Health Headlines for December 21, 2020

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Federal panel: People over 75, essential workers next for vaccines]( NEW YORK (AP) — A federal advisory panel recommended Sunday that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line for COVID-19 shots, while a second vaccine began rolling ... [Federal panel: People over 75, essential workers next for vaccines]( By: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal advisory panel recommended Sunday that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line for COVID-19 shots, while a second vaccine began rolling ... December 21, 2020 @ 8:13am [Senior center adapts to life in limbo during pandemic]( By: Michelle Meier, Senior Resource Center These days, we are all used to announcements of closings and changes in plans on short notice. We have all been living this dance for the last nine months. The reality of COVID-19 has reached our community and rages strong across the ... December 20, 2020 @ 12:00am [Heartland to receive 1,000 vaccines, but it's not going to give them to the hospital for distribution, disappointing health leaders]( By: Lauren Fox A leader at Lawrence’s hospital expressed disappointment in a local health center’s decision not to transfer its incoming vaccine doses to LMH Health, a choice the leader called a “wrinkle” in the vaccine distribution process. ... December 18, 2020 @ 4:54pm [Douglas County reports 62 new COVID-19 cases; 954 remain active]( By: Staff Report Douglas County reported 5,859 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, an increase of 62 cases since Thursday. In Douglas County, 4,905 out of the 5,859 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public ... December 18, 2020 @ 4:42pm [Teachers to receive COVID-19 vaccine during second phase of state's rollout plan]( By: Dylan Lysen Lawrence educators could begin receiving a COVID-19 vaccine sometime in the next few months as they are considered second in line in the state’s rollout plan. During a press conference Wednesday, Gov. Laura Kelly said the state’s teachers, ... December 18, 2020 @ 3:32pm [Douglas County school virus guidance downgraded to yellow tier as districts head into winter break]( By: Dylan Lysen Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s guidance for schools operating during the COVID-19 pandemic has been downgraded to the yellow tier. The health department announced the downgrade in its weekly update on Thursday and now recommends for ... December 17, 2020 @ 5:20pm [Douglas County reports 57 new COVID-19 cases; 931 remain active]( By: Staff Report Douglas County reported 5,797 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, an increase of 57 cases since Wednesday. In Douglas County, 4,866 out of the 5,797 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public ... December 17, 2020 @ 5:12pm [Rural Kansas getting COVID-19 vaccine; 2nd round to be short]( By: John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press TOPEKA — Doses from Kansas' first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine were arriving Thursday in rural Kansas for hospitals to administer to health care workers, though the state expects its second shipment to be smaller than anticipated. The state ... December 17, 2020 @ 5:05pm [First recipient of COVID-19 vaccine is LMH Health worker who ‘couldn’t sleep’ just month before due to concerns about virus]( By: Lauren Fox One month ago, LMH Health respiratory therapist Shannon Fletcher shared in a public message that she "broke down into tears" thinking about how the pandemic is so out of her control. On Wednesday night, she was the first person to receive a ... December 16, 2020 @ 7:37pm [LMH approves budget for 2021 with hopes for financial improvement and caution about new competitors]( By: Chad Lawhorn As leaders at LMH Health look ahead to 2021, they expect the pandemic to have eased greatly by the second half of the year and for finances at the not-for-profit hospital to be on an upswing. But they aren’t expecting it to be a year without ... December 16, 2020 @ 4:06pm [Lawrence Memorial Hospital will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines today to health care workers and first responders]( By: Chad Lawhorn Lawrence Memorial Hospital will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines this afternoon, LMH leaders were told this morning. The first vaccinations are expected to begin about 1:30 p.m. at the hospital, but members of the general public ... December 16, 2020 @ 9:50am [Douglas County reports 35 new COVID-19 cases; 912 remain active]( By: Staff Report Douglas County reported 5,632 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 70 cases since Monday. Of those 70 cases, however, only 35 are new. The other 35 are older cases from November and early December that disease investigators recently ... December 15, 2020 @ 4:34pm ['When is it going to be our turn?': No vaccine yet, but LMH Health ready for distribution at drive-thru center]( By: Lauren Fox Though LMH Health hasn’t received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine yet, the Lawrence hospital is anticipating that it will be able to vaccinate between 200 and 300 people a day at its new drive-thru vaccination center. Christina Crowley, director ... December 15, 2020 @ 2:58pm [Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers and leaders in Kansas and across the country]( By: Associated Press and Kaiser Health News Updated at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public health administrator, she's struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic to keep her rural county ... December 15, 2020 @ 9:49am [New COVID-19 death brings total to 30 in Douglas County; 50 new cases reported over weekend]( By: Staff Report One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the local health department’s update on Monday. The new death, which brings the total to 30, was a woman in the 85-plus age range who had been hospitalized at the time of ... December 14, 2020 @ 4:43pm [What is known — and unknown — about vaccine distribution in Douglas County so far]( By: Lauren Fox Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Kansas, but much is still unknown about the first phase of the distribution process in Douglas County. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use on Friday, and some ... December 14, 2020 @ 4:35pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044