Passavant, others suspend J&J vaccine use
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree
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Memorial Health System affiliates, including Passavant Area Hospital, are suspending use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations while rare side effects are investigated.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration are looking into reports of severe blood clots that have occurred six to 13 days after vaccination. Six such cases one resulting in death have been reported, all in women 18 to 48 years old.
The FDA said the “pause” in the vaccine’s use was expected to last a few days.
Vaccine clinics scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Passavant Area Hospital will continue as scheduled, using the Moderna vaccine.
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By Gary Scott on April 9, 2021 at 9:58am
Passavant Area Hospital officials are reporting great returns on a program to target asthma among children in Jacksonville.
It’s part of Healthy Jacksonville, and was funded through a couple of grants from the hospital association and Blue Cross-Blue Shield.
Passavant CEO Dr. Scott Boston says the program accounted for a 56-percent decrease in pediatric asthma cases in the emergency room at Passavant.
Asthma diagnoses are five times as common for black children, and they represent one third of the hospital’s pediatric asthma ED patients.
Dr. Boston says though 12-percent of Jacksonville residents are black, 36-percent of the program participants are black.
Winchester man on mend after nearly tragic 15-foot fall
Rochelle Eiselt, Journal-Courier
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WINCHESTER A Winchester man is recovering after falling 15 feet off a ladder while trimming tree limbs.
Mike Graham, 59, had been trimming a tree in his yard for a couple of days when he fell March 1, said his daughter, Mikka Graham, 27, of Winchester.
Mike Graham already had climbed to the top of the ladder that day, come down and climbed back up, Mikka Graham said.
“We’re thinking that his blood pressure got too high and his knees just completely buckled and then he fell off sideways and I was right there,” Mikka Graham said.
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 3, 2021 at 6:00am
18th District Congressman Darin LaHood and 13th District Representative Rodney Davis both urged Illinoisans to get the vaccine as they toured separate COVID Vaccination Distribution sites in Central Illinois this week.
The two GOP Congressmen representing central and west-central Illinois are urging constituents to get the vaccine. 18
th District Congressman Darin LaHood and 13
th District Representative Rodney Davis both toured COVID Vaccination Distribution sites in Central Illinois this week.
LaHood toured the Morgan County Vaccine Clinic at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville on Wednesday. Passavant CEO Dr. Scott Boston told the congressman during his tour that the biggest obstacle facing their efforts now is not so much vaccine availability, it’s vaccine hesitation.