COVID booster shots now available for kids as young as 5

Thursday, October 13 by Derek Aaron

This week, the CDC signed off on the FDA’s authorization of the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot for children as young as five years old. The bivalent vaccine targets the omicron variant, which continues to be […]

RC Health Department scheduling new Covid booster shots

Tuesday, September 13 by Derek Aaron

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department is now scheduling appointments for the new Covid boosters following a recent recommendation by the CDC for the new bivalent formulations of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. The new […]

New Covid booster shots coming

Tuesday, September 6 by Derek Aaron

New booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna to protect against the current COVID-19 variants could soon be at local pharmacies and the health departments. The updated COVID-19 boosters for the omicron variant were approved […]

Beshear signs executive order expanding eligibility for COVID booster shots

Wednesday, November 17 by Zac Oakes

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2021) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order that qualifies every person 18 years old or older and living or working in the commonwealth to get a COVID-19 vaccination […]

Health Department now offering COVID booster vaccines

Thursday, October 28 by Zac Oakes

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department is now offering COVID-19 Booster doses. To make an appointment in Russell County, view the contact information below. Russell County, 211 Fruit of the Loom Drive, Jamestown, KY 42629 […]

Russell County Hospital CEO talks COVID-19 booster shots, flu vaccines

Tuesday, October 26 by Zac Oakes

Russell County Hospital is now providing Moderna COVID-19 booster shots. Russell County Hospital CEO Patrick Branco explained more about the boosters. “We have Moderna vaccines and we are doing boosters,” Branco said. “The Moderna boosters […]

Who is eligible for COVID booster vaccines?

Tuesday, September 28 by Zac Oakes

Here’s who is and is not eligible for a third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky as of Sept. 27, 2021: ▪ Any adult with certain immunocompromised conditions who has been fully vaccinated […]

Health Department offering booster vaccines for immunocompromised

Monday, August 23 by Zac Oakes

The Lake Cumberland District Health Department has begun administering COVID-19 booster vaccines for those who are immunocompromised. Those groups include persons who: are receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood; received […]

Long-term care residents eligible for COVID-19 booster shot

Wednesday, August 18 by Zac Oakes

A third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is recommended 28 days or more after the second dose in immunocompromised people such as those with: Active or recent treatment for cancer/malignancy Solid-organ or hematopoietic […]

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COVