St. Louis County names Dr. Faisal Kahn health department director Sam Clancy
The St. Louis County Health Department will be led by a familiar face.
Dr. Faisal Kahn, who led the department from 2010-2018, has agreed to return for a second stint as health director, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
“We are excited that Dr. Khan has agreed to come back to St. Louis County and bring his expertise and experience during this public health crisis,” said Dr. Page. “The Department of Public Health under the leadership of Spring Schmidt and Dr. Doucette has done a remarkable job and Spring and Emily’s continued oversight of the COVID-19 response is critical and appreciated.”
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Jefferson County Health Department cancels COVID-19 vaccine event Tuesday due to severe weather
An alert from the health department said anyone with an appointment for the event will have their appointment rescheduled for the same time next Tuesday, Feb. 23 Author: Sam Clancy Updated: 9:33 PM CST February 15, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. The Jefferson County Health Department canceled a COVID-19 vaccine event scheduled for Tuesday due to the severe weather.
An alert from the health department said anyone with an appointment for the event will have their appointment rescheduled for the same time next Tuesday, Feb. 23.
If you had an appointment and will not be able to make it to an appointment for the same time the next week, you are asked to send an email to director@jeffcohealth.org to set up a new appointment.
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Montgomery: New statistics indicate a disproportionately small number of Black people are getting vaccinations against the coronavirus, a trend the state’s top health official said Friday shows the need to increase immunization efforts in the minority community. While demographic data compiled by the state has big gaps, with the race of tens of thousands of vaccine recipients not reported, Dr. Scott Harris said the numbers that are available show about 55% of vaccines have gone to white people so far compared to about 11% for Blacks. By comparison, Alabama’s population is about 27% Black, census figures show. Factors including hesitancy to accept the vaccine and the demographic makeup of groups that were allowed to receive vaccines during the earliest rounds could help account for the difference, Harris said.