Excela vaccine clinic open to all
Excela Health has opened its COVID-19 vaccine clinic to all area residents 18 and older. The clinic is giving the two-dose Moderna vaccine.
Individuals may register online via the Excela Health web site, ExcelaHealth.org, or call 724-689-1690 between 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday.
The clinic is located at 8885 Norwin Ave., North Huntingdon.
Same-day vaccine appointments
Brownsville Family Pharmacy, 27 Market St., has received shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Same-day appointments are most often available. To set up an appointment, call 724-785-7095 and leave a message for a call-back. Vaccinations will be available Monday through Friday.
School of Pharmacy Volunteers Help Vaccinate Underserved Communities in Vaccine Equity Effort 2021 PharmD students Janvi Shah (left) and Kathryn Freitag (right) give the COVID-19 vaccine to a couple at the vaccine clinic held at the McKenzie Family Boys & Girls Club in Sun Prairie. Photo by Paul L. Newby II 18 May
The School of Pharmacy, Fitchburg Family Pharmacy, and the Boys and Girls Club partner to increase COVID-19 vaccine access and address hesitancy among BIPOC communities
By Katie Ginder-Vogel
As pharmacists and healthcare providers rallied to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the race to vaccinate the public opened a different battlefront addressing vaccine equity. Although people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, these communities of color have lower rates of vaccination. In Wisconsin, the COVID-19 vaccination rate for Black patients is about half the rate of white patients.
MADISON, Wis. Even though on Monday the FDA gave its approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used for kids 12-15-years-old, we’re still waiting for the green light from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After that approval, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services also needs to give the go ahead before Wisconsinites 12-15 can start getting immunized. Both of these approvals could come as early as Wednesday.
Until then, vaccinators are doing things a little differently in terms of scheduling that age group.
Fitchburg Family Pharmacy has been scheduling 12-15-year-olds since last week, assuming the approvals would come before this Thursday. The pharmacy has well over 1,500 kids already signed up for four remote clinics in Verona, Middleton and Fitchburg next week.
By Amanda Quintana
May 11, 2021 | 6:33 PM
MADISON, Wis. â Even though on Monday the FDA gave itâs approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used for kids 12-15-years-old, weâre still waiting for the green light from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After that approval, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services also needs to give the go ahead before Wisconsinites 12-15 can start getting immunized. Both of these approvals could come as early as Wednesday.
Until then, vaccinators are doing things a little differently in terms of scheduling that age group.
Fayette vaccine clinic appointment information
Fayette County’s vaccine task force continues to accept appointment requests for all residents via the county registry at fayettecountypa.org, or by calling 724-430-3900.
Registrants will receive vaccine through one of the countyâs clinics or through a partnering pharmacy provider. The county has also started working with EMS to vaccinate homebound individuals.
Excela vaccine clinic open to all
Excela Health has opened its COVID-19 vaccine clinic to all area residents 18 and older. The clinic is giving the two-dose Moderna vaccine.
Individuals may register online via the Excela Health web site, ExcelaHealth.org, or call 724-689-1690 between 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday.