St. Luke’s University Health Network has made the commitment to dedicate weekly vaccine appointments to eligible educators at 78 schools in the region.
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St. Luke’s to give eligible teachers priority access to COVID vaccine
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
St. Luke s University Health Network has begun offering priority appointments to teachers eligible under Pennsylvania s Phase 1A vaccination plan. Freemansburg Elementary School teacher Sean Haas, Saucon Valley Elementary School teacher Kellie King and Easton Area High School teacher Richard Orner are shown after getting vaccinated.
“It’s like a sigh of relief,”Orner, who is also a track coach, said.Courtesy photo
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“We recognize that getting our schools back to ‘normal’ is a goal for every parent, teacher and child,” Trevor Micklos, St. Luke’s network vice president, said in a news release, “Our hope is that by working to vaccinate educators over the next several months, we can ensure that our kids will be ‘back to school’ as soon as possible.”
Man charged in fatal shooting after argument in apartment complex near Lehigh Valley
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
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An argument between two Monroe County men on Tuesday evening ended with gunfire and one of the men dead, Pocono Township police report.
Jamaine Wilkins, 48, of Coolbaugh Township, was arrested and is charged with homicide, police said in a news release.
Prince X. Brown, 38, of Coolbaugh, was shot twice and was pronounced dead at a St. Luke’s University Health Network facility in the Stroud Township, police said.
Officers were dispatched at 6:25 p.m. to the Swiftwater Luxury Apartments at 1940 Route 611 in Pocono Township where they found Brown, a news release said.
Frustration grows among seniors and caregivers over Ontario s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Vaccinating seniors is absolutely the right thing to do, and it s frankly long overdue, geriatrics doctor says.
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Vaccinating seniors is absolutely the right thing to do, and it s frankly long overdue : geriatrics doctor
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 23
Seniors living at home anxiously await COVID-19 vaccines
The National1 month ago
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Seniors who live independently, as well as their families and doctors, say they ve been overlooked in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as they anxiously wait to find out when it will be their turn to get a shot.7:32