Healthcare
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Save a Life: Volunteer to Help Montgomery County Seniors Register for COVID-19 Vaccination
Montgomery County is currently looking for more dedicated volunteers to help the area’s seniors with computer literacy and internet issues while registering for their COVID-19 vaccine, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “This call came about because of the need, of course, for seniors, who have no internet access or are technically not savvy, not being…
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Commissioners’ Plea for More Vaccines Prompts Journalist’s Probe of Suburbs’ Supply
After watching a press conference hosted by the Chester County Commissioners, Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Maria Panaritis started to investigate the undersupply of vaccines in the four suburban counties, which is home to 2.5 million people, writes Lauren Aguirre for The Inquirer. Montgomery County is home to over 830K residents, with only around 57K fully vaccinated.…
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March 17th Update: PA Reports 3,119 New COVID-19 Cases; Over 68K Montgomery County Residents Fully Vaccinated
Montgomery County reported 148 new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, March 16th, 2021, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 48,664 countywide since March 7, 2020. We now have been tracking COVID-19 for a full year in our area, and across the state. There are currently 110 people hospitalized in Montgomery…
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Merck’s West Point Factory Will Help Produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Merck’s factory in West Point will help produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Montgomery County plant, which is also Merck’s largest pharmaceutical plant, will mix the key drug component of the vaccine with other ingredients and fill vials with the finished product. At the earliest, the work…
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Lansdale Pharmacist Vaccinating Thousands of People While in Superhero Garb
Skippack Pharmacy pharmacist Mayank Amin, also known as Dr. Mak, has been using his event-planning background to vaccinate thousands of people – all while wearing superhero garb, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. The Lansdale native has recently been gaining national attention for his efforts. He has vaccinated around 4,000 people, most of whom received…
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Montgomery County Teachers Feel Relief As They Start Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines
Montgomery County teachers have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines and are once again getting excited about returning to classrooms, write Erin McCarthy, Maddie Hanna, and Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Among them is Cheltenham High School English teacher Kristin Keiser, for whom the vaccination will mean flexibility to go into her school building. This…
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Montco-based 15toKnow Receiving Second Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine from State
15toKnow, a Montgomery County-based company working on a massive drive-through vaccination site in King of Prussia, near the King of Prussia Mall, has had to temporarily suspend its first-dose COVID-19 vaccine program as it procures and administer second doses from the state, writes Oona Goodin-Smith for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The company that also provides rapid…
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Gov. Wolf Has End-of-Month Goal to Have COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments for All PA Counties in Phase 1A
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced March 12 plans to have Phase 1A COVID-19 vaccination appointments in place in all counties by the end of March before moving on to Phase 1B. Phase 1A focuses on nursing home residents, health care personnel , those 65 and older, and those under 65 with high-risk health conditions. The governor…
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March 13 Update: ZIP Codes Where COVID-19 Spread the Most and Least in Montgomery County
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County has been trending down slightly, although some areas have slight increases across the county, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest data compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlights the cases of COVID-19 infection in each ZIP Code statewide for the seven…
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Montgomery County – Along with Delco, Chesco, and Bucksco – Takes State to Task over COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
County commissioners, county council members, and state legislators representing Chester, Delaware, Bucks, and Montgomery counties met for an hour on Sunday with Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam and other Wolf Administration officials regarding the state’s allocation of COVID-19 vaccine to the aforementioned four counties. The meeting, long sought by elected officials, was arranged…
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March 12th Update: COVID-19 Cases Slowing Again; Over 57K Montgomery County Residents Fully Vaccinated
Montgomery County reported 102 new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, March 11th, 2021, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 48,092 countywide since March 7, 2020. We now have been tracking COVID-19 for a full year in our area, and across the state. There are currently 93 people hospitalized in Montgomery…
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200 Montgomery County Residents Got Vaccinated with Help from Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium
The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium held a walk-up vaccine clinic at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Spring House this past week, where 200 Montgomery County residents managed to get their vaccines, according to a staff report from CBS Philly. Only people living in the county’s hardest-hit zip codes who are part of Phase 1-B were able…
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Local Woman Featured in National Campaign to Advocate for COVID-19 Vaccinations
Nearby Oxford resident Betsy Hubert is featured in a national campaign to raise awareness of the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations for public health, the economy, and society as a whole, writes Steven Hoffman for the Chester County Press. The COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project – which consists of more than 150 leading groups that…
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Allocation Rules Preventing Philadelphia Hospitals from Giving COVID-19 Vaccines to Their Suburban Patients
Many suburban patients who are receiving treatment for high-risk conditions at Philadelphia hospitals are not able to get the COVID-19 vaccine from their doctors as they do not live in the city, write Aubrey Whelan, Jason Laughlin, and Justine McDaniel for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia is treated separately from the rest of the state –…
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One Year Since First COVID-19 Case in Pennsylvania, Gov. Wolf Looking Toward ‘Brighter Future’
On March 6, a year since Pennsylvania recorded its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, Governor Tom Wolf honored the loss of over 24,000 Pennsylvanians to the deadly virus with an important message, writes Dylan Abad for ABC 27. “It’s been a hard year, one full of unimaginable loss and broken dreams,” said Wolf. “We…
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Sleep Really Is the Best Medicine: Benefits of Sleep on Your Health
Waking up after a full night’s sleep can feel magical. You can think clearly, you’re full of energy, and you’re ready to take on the day. But a night of minimal or no sleep can produce the opposite effect. You can feel groggy, exhausted, and not at all like yourself. . . From March 8-14,…
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Harleysville Mother-Son Team Helps Keep Blood Drives Going Throughout Pandemic
A Harleysville mother and son team, Dawn and Peter Zucca, helped keep blood drives going during the pandemic by organizing 44 drives and collecting nearly 4,000 units during 2020, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The mother received a call at the start of the pandemic from a concerned Red Cross manager who said…
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HealthSpark Now Accepting Applications for the Innovation Lab Grant Program
HealthSpark Foundation is inviting applications to the Innovation Lab Grant Program for their Spring/Summer 2021 round. The Innovation Lab Grant Program supports collaborative grant projects that will build a better safety net system for residents in Montgomery County. Projects must align with the vision and goals identified in the Blueprint for a Better Safety Net, a…
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