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Henderson County News
Kid shots start next week at mall
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Starting next week, appointments for the Pfizer vaccine will be available for children ages 5-11 and their families at the Health Department’s vaccine clinic Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Blue Ridge Mall. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | vaccine Covid
Henderson County News
FEMA vaccine center offering free Covid shots at Asheville Outlets
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FEMA's mobile vaccine center will offer free Covid-19 vaccinations at the Asheville Outlets behind Sportsman’s Warehouse, 800 Brevard Road, for five weeks starting Monday. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | anti-vaxxers | vaccination incentives | vaccine Covid
Henderson County News
Health department starting Pfizer booster Tuesday at mall
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health will begin offering booster doses to recipients of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for certain high-risk individuals starting Tuesday at Blue Ridge Mall. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | vaccine Covid | Covid-19 booster
Henderson County News
Health department reopens vaccine clinic at mall
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Citing increased demand for vaccination and in preparation for boosters this fall, the Henderson County Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that it will reopen its Covid-19 vaccine at the former JCPenney space at the Blue Ridge Mall. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | vaccination incentives | vaccine Covid | Delta variant
Henderson County News
Pardee to require employees to be vaccinated
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Pardee UNC Health Care today announced that in light of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for persons 16 years of age or older, all employees will be required to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | vaccination incentives | Covid misinformation
Henderson County News
Medical leaders denounce misinformation on Covid vaccine
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Henderson County News
FEMA unit offering free vaccines through Sunday at Asheville Outlets
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Asheville Outlets will host free Covid-19 vaccinations 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday behind Sportsman’s Warehouse. Read Story »
Tags: vaccination rollout | anti-vaxxers | vaccination incentives | Covid misinformation
Asheville Four Seasons Politics
Cooper visits plant that makes super-cold freezers that store Covid vax
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Gov. Roy Cooper visited Thermo Fisher Scientific in Asheville Friday, where the company set up an on-site vaccine clinic for employees to receive their ovid-19 shot in partnership with the Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 | vaccination rollout | anti-vaxxers | vaccination incentives
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
State announces first 'Shot at a Million' lottery winner
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Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen announced the first winners of the state’s Your Shot at A Million Summer Cash Drawing and Summer Cash 4 College drawings in Raleigh on Monday. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus politics | vaccination rollout | vaccination incentives
Henderson County News
Pardee, BRCC commemorate first mass vaccination effort
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Nearly 200 people gathered on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College Tuesday to commemorate the first Covid-19 mass vaccination clinic in Henderson County. Read Story »
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Here are anti-vaxxer rants YouTube removed
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Tags: COVID-19 | coronavirus politics | vaccination rollout | anti-vaxxers
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
'Cancel culture has reached Henderson County government,' commissioner says
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Fletcher News
LOCAL BRIEFS: Pardee shots, housing panel, welcoming Fletcher chief
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Pardee urges people to sign up for shot Read Story »
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Henderson County News
County opens vaccines to all adults via on-line appointments
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health has opened COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older this week alongside the launch of an online appointment scheduling system. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Health Department moving vaccination clinic to former JCPenney space
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health will move its Covid-19 vaccination clinics to the former JCPenney space at the Blue Ridge Mall starting Thursday. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | vaccination rollout
Henderson County News
Health Department phone system allows people to drop from waitlist
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health is using a phone and email notification system for remaining individuals on its Covid-19 Vaccine Waitlist, which gives individuals the option to schedule an appointment or be removed from the waitlist. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Pardee scheduling J&J one-shots; HonorFlight, Advent to vax vets
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There's news this week on the Covid-19 vaccination front. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
County will catch up on seniors before moving to 'essential workers'
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health and its partners will remain focused on providing the Covid-19 vaccine to eligible seniors, health care workers, school and child care staff until supply increases enough to open up to additional essential workers, the county department said in a news release. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
N.C. ranks first in shots for those 65 and up
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North Carolina ranks first in the nation for vaccinating the largest share of its 65 and older population at 49 percent, the Kaiser Family Foundation said. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Teachers to get shots this weekend
