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Hundreds get second vaccine shot in the nick of time in Lackawanna County

Local students in health care help during pandemic

Local students studying for careers in health care are finding themselves on the front lines of the pandemic before they even have a degree. University of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students are joining their peers around the region to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. “A lot of us 100% wanted to help the second we could,” said Katherine Snyder, a fourth-year medical school student from Dallas. “We wanted to be involved in whatever way we could. We want to serve our community, we want to serve the patients who are at risk.” Since January, medical and nursing students, under the supervision of their professors and licensed professionals, have been volunteering to give COVID-19 vaccines at nursing homes and at vaccine clinics around the region. University of Scranton students helped vaccinate those in the 1A category at the Throop Civic Center last month; medical school students administered vaccines to Geisinger health care work

Chance of significant snow; review of election laws; more: Good Morning, Pennsylvania

Chance of significant snow; review of election laws; more: Good Morning, Pennsylvania Updated Jan 22, 2021; Weather Photo of the day A snowy owl, rarely seen in central Pennsylvania, relaxes in a farmer s field in Cumberland County this week. Photo by Joe Hermitt, PennLive.com. Today’s talkers Snow days: There’s a good chance central Pa. will see a couple inches of snow (or more) and ice starting Monday. Read more. Out of jail: The 22-year-old woman accused stealing a laptop belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Capitol riot will be released to the custody of her mother in Dauphin County. Read more.

Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials warnings

Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials warnings MICHELLE R. SMITH and CANDICE CHOI © Christopher Dolan University of Scranton nursing student Glen Johnson administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a medical professional during a clinic at the Throop Civic Center in Throop, Pa. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. The Lackawanna County Medical Society had about 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine on hand to administer to people in Pennsylvania s Phase 1A group of the vaccine rollout plan, which is limited to healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Public health officials sounded the alarm for months, complaining that they did not have enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is proving them right.

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