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Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives at JBS

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced 25,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be distributed Wednesday and Thursday to 51 companies, and JBS in Marshalltown is included. In fact, after the 11 a.m. press conference the governor held. Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson said the vaccines arrived Wednesday and were already at JBS. “JBS is doing a great job at being prepared and having this vaccine is great since it is only one dose,” Thompson said. Marshall County was chosen as one of 17 counties in the state for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to its significant ...

Gov. Reynolds gets vaccinated and encourages others to do so

JOHNSTON — Gov. Kim Reynolds received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine during her weekly news conference Wednesday to encourage Iowans to get vaccinated as soon as they can. Reynolds, her husband Kevin Reynolds and Iowa Department of Public Health Administrator Kelly ...

Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial back parts of the package. “He said we need to pass this bill and ...

Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives at JBS

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced 25,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be distributed Wednesday and Thursday to 51 companies, and JBS in Marshalltown is included. In fact, after the 11 a.m. press conference the governor held. Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson said the ...

More than a third of IVH staff still refuse vaccine

Roughly 37 percent of the staff at the state-run Iowa Veterans Home are refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. That’s a decrease from the 46 percent refusal rate reported several weeks ago, but still leaves dozens of caretakers of Iowa’s elderly veterans unprotected. Laurel Degelau, executive assistant for Iowa Veterans Home Commandant Timon Oujiri, said Tuesday that while 93 percent of the home’s resident veterans have chosen to get the COVID-19 vaccine, only 63 percent of the staff has chosen to do so. “Once again, IVH, because of the dedication and education ...

Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill

WASHINGTON — Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid package. Four days after the chamber’s parliamentarian said Senate rules ...