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A lack of trust among rural Pennsylvanians and a lack of vaccine resources were the main topics of a virtual hearing Wednesday morning on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Organized by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, participants included state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, center chairman; state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine; Steven Johnson, president and CEO of UPMC Susquehanna; Dr. George Garrow, chief medical officer, Primary Health Network in Sharon; and Dr. Cary Funk, director of science and society research at the Pew Research Center.
Trust in science is low in the rural areas of the state with 25 percent of people in the Williamsport area and 30 percent in Lock Haven not willing to learn about or receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Johnson.
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Subscriber only FREE reusable cloth masks are now available at tourist hubs for visitors coming to the Northern Rivers and residents. Healthy North Coast has delivered reusable cloth masks to tourist hubs, including the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport and the Byron Visitor Information Centre, in 80 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Healthy North Coast - the organisation that delivers the Federal Government s Primary Health Network program on the North Coast - is distributing the supplies. Mask display stands were donated by Terry White Chemmart Ballina. Healthy North Coast CEO Julie Sturgess said NSW Health strongly encouraged everyone to wear a mask in situations where it is difficult to maintain physical distancing, particularly in indoor settings such as planes, public transport and supermarkets.
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Jamestown school district held a vigil to remember the life of 18-year-old high school student Darian Keyser, who died on Feb. 17.
Jan. 2 â Closing the recidivism pipeline:Â An $800,000 grant given to West Central Workforce Development to assist 140 students age 18-24 in Mercer and Lawrence counties to transition from the judicial system to the workforce.
Jan. 4 â âA great dayâ:Â Common Pleas Court of Mercer County swear in two new judges. Tedd Nesbit and Ronald Amrhein, elected the previous November, fill seats that have been vacant since January 2018.
Jan. 5 â âThe communityâs projectâ: Shane Nugent is named as capital campaign chairman for the Shenango Valley Animal Shelterâs fundraising efforts to build a new center.
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Media release from WellSouth, Southern Health and the Southern DHB
Tuesday 15 December 2020, 10:58 AM
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Over 53,000 more patients in the Southern region are set to benefit from the Southern Health Care Home programme, as 10 new general practices sign on. They will join the 115,000 patients and 14 practices already in Health Care Home.
Aurora Health Centre in Dunedin and Central Medical Oamaru, along with the Invercargill practices Catherine Street Medical Centre, He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, and South City Medical Centre, started the programme in November. A further five practices – Dunedin North Medical Centre, Dunedin South Medical Centre, Dunedin Health Centre (formerly Caversham) Mosgiel Health Centre, and Fiordland Medical Practice – will begin in March.