By Mike Leischner
Apr 28, 2021 | 11:04 AM
MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) Officials with Marshfield Clinic have announced they will once again issue the single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, commonly known as the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, following a nationwide pause on the shot two weeks ago.
According to a press release, the vaccine will be issued at a limited number of sites in the Marshfield Clinic Health System. The release did not specify which sites those would be.
The vaccine will now come with a warning against a rare form of blood clots known as TTS. Six women in the US reported the syndrome, which comes with a rare combination of clotting and low platelet counts.
STEVENS POINT – Online learning will end for most Stevens Point students in May.
The Stevens Point Area Public School District will return to in-person classes five days a week at all schools and grade levels starting May 17, Superintendent Craig Gerlach said during Monday s School Board meeting.
The small subset of students choosing to attend school through the district s online learning center will continue to do so for the rest of the year. Children in the district s early childhood and 4-year-old kindergarten will continue their schedule of two days of in-person classes.
Stevens Point public school students haven t been physically in classrooms five days a week since March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced closures across the country. Since then, the district went from all online classes last spring to a mix of in-person and online classes last fall. The district shifted middle school and high school students to four-day in-person classes earlier this month, noting
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The teams arrived Dec. 5 at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield and Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam, and began working Dec. 6. The teams are comprised of physicians, registered nurses, paramedics and advance practice clinicians. DMAT personnel deploy for up to 14 days. After 14 days, the state may submit a request for additional support, if needed.
“The staff at our Marshfield and Beaver Dam hospitals have worked tirelessly the past two months as COVID-19 surged in our communities. They need a break,” said Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Dr. Susan Turney in a news release. “Beaver Dam remains one of the nation’s hotspots for COVID-19 and we needed the additional support. We app