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Henderson County schoolteachers and support staff will get Covid-19 vaccinations this weekend thanks to the efforts by two providers set aside enough doses for educators. Read Story »
Henderson County News
SAME TIME, SAME PLACE: Vaccines at EHHS postponed until Friday
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After the forecast of ice, the Health Department postponed the Covid-19 vaccine clinic at East Henderson High School scheduled for today. Anyone who was scheduled to receive their first dose is asked to come to East Henderson High on Friday at their original appointment time. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
'We can stand on our head and jump up and down' but not change vax supply
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Pharmaceutical companies are making as many vials of Covid-19 vaccines as they can make, Henderson County Manager Steve Wyatt told elected commissioners at the top of a vaccine update. The federal government determines dose allocations to the states. The governor's office determines dose allocations to 100 counties. The gulf between supply and demand is vast; the pace of shots in arms is maddenly slow. Yet, the county's ability to control either, the manager said, is limited. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Wintry mix forecast prompts Pardee to switch Thursday shots
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With a forecast for possible ice overnight Wednesday, Pardee called off its Covid vaccine clinic on Thursday, Feb. 18. Read Story »
Tags: winter 2020-2021 | vaccination rollout
Henderson County News
20,000 have gotten shots, 18,000 on wait list
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Almost 20,000 Henderson County residents have received a Covid-19 vaccination, including 6,154 who have received a second dose. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Pardee tops 10,000 shots
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The entire team at the Pardee UNC Health Care Vaccine Clinic at Blue Ridge Community College was buzzing with excitement on Saturday morning. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Carolina Village residents exult at vaccine clinic
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Maxine Hall was one of the first in line to receive her first COVID-19 vaccination at Carolina Village Monday Read Story »
Tags: nursing homes | Carolina Village | long-term care facilities | vaccination rollout
Henderson County News
No certainty teachers will get shots soon, health department warns
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While teachers and other school employees will join the long line of North Carolinians waiting for Covid-19 vaccines on Feb. 24, the Henderson County health department warned that it's far from certain that teachers would actually begin getting shots that day. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
N.C. steps up pace of vaccinations
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RALEIGH — After a slow start, North Carolina is ramping up its Covid-19 vaccinations. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
County improves from hot zone to 'significant'
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Henderson County improved from the red zone to yellow in the latest county alert system released Thursday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Read Story »
Tags: covid testing | vaccination rollout
Henderson County News
With assist from Blue Ridge Health, Pardee resumes shots
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Pardee UNC Health Care will continue vaccination appointments scheduled through Friday, Jan. 29, but will reschedule those who had received an appointment for a shot next week. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Here's the link to sign up for new Covid vax wait list
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health has launched a COVID-19 vaccine waitlist for adults 65 and older and all health care workers. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
County health department goes live with wait list
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health has launched a COVID-19 vaccine waitlist for adults 65 and older and all health care workers. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
A public hospital and public health system strain under vaccine demand
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In a windowless room on the ground floor of Pardee Hospital, 10 people are speaking into headsets as they type information into the Covid Vaccine Management System. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Health Department to return some voicemail messages and offer vaccine
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The Henderson County Health Department plans to call some of the people who left voice mail messages last Wednesday and offer them Covid-19 vaccine appointments. The call center will not be open for incoming calls today. And the health department only has enough vaccine doses this week to reach around 14 percent of the number of people who left messages. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
State expands Covid vaccine dashboard
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its vaccine data dashboard to provide information about vaccine doses promised to and received by the state. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
DHHS reports first U.K. strain of Covid
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the first case of a North Carolina resident infected with the so-called U.K. variant of Covid-1. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
AdventHealth announces online vaccination signup
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AdventHealth Hendersonville announced Friday it is booking appointments online for two more public Covid-19 vaccine clinics for people age 65 or older next week. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Henderson County News
UPDATE: Health Department, Advent Covid vaccination slots are filled
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Nearly 1,000 appointments were snapped up on Wednesday for upcoming Covid-19 vaccinations. The Henderson County Health Department opened its call center to book appointments for 700 shots while AdventHealth opened phone lines for 300 vaccinations on Sunday. The slots are now filled. Read Story »
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