Rural Reporter
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New Variant Strain Found in Wisconsin (01/13/2021)
The B.1.1.7 variant strain of COVID-19 has been identified in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Tribal Nations Have Smooth Vaccine Rollout (01/13/2021)
Tribes have been administering doses to in the Phase 1A category and are moving on to vaccine people in the Phase 1B group.
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USDA Report on Pandemic’s Effect on Rural America (01/13/2021)
“Rural Rural areas have 14% of the population but accounted for 27% of COVID-19 deaths during the last three weeks of October 2020.”
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Evers Highlights Rural Broadband in State Address (01/13/2021)
About 430,000 people — 25% of the state’s rural population — lack access to high-speed internet.
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Rural Residents Hesitant to Get COVID-19 Vaccine (01/12/2021)
More than a third of rural residents say they would pass on a vaccine.
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Firefighters and Police Can Get Vaccines Next Week (01/12/2021)
DHS says local health departments will be leading the coordination of police and fire personnel.
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Prevea Health Partners with UW-Green Bay for Vaccine Clinics (01/12/2021)
One vaccine clinic will be in Green Bay and the other in Sheboygan.
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COVID-19 Cases Climb Again in Wisconsin (01/11/2021)
DHS reports that COVID-19 cases are climbing after a decline in December.
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Rural Areas Face Growing Health Threats Beyond COVID-19 (01/11/2021)
The death rate from heart disease is much higher in rural areas—and the disparity between rural and urban mortality has nearly doubled from 1999 to 2017.
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Evers Asks for More COVID-19 Vaccines from Federal Government (01/11/2021)
This week, Wisconsin needs more than 10,000 additional doses to fulfill requests from vaccinating entities across the state.
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DHS Asks Clinicians to Help Track New COVID-19 Variant (01/07/2021)
In Wisconsin, no cases of COVID-19 caused by the new variant have been detected to date, but it is plausibly already circulating in the region.
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Report Finds EMS at High Risk for COVID-19 (01/07/2021)
A recent report from the American Paramedic Association and the National EMS Management Association finds that EMS providers are at higher risk of death from COVID-19 than other healthcare providers or first responders.
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HHS Says 340B Discounts Apply to Contract Pharmacies (01/06/2021)
The opinion comes as major drug manufacturers have been refusing to provide 340B discounts.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act Changes to Provider Relief Fund (01/06/2021)
The legislation allows the use of “budgeted-to-actual” lost revenue calculations if the budget had been approved before March 27, 2020.
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Deadly Falls Among Elderly Grows (01/06/2021)
Wisconsin continues to lead the nation in the highest rate of deadly falls among older adults.
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State Legislature Opens New Session Amid Pandemic (01/04/2021)
Wisconsin state government has not passed legislation related to the pandemic since April.
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COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin in Wisconsin Nursing Homes (01/04/2021)
The Department of Health Services has allocated 56,800 doses to the program.
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25% of Rural Population Lacks High-Speed Internet (01/04/2021)
More than 430,000 people lack access to high-speed internet in rural areas.
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Personal Appeals from COVID-19 Frontline Providers Have Big Impact on Social Media (12/16/2020)
First-person stories from frontline healthcare workers carry more weight than an appeal from a federal official on social media.
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Rural-Urban Disparity in Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (12/16/2020)
The most notable increases in CLRD-associated mortality in rural America occurred in middle-aged adults, females, and non-Hispanic whites.
