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ANGOLA â When vaccines against COVID-19 opened up for people ages 16 and older in April, McKenna Powers knew she wouldnât have that long to wait to get her shot; her birthday is in the last week in May.
After federal and state health authorities recently approved the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for youths 12-15, McKenna was ready to go.
Consequently, McKenna got her first dose on Tuesday, the first day the new vaccine clinic was open in the Steuben Community Center at age 15. When she gets her second shot in three weeks, sheâll be 16.
âI was waiting to get my vaccine then they dropped the age,â McKenna said as she waited for her turn with nurse Judy Thrasher of the Steuben County Health Department, who was administering the Pfizer vaccine in one of the three booths set up for shots.
ANGOLA — Now that the Steuben County Health Department is moving its COVID-19 vaccine clinic to the Steuben Community Center, it might also start providing vaccines in mobile situations.
ANGOLA â As the Steuben County Health Department gears up to open a new COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Steuben Community Center, interest is growing already from parents wanting to inoculate their children, Health Department Administrator Alicia Walsh says.
Just this week the federal government approved people 12-15 to start getting vaccinated, joining those 16-18 that had weeks earlier been approved.
Indiana State Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver said on Wednesday that parents can start signing up their 12- to 15-year-olds for vaccines as of 8 a.m. Thursday.
Walsh said sheâs starting to get inquiries from parents about getting their children vaccinated.
ANGOLA â On May 7, Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in partnership with the Rural Health Innovation Collaborative and the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Project, conducted a sepsis and code blue training simulation for staff as part of a grant-funded education initiative.
Members from the Rural Health Innovation Collaborative simulation team offered a session at 8 a.m. and all Cameron Hospital respiratory therapists and house supervisors as well as registered nurses and patient care technicians who work in the emergency and medical-surgical departments were invited to participate.
The training utilized state-of-the-art, high-fidelity simulators and trained actors to immerse participants in scenarios that replicated real-life situations and reflected the hospitalâs current sepsis protocols and procedures. Funding for the training was provided by Small Rural Hospital Improvement Project in partnership with the Indiana Hospital Association and the Indiana Department of