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JOAN DECLARK, LEFT, a registered nurse at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, administers the hospitalâs first COVID-19 vaccine to Pamela Faccio of Norway, dayshift charge nurse in the Intensive Care Unit. Faccio volunteered to become the first person on staff to receive the vaccine. More than 30 people were vaccinated Dec. 17 for the first priority phase. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
The pandemic wasn’t the only news story of 2020 but it did affect most everything.
Entering 2021, the community could only hope that vaccines, preventative measures and the passage of time would quiet the scourge.
Locally, COVID-19 was patient. In Dickinson County, data from early October showed fewer than 200 cases and just two deaths related to the virus.
IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Healthcare has added Dr. Maria Duroseau to its pediatric team.
Duroseau joins Dr. Alexis Whaley; Dr. Michael Carpenter; Christine Borgstrom, FNP; and Vanessa Mitchell, PA-C; to form one of the Upper Peninsula’s largest pediatric specialty teams.
“Our commitment for caring for children of the community is stronger than ever with the addition of Dr. Duroseau,” said Chuck Nelson, DCH CEO.
Duroseau formerly was at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside, Calif. She is board-certified in pediatrics and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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ESCANABA As vaccinations against the virus responsible for COVID-19 continue across the nation, the state has issued some additional information about distribution in Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.
Across Michigan, 278,275 vaccine doses have been shipped to local health departments, hospitals and tribal health centers as of Monday. Of those doses, 192,075 were for the Pfizer vaccine and 86,200 were for the vaccine produced by Morderna.
Both vaccines have shown high levels off effectiveness agains the vaccine, but the Pfizer vaccine which was given emergency approval by the FDA weeks before the Moderna vaccine was requires specialized refrigeration equipment to store at ultra-cold temperatures. Vaccine providers that are not equipped to store the Pfizer vaccine will only be eligible to receive the Moderna vaccine.