[ad_1] HOUSTON – Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Friday that the Houston Department of Health is opening the first COVID-19 vaccination site to the public. The free vaccination clinic will provide access to the general public at high risk of serious illness and death from coronavirus. “We are working effectively to immunize eligible frontline workers and … Read more
[ad_1] The Grafton hospital worker who admitted to deliberately removing 57 vials of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine from cold storage – and was fired – has now been arrested on three counts, police said . The hospital worker was arrested on Thursday “Recommended fees” from the first degree of reckless endangerment of safety, tampering with a … Read more
[ad_1] By Steve Gorman and Rebecca Spalding Dec.31 (Reuters) – A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday for sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigeration to spoil them, law enforcement and medical officials said. The pharmacist, an employee of Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, … Read more
[ad_1] NUECES COUNTY, Texas – Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales released a statement after local health officials announced more than four hundred new cases of COVID-19. On Thursday evening, the Nueces County Public Health District reported 438 new cases of COVID-19. Judge Canales said the number of new cases was disturbing news. “We are analyzing … Read more
[ad_1] (Journalist) – Authorities on Thursday arrested a pharmacist in suburban Milwaukee on suspicion of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine by removing them from the refrigerator for two nights. The arrest marks another setback in what was a slower and more complicated start to vaccinating Americans than public health officials anticipated. … Read more
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY – It has been a year like no other for most professionals, but especially for those working in healthcare. All the bad from this past year will be remembered because, at the very least, 2020 has shown us what real heroes look like. Not movie stars, athletes, or even social media … Read more
[ad_1] HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed to more members of the general population starting Saturday, January 2 Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on New Years Day the opening of the city’s first coronavirus vaccination clinic. “The virus has taken its toll, particularly among the elderly and black and brown communities,” Turner … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and closed primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus. Doctors transport a patient from an ambulance to the Royal London Hospital as the spread of coronavirus disease … Read more
[ad_1] Santa Clara County health officials kicked off 2021 by adding new restrictions on businesses – they must now shut down their employees’ rest rooms. While officials told the San José Spotlight that they had issued previous “guidelines” on rest rooms, an earlier version of the county guideline did not include any language on closing … Read more
[ad_1] (Journalist) – The vaccinations have started, but the goal of resuming American life as before the coronavirus is not yet within reach. “It’s going to take several months. … It won’t happen in the first few months,” Dr Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “If we do it right, hopefully as we move into the end … Read more