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Tim Putnam runs a 25-bed hospital in rural southeastern Indiana that got hit hard by COVID-19. "We were slammed in March of 2020. We had more cases per capita in our region than, I believe, anywhere. We were equal to New York City," says Putnam, CEO of Margaret Mary Health. "We were just unlucky. We had a few people that were positive that went to large events in the region, and we started getting a lot of people coming in here." At the peak of the pandemic, Putnam's staff was caring for 40 inpatients. Considerations to relocate COVID-19 patients to stadiums or conference centers were dismi...

BATESVILLE — Batesville Mayor Mike Bettice gave his State of the City Address virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

El Cajon native named to Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force The White House and last updated 2021-02-10 14:38:22-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he has nominated El Cajon native Mayra Alvarez to serve on the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Alvarez is one of a dozen people nominated to serve as non-federal members of the task force, which was created to help ensure an equitable response to the pandemic, according to White House officials. For the past five years, Alvarez has been the president of The Children's Partnership, a nonprofit c...

Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government's target for 20 million vaccinations this month in

  >>  Reuters Published: 24 Dec 2020 08:07 AM BdST Updated: 24 Dec 2020 08:07 AM BdST A vial of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) used at The Reservoir nursing facility is shown in West Hartford, Connecticut, US, December 18, 2020. REUTERS Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in US hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government's target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt. "); } As of Wednesday morning, only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-t...