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Northport pharmacy helping to vaccinate thousands of nursing home residents, workers Getting vaccinations to Alabama nursing homes By Morgan Hightower | December 17, 2020 at 7:19 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 7:43 PM NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) - The process to start vaccinating thousands of people who live and work in nursing homes starts on a loading dock in Northport. “We expect in the next few days, FedEx will back their truck in and deliver our 32,000 doses of the vaccine,” said Dr. Carrie Kreps, Consultant Pharmacist, Senior Care Pharmacy. Senior Care Pharmacy is part of the Pharm...

mikekben@grinnell.edu A select few residents of Poweshiek County will be receiving doses of the new Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year. In addition to healthcare workers at Grinnell Regional Medical Center, residents of the retirement communities around Poweshiek County will be among the first to be vaccinated. The news comes as the United States embarks on a nationwide race to deliver vaccines to more than 300 million people as quickly as possible. Throughout Iowa, as in Poweshiek County, the first doses of vaccines will be given to health care personnel and resi...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Silver Lake Center, Affiliated with Genesis HealthCare, Among the First Long-Term Care ... Genesis Administrative Services LLCDecember 17, 2020 GMT KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Genesis HealthCare (NYSE:GEN) (Genesis or the Company) affiliated nursing home today became one of the first long-term care facilities in the U.S. to vaccinate frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19. Genesis HealthCare is one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute care. An event, ...

Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:11pm Gov. Greg Abbott said he has not yet gotten the vaccine but will “at the appropriate time." KAREN BROOKS HARPER | The Texas Tribune Thursday, December 17, 2020 Texans can expect to see “widespread distribution” of COVID-19 vaccines by March to recipients beyond the front-line health care workers who are currently receiving them, including teachers and senior citizens, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday. “There will be multiple vaccines available to us by the time we get to March, and we’ll be providing far more doses of vaccines than what we curre...

COVID-19 Bulletin (12/17/20) Dallas County sets a record for new COVID-19 cases, with more than 2,400 new cases on Wednesday. By Will Maddox Published in Healthcare Business December 16, 2020 5:53 pm Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reported 2,438 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 12 deaths. He encouraged Dallas residents to stay home when they can. “Holiday shopping for both food and gifts can be done online or over the phone with curbside or at-home delivery. Although this requires a little more planning, it will be well worth it in keeping you, your family, your community and ultim...