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UnityPoint Health – Meriter starts vaccinating patients 65 and older
The health care provider said health care workers started vaccinating those patients on Thursday.
Wisconsin sets single-day record for vaccinations
Wisconsin health care workers set a record Thursday for the largest number of vaccinations in a 24 hour period.
Evers defend vaccine distribution as eligible group expands
The state Department of Health Services is considering a recommendation that teachers, grocery store workers, transit workers and others be added to the priority list.
45 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed as 7-day positivity rate remains largely unchanged
Nearly 2,200 Wisconsinites have been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the past 24 hours, according to state and local health authorities.
Mercyhealth already contacting people eligible for COVID vaccine
Mercyhealth says it is contacting patients aged 65 or older to schedule COVID-19 vaccinations starting next week.
Florida tries to cut down on 'vaccine tourism' after vaccinating tens of thousands from out-of-state
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state's Covid-19 vaccines should only be administered to residents who live in the state either part-time or full-time in an attempt to cut down on "vaccine tourism."
CDC forecasts up to 100,000 more Covid-19 deaths in the next few weeks
The nation reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths Wednesday, only the third day ever to cross that threshold, bringing the death toll to at least 406,001 people, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracking data.
Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start 'from scratch'
Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell CNN, posing a significant challenge for the new White House.
UW-Madison officials discuss new COVID testing requirements ahead of spring semester
Undergraduate students living in certain areas downtown will be required to be tested twice per week using a new saliva testing method, and access to university buildings will be restricted to those who can prove they are up-to-date on their tests and have not tested positive.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The United States' one-year coronavirus checkup
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We have entered the era of coronavirus anniversaries.
Grocery workers could be part of Phase 1B group for vaccine
The DHS Vaccine Committee has voted to include all K-12 teachers and staff, child welfare and social workers and food chain workers to the Phase 1B group. That includes grocery store workers who were not originally part of the plan.
119 more hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin; 7-day positivity rate drops to 22.9%
More than 100 people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past day, according to the state Department of Health Services.
State begins distributing, receiving at-home COVID-19 tests
Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Traci DeSalvo says more than 12,000 kits have been ordered and more than 1,600 have been returned as of last week.
'Disease doesn't go away instantly': Doctors, researchers explain when 'normal life' will return
After a year of masking and social distancing, nearly everyone is yearning for a sense of normalcy and science shows that might not be too far off.
Latinx Consortium reopens emergency relief fund
The Latinx Consortium for Action has reopened its COVID-19 emergency relief fund.