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VSU becomes distribution center for COVID-19 vaccine February 10, 2021 1,933 Views On Feb. 3, VSU students and faculty received an email regarding the campus becoming a distribution center for the COVID-19 vaccine starting next week. However, this doesn’t mean the vaccine will immediately be available to students. Students may have noticed a survey immediately upon logging into MyVSU. The survey was created to determine and who does or doesn’t want to receive the vaccine. Phase 1A+ includes those apart of the health services staff, VSU police department, counseling center, community therapy, nursing faculty and students in a clinical setting, athletics medical staff and trainers and those 65 years of age and older. ....
Georgia House lawmakers want to shift more money into public health and nursing homes, saying the state needs to spend more in response to the coronavirus pandemic. House appropriations subcommittees on Tuesday made proposed changes to the current year's budget, a yearly ritual that's on a fast track in 2021 because ....
Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Public Health
Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2022 budget of $269.8 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health (DPH). The agency is also set to receive $13.7 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.4 million from the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund. In addition to these state funds, the proposed budget includes $396 million in federal funds. About 57 percent of the agency’s total budget comes from the federal government through programs such as Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANF). ....
UpdatedThu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:24 am ET Reply(1) The state health department suspended the Elberton medical center for vaccinating Elbert County school workers ineligible for first phase. (Montana Samuels/Patch) ATLANTA Georgia s health agency has suspended a medical provider from administering COVID-19 vaccinations after it allowed teachers to jump the line. The Medical Center of Elberton will be suspended from the state Department of Public Health s coronavirus vaccine program for six months for inoculating Elbert County School District teachers who are not included in Georgia s Phase 1A+ eligibility group, state officials said. Health department officials learned about the infraction on Tuesday, spokeswoman Nancy Nydam said in an email. ....
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