Updated: 5:25 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 A Wisconsin advisory committee added groups like teachers, grocery store workers and inmates to the list of those eligible to now receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinBut many residents with serious medical conditions have still been left out.The state s vaccine advisory group said some tough calls had to be made and even with that, nearly half of the state s population will be eligible for the vaccine in these first two phases.Phase 1B begins Monday.A 19-member statewide panel had the tough job of deciding who is in it. The state added this week residents age 65 and older. Beyond that, the category included a large segment that had been pressing for inclusion farmers and meat processors. They re close to the public, the public doesn t always follow social distancing or masking expectations, the workers have little or no control over their working environment, they re often in low paying jobs and the
DAVID WAHLBERG
Wisconsin might open COVID-19 vaccination to people 70 and older and limited groups of essential workers once most health care workers and nursing home residents are immunized, according to discussion by a state committee Friday.
The groupâs deliberations about who should get the vaccine next came as Gov. Tony Evers and seven other Democratic governors asked federal health officials to release more doses of COVID-19 vaccine. President-elect Joe Biden said he would stop holding back second doses for people who have received one, as the Trump administration has done.
âThe failure to distribute these doses to states who request them is unconscionable and unacceptable,â the governors wrote in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
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IMAGE: Entomology professor Brian Allan and his colleagues built a model that can accurately predict future occurrences of black-legged ticks in the Midwest. view more
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking the arrival of black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, in hundreds of counties across 10 Midwestern states. They used these data - along with an analysis of county-level landscape features associated with the spread of ticks - to build a model that can predict where ticks are likely to appear in future years.
Black-legged ticks can carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, an infection that can affect the nervous system, heart and joints. The new model will help local authorities prepare for the onset of Lyme disease in their counties before the first cases appear, researchers say. They report their findings in the