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The Democrats cited that more than 80 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in the country so far having occurred among those 65 or older, according to CDC data. The impact on the older population influenced a CDC advisory committee to recommend that seniors be prioritized in getting the vaccine.
But many seniors do not have broadband access or use the internet often, leaving them at a disadvantage when trying to get their vaccine appointments. The senators accuse the current appointment systems of “exposing a critical generational digital divide that threatens to limit access to vaccines for some of the most vulnerable populations.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending its zero tolerance policy for bad behavior on flights as officials review hundreds of cases involving unruly passengers, including many who refused t
Newest Nevada vaccine group can self-report health condition
March 16, 2021
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LAS VEGAS (AP) People age 55 and older can self-report to their pharmacist any underlying health conditions that make them eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, Nevada health officials said.
As eligibility has broadened in the statewide coronavirus inoculation process, deaths from COVID-19 have fallen to an average of about four per day, state biostatistician Kyra Morgan told a statewide panel on Tuesday. Average deaths during the pandemic peaked at 40 per day in mid-January.
Morgan did not tie vaccinations to recent data showing fewer hospitalizations and deaths.
But “this is really about the best we’ve seen since the beginning of the pandemic,” she told Nevada COVID-19 Task Force members.
Maine s 1st dental therapist intends to press for expansion
March 16, 2021
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) The state’s first dental therapist has been licensed. And she hopes she ll have more company in the coming months and years, boosting access to dental care in a rural underserved state.
Dental therapists, likened to a nursing practitioner or physician s assistant, are recognized in 13 state and two territories. Claire Roesler became the first one licensed in Maine on Friday.
Roesler, 26, came from the Midwest to take a job in Bangor knowing that she can play a role as an advocate for expanding the concept. That was a huge draw of coming to Maine. I love advocating for dental therapy. So an opportunity to try something new and to take the movement to the East Coast it’s a humbling opportunity, said Roesler, who works at a clinic in Bangor operated by Penobscot Community Health Care.