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Erie County Health Department announces another COVID-19 vaccine clinic for kids 5-11

November 7, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Appointments for the Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 clinics are full, but 400 appointments are available on Nov. 20. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Parents have been eager to get their kids vaccinated against COVID-19. On Thursday, the Erie County Health Department announced that all appointments for a pediatric vaccination clinic on Saturday are full. Then on…

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GOP Doctors Caucus warns Biden healthcare vaccine mandate could worsen patient care, labor shortages

October 27, 2021 Sharika Soukup

FIRST ON FOX: The GOP Doctors Caucus sent a pair of letters to President Biden and the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) warning a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers could worsen patient care and healthcare labor shortages. The congressional caucus of healthcare experts sent letters led by Rep. Andy Harris,…

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Two major Alaska health care providers say more than 98% of employees are meeting COVID-19 vaccine mandates

October 22, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Dr. Melissa Hardesty takes a selfie after receiving a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes/ADN) Two major Alaska health care providers are reporting high levels of employee compliance with vaccine mandates, refuting predictions of a significant exodus of shot-opposed workers from city officials, including…

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Refuse a Covid vaccine? Here are health insurance options if you’re fired

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

d3sign | Moment | Getty Images Thousands of workers across the country have been fired for refusing to comply with an employer’s Covid vaccine requirements — and may now wonder how to replace their workplace health insurance. There are a few options. They’re the same ones available to anyone who loses a job, even for…

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Augusta Health Vaccine Clinic Update: October 12, 2021

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

In partnership with the Central Shenandoah Health District (CSHD), Augusta Health continues community vaccinations for COVID-19. Current Vaccination Dose Count at Augusta Health: Total doses given at Augusta Health Vaccination Clinics: 92,111 Community member fully-vaccinated at AH Vaccination Clinics: 44,639 Boosters for the immunocompromised 6,717 Current SituationOur community remains in a precarious position. While many…

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Wolf Administration to Host Vaccine Clinic in Lancaster County

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

The Pennsylvania Commission for Women, Planned Parenthood Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County and Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Sunday, October 17, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lancaster Health Fair in Musser Park, 135 N Lime…

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17 health care professionals, citing religious reasons, seek to prevent New York State from enforcing vaccine mandate

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

The professionals — nine doctors, five nurses, a nuclear medicine technologist, a physician liaison and a rehabilitation therapist — are seeking a judgment declaring the mandate “unconstitutional, unlawful, and unenforceable,” according to the lawsuit. “The Vaccine Mandate emerges in the context of an atmosphere of fear and irrationality in which the unvaccinated are threatened with…

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Health care workers submitting “mass resignation letters” over state’s vaccine requirement, Republicans say

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Republicans in the New York State Senate are warning that vaccine requirements for health care workers could drive many of them to quit, rather than get the shot. By September 27th, with limited exceptions, all staff at New York State’s hospitals and nursing homes will have had to receive at least…

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