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Updated 4 pm The federal government is releasing 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile this week for free distribution. However, it’s unclear where and when any will arrive on Martha’s Vineyard, which still has an Islandwide indoor mask mandate. The N95 masks are considered most effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19. […]
Leslie’s Pharmacy in Vineyard Haven announced on its Facebook page that it has officially become the Island’s first retail contract pharmacy for MassHealth’s Health Safety Net, a government program that pays for a portion of some health services for qualified uninsured or underinsured individuals. According to mass.gov, Health Safety Net is not insurance, and cannot […]
The Martha’s Vineyard boards of health and Island Health Care have created a new website to help track positive test results from at-home COVID tests. As at-home rapid COVID tests become more widely available, rapidtestmv.org helps track cases with an easy to use interface. “All individuals testing positive through at home test kits are asked […]
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Despite confronting spiking staffing costs while covid-19 hospitalizations climb, Allegheny Health Network’s leaders say they’re confident in the 14-hospital system’s ability to treat influxes in patients as the pandemic rages on. “We have capacity and we’ve got the equipment that we need,” AHN Chief Financial Officer James Rohrbaugh told the