Jakob Milani
jmilani@murraystate.edu
Colleges across the commonwealth of Kentucky have been attempting to make the college experience safe as the 2020-21 school year has gone on and Murray State has been able to do so, registering the third lowest number of positive cases among the eight public institutions of higher education in the 2021 spring semester.
For schools like Murray State, COVID-19 cases have been down during the spring semester compared to the fall semester. A look into each university’s COVID-19 case count on their respective websites show just that.
Murray State has had 99 positive cases, making for a total of 576 positive cases this school year. Kentucky State University reported the fewest positive cases so far, with 31 cases in the spring semester.
What to know about the distribution pause of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Staff report
The CDC and FDA halted the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, April 13, in order to review six reported cases of a rare and severe side effect that has resulted in at least one death.
More than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to the CDC. That makes the possibility of suffering from the rare side effect, a blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, less than one in one million.
Six women between the ages of 18 and 48 developed symptoms six to 13 days after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the CDC.
Nursing department helps run CFSB Center as regional vaccination site
Posted By: News Editor
March 4, 2021
Ben Overby
boverby2@murraystate.edu
Faculty and students in Murray State’s nursing program have been on the frontlines of the regional COVID-19 vaccination efforts at the CFSB Center.
Nursing students and faculty assisted in treating and monitoring patients during the three regional vaccination days that have taken place on campus.
Dina Byers, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions assisted the Calloway County Health Department and the Murray-Calloway County Hospital in the planning and implementation of the regional vaccination site.
Nursing students Madi Williams and Samantha McClure help administer the COVID-19. (Sam Stewart/The News)
Faculty and staff begin vaccinations
Posted By: News Editor
March 4, 2021
Gage Johnson
gjohnson17@murraystate.edu
Kentucky entered into Phase 1C on Monday, March 1, which allowed all Murray State faculty and staff who want to get the COVID-19 vaccine the opportunity to roll up their sleeves.
It couldn’t come soon enough for Stephanie Anderson, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications and faculty adviser for
The News.
“I was hoping that postsecondary educators would fall into the 1B phase as K-12 teachers did but that wasn’t the case,” Anderson said. “I have not seen my family but once in the last year and my 15-month-old son is missing out on those precious moments with his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.”
Credit https://govstatus.egov.com/ky-covid-vaccine
Following is a list of COVID-19 vaccination sites designated by the state of Kentucky and the federal government. Kentucky is currently in phase 1C of its vaccination distribution plan.
Residents who qualify to get the COVID-19 vaccine are all essential workers, people over who are age 60 or older, and anyone over the age of 16 with Center for Disease Control highest risk C19 condition.
Kentucky defines essential workers as: anyone working in food & agriculture, manufacturing, U.S. Postal service workers, public transit workers, grocery store workers, transportation and logistics, food service shelter & housing (construction), finance, IT & communication, energy, media, legal, public safety (engineers), water & wastewater and clergy.