Tower Health COVID-19 Vaccine Update for Community
WEST READING, PA — Even as distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine accelerates within our community, members of the public may have questions about how distribution works and why it can …
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More Than One Million Vaccinations To Date in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Pennsylvania hospitals began receiving shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the week of Dec. 14 and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine the week …
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Tower Health Working to Operationalize Broader Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine
WEST READING, PA — Tower Health states it is following Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and PA Department of Health (DOH) guidelines for prioritizing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Until …
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COVID-19 Vaccine Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program Kicks Off Across Commonwealth
HARRISBURG, PA — Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine recently announced the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program has begun vaccinating residents and staff at 126 Pennsylvania skilled nursing facilities using the …
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HHS, DOD Collaborate With Merck to Continue the Development and Large-Scale Manufacturing of Investigational COVID-19 Treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) jointly announced an agreement with Merck to support advanced development and …
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Trump Administration Purchases Additional 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine From Pfizer
WAHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 …
Read More22 More Hospitals Receive Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Moderna Doses To Be Shipped To 51 Hospitals This Week
HARRISBURG, PA — The Wolf Administration announced as of December 21, 22 additional hospitals have received 30,255 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and will begin distributing it to health …
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CDC Will Award Nearly $227 Million for COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness and Response Activities
HARRISBURG, PA — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award $140 million for COVID-19 vaccine …
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HHS Allocates Regeneron Therapeutic to Treat Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced plans to allocate initial doses of Regeneron’s investigational monoclonal antibody therapeutic, casirivimab and imdevimab, which received emergency …
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HHS Allocates Lilly Therapeutic to Treat Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week announced plans to allocate initial doses of Eli Lilly and Company’s investigational monoclonal antibody therapeutic, bamlanivimab, which …
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