Posts Tagged ‘centers for disease control and prevention’
COVID cases increase locally
Monroe County has seen a slight uptick in coronavirus cases of late, with the vast majority of them being unvaccinated residents. Monroe County had 61 active COVID cases as of…
Read MoreMask concerns for Waterloo school district
Monday night’s Waterloo School Board meeting saw more parents in attendance than normal, with each speaking before the board about mask policy concerns. A little over a week ago, Waterloo…
Read MoreSchools make COVID plans
Last week, the Illinois State Board of Education announced a highly anticipated statement regarding mask usage in schools. Many found the original statement confusing, but after some clarification, it appears…
Read MoreVaccine hesitant explain stance
(Editor’s note: The Republic-Times is not presenting these viewpoints in this story as fact. The objective of this story is to provide insight from residents who do not appear likely…
Read MoreWagner questions positivity rate
Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner is again questioning state data related to the novel coronavirus, with the target of his criticism this time being the positivity rate for…
Read MoreScrutinizing vaccine claims
(This is the second part of an ongoing series focused on examining misconceptions, concerns and myths about the COVID-19 vaccine). As more people continue to be inoculated against the novel…
Read MoreTackling vaccine myths
As America continues work on its largest vaccination effort ever, a number of concerns, misconceptions and myths persist about the COVID-19 vaccine. It is reasonable to question the safety of…
Read MoreColumbia in-person school debate
The Columbia School Board unanimously voted Thursday night to increase the option for in-person attendance to the highest level since the pandemic began. Starting Feb. 16, all students in fifth…
Read MoreVaccine prep for long-term facilities
As the vaccination of health care workers for COVID-19 continues, residents and employees of long-term care facilities in Monroe County will soon have the chance to get the shot. Nationwide,…
Read MoreMore deaths as Monroe County receives vaccine
From Monroe County up to the national level, much of the data related to the coronavirus pandemic is pointing in the right direction even as more cases, deaths and hospitalizations…
Read MoreVaccines, then and today
Younger readers of this article may not be familiar with polio or smallpox. The last case of polio to originate in the United States was in 1979 and the last…
Read MoreVaccine comes to Monroe County
Monroe County received its first shipment of the novel coronavirus vaccine this week, with the first 100 doses arriving Wednesday. It began administering the first doses of the vaccine at…
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