Public Health Facebook page, a link to which is also included here.