Des Moines Register
The Iowa Department of Public Health website, which aims to help Iowans find scarce coronavirus vaccine, reported this week that eight rural counties had no sites offering the shots but county officials said that is not true.
The Iowa Department of Public Health s vaccination dashboard showed no vaccination providers in Allamakee, Chickasaw, Hancock, Keokuk, Mitchell, Monona, Sac, and Van Buren counties.
But public health agencies in all of those counties told the Des Moines Register they have been offering shots to seniors and other eligible Iowans this month, either at the health departments or through local pharmacies and clinics. They said they were unsure why the state listed them as not having any availability.
DJFS promotions approved by commissioners
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
POMEROY The promotion of five employees at the Meigs County Department of Job and Family Services was approved by the commissioners during last week’s regular meeting.
Meigs County DJFS Director Chris Shank presented the commissioners with a resolution to approve the promotions of the following personnel: Theresa Lavender to Deputy Director of Programs and Public Transportation; Vincent Reiber to Deputy Director of Finance and Human Resources; Terri Ingels to Social Services Administrator; Julie Scherfel to Public Assistance Administrator; and Bridget Gilmore to Public Transportation Supervisor.
The promotions come after amendments were made to the agency’s personnel policy manual earlier this year which created the new positions.
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Almost a year into the pandemic, supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her N95 for several shifts while her hospital buckles, patients suffer and folks nearby socialize maskless as if the pandemic were already over.
Nurse Kristen Cline was working a 12-hour shift in October at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when a code blue rang through the halls. A patient in an isolation room was dying of a coronavirus that had raged for eight months across the country before it made the state the brightest red dot in a nation of hot spots.
This article originally appeared on ProPublica.
Nurse Kristen Cline was working a 12-hour shift in October at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when a code blue rang through the halls. A patient in an isolation room was dying of a coronavirus that had raged for eight months across the country before it made the state the brightest red dot in a nation of hot spots.
Cline knew she needed to protect herself before entering the room, where a second COVID-19 patient was trembling under the covers, sobbing. She reached for the crinkled and dirty N95 mask she had reused for days.