Local residents react to the recommended pause of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine
Memorial and Singing River Health System are both continuing with community vaccination events using only the Moderna or Pfizer two-dose vaccines.
On Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Health instructed a pause to physicians, clinics, and hospitals using the single-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine due to the concerns of blood clots.
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Now, Memorial Hospital is rescheduling patients who have already scheduled Johnson and Johnson vaccine appointments. Memorial Hospital Population Health Manager Rachel Walker said, “We were prepared for Johnson and Johnson. We found out yesterday that we were on pause. So, we had to contact our patients and let them know it would be Pfizer today.”
Mercy, Memorial Hospitals Partner with OneLegacy to Celebrate Donate Life Month in April
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(KERO) â Dignity Health Mercy and Memorial Hospitals, in partnership with OneLegacy, will join thousands of hospitals and community organizations around the U.S. in April to celebrate National Donate Life Month.
This celebration includes local, regional and national activities designed to help encourage people in the U.S. to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.
Activities throughout the month include:
Donate Life Run/Walk â Celebrating 19 years of inspiring local communities to Donate Life, the 2021 Donate Life Run/Walk is going virtual for the second time, to keep local communities safe while also engaging them to participate from their homes or local parks. Information on the walk may be obtained here.
St. Clair County has plenty of COVID vaccines, but not enough arms to inject them into
Belleville News-Democrat 2 days ago Kelsey Landis, Belleville News-Democrat
Apr. 1 St. Clair County has administered nearly 126,000 COVID-19 vaccines since mid-December, but the problem is no longer about the supply it s the demand, public health officials said Tuesday.
A lot of people still don t know that anyone over 16 who lives, works or attends school in Illinois is eligible. Or they don t know how to schedule an appointment, St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern said during a virtual town hall with local legislators and vaccination effort leaders. Only 20% of the population in St. Clair County has been fully vaccinated.
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Kern County Public Health released new COVID case numbers on Wednesday, reporting 134 new cases, bringing the total number of local cases to 103,756. Meanwhile, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living says COVID cases at nursing homes fell 82% since December of last year.
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Kern County Public Health released new COVID case numbers on Wednesday, reporting 134 new cases, bringing the total number of local cases to 103,756.
Public Health also reported that 13 more people have lost their lives to the coronavirus, increasing the total number of deaths to 915.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â The City of Bakersfield, in partnership with Dignity Health Bakersfield, will honor those healthcare workers who have been called to care during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Operation White Lights campaign.
Mayor Karen Goh, on behalf of the City of Bakersfield, will make a proclamation declaring Friday, January 15 âOperation White Lights Day,â and the city will light up the tree at Centennial Plaza in all white lights in support of the campaign.
âEveryone who works in health care has demonstrated unwavering courage in the face of this pandemic,â says Robin Mangarin-Scott, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Dignity Health Central California. âTheir strength and humanity is a light of hope for so many patients and families impacted by COVID-19. Operation White Lights is a way to lift up our healers and let them know the community cares about them.â