March 06 2021
Kate Brown said she got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to quell rumors and misinformation about the drug.
Gov. Kate Brown got her COVID-19 vaccination Saturday, March 6, at the Oregon Health and Science University Primary Care Clinic in Scappoose.
Dr. Joe Skariah gave Brown the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which was recently cleared for emergency use by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical panel. Oregon expects to get dozes of that vaccine along with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Brown said the state had vaccinated more than 1 million people and 20,000 doses each day.
In a statement released by Brown s office, the governor said she got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to quell rumors and misinformation about the drug. It was important to me to demonstrate today that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective, Brown said. Every week my office hears the question: If these vaccines are so safe, then why hasn t Kate Brown gotten one?
Officials: Hospital ‘trending in right direction’ Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 26, 2021
As long as the state’s Crisis Standards of Care Plan and the elements of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s pandemic-related public health orders which restrict surgeries and procedures that hospitals may perform to only those considered ※essential” are in effect, Gila Regional Medical Center’s patient volumes and revenue will remain ※soft,” hospital executives said during the monthly meeting of the Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board.
Grant County commissioners took over governance of the struggling, county-owned nonprofit hospital last May after a mass resignation left the seven-member Gila Regional Medical Center board of trustees whom commissioners historically appoint without a quorum. The current Governing Board is made up of all five commissioners, who met Thursday in the Co
Texoma Closing and Delays for February 15th and 16th 2021
The snow is causing some closings and delays throughout Texoma today. Please be careful if you have to be out today.
Some places have already announced they will also be closed tomorrow as well. With the temperature not getting above freezing and another round of snow in the forecast. Be prepared for more of these delays in the week. We will do our best to update this list throughout the day with more. All info taken from KAUZ.
UPDATED CLOSINGS AND DELAYS FOR FEBRUARY 26th
Texas School Delays and Closings
Archer City ISD Virtual learning on Tuesday, Feb. 16 and Wednesday, Feb. 17
Southern Seven Health Dept. warns of COVID-19 vaccine scams
S7HD reports of scams By Amber Ruch | February 8, 2021 at 2:39 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 5:47 PM
SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern Seven Health Department is warning the public of COVID-19 vaccine scams.
Staff say they have received calls from members of the public who are reporting these scams, which were previously seen nationwide but are now in southern Illinois.
âIt seems scammers and con artists are now preying on peopleâs fears surrounding COVID-19 and their desires to get vaccinated against this disease,â said Nathan Ryder, outreach coordinator for Southern Sevenâs Contact Tracing program.
JMH medical practices awarded Rural Health clinic status
JMH Primary Care Practices primary care offices in Hornell, Wellsville, Belvidere, and Bolivar have been certified RHC
The Wellsville Daily Reporter
WELLSVILLE The Rural Health Clinic program was established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in 1977 to increase access to primary care services in rural, underserved communities.
After two years of intense effort, the Jones Memorial Primary Care Practices primary care offices in Hornell, Wellsville, Belvidere, and Bolivar have been certified RHC.
“Rural Health Clinic status is another way of ensuring that the quality services provided by our primary care practices meet RHC guidelines,” explained Michele McMorris, Jones Memorial Medical Practices Director of Operations. “The practice management team has been focused on this goal since early in 2019. With RHC status, our patients will continue to have access to the care they need, close to home.”