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Senior Action Team sharing resources for ‘aging well’
Nov 24, 2021
The Wabasha County Senior Action Team is raising awareness and sharing resources to help our community age well. Memory Minder Kits are now available for people in our community with dementia and their care partners. And, a Memory Café – a social gathering for individuals living with dementia and...
Vaccine clinics for children in Wabasha
Nov 17, 2021
Following the Food and Drug Administrations authorization for the use of the Pfizer vaccine in children as young as five years old, Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s in Wabasha will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5-11 at upcoming afternoon clinics, according to Tina Moen of the Wabasha...
Monoclonal antibody therapy: What is it and who can receive it?
Nov 3, 2021
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics is providing COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments that can potentially prevent illness or help qualifying patients get better faster, according to a news release.
“Monoclonal antibody therapy is designed to help people who have tested positive...
St. Elizabeth’s offers flu shot appointments
Oct 6, 2021
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics has opened its flu shot clinics in Wabasha and Alma. Appointments are required. Weekday, evening, and Saturday time slots are available.
Walk-in flu vaccines are available in outpatient pharmacy Tuesday-Friday, 2-4 p.m. for adults 18 and older. Any...
Mayo: Speed of COVID-19 vaccine development didn’t bypass safety
Oct 6, 2021
Editor’s note: This is part of a series produced by Mayo Clinic Health System entitled “Ask Mayo Clinic Health System: COVID-19 and the vaccines”
How can I be expected to trust the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine when it was developed so rapidly?
We hear this question frequently, and we can...
Mayo urges flu shots, offers appointments beginning Oct. 18
Sep 29, 2021
Mayo Clinic Health System will offer flu vaccination appointments to patients 6 months and older in Lake City and across Southeast Minnesota, starting Oct. 18.
Patients can self-schedule a flu vaccination appointment through Patient Online Services or the Mayo Clinic App. Patients will be able to...
Mayo announces visitor restrictions in Lake City as delta variant spreads
Aug 25, 2021
In response to the recent significant increase of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, Mayo Clinic Health System is implementing new visitor restrictions and enhancing the availability of COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, the health system said in a news release.
“We’re testing hundreds of people each...
Gundersen requires employees to get vaccinated by Nov. 1
Aug 25, 2021
Gundersen Health System is announcing all employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1.
Gundersen joins dozens of local and regional health systems, schools and organizations in requiring vaccination to protect against COVID-19, the health system said in a news release.
“COVID-19 cases...
Paralyzed once by flu shot, Gundersen RN is vaccinated against COVID-19
Aug 25, 2021
Even though employee health nurse Julie Hirsch was literally surrounded by the COVID-19 vaccine and was encouraging fellow employees, patients, and friends to get vaccinated, she wasn’t ready to take that step herself. The Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics veteran RN hadn’t received a...
Lifeline screenings to be held Sept. 13
Aug 18, 2021
Residents living in and around the Lake City, Minnesota can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with screenings by Life Line Screening, according to a news release.
Lake City United Methodist Church will host this...
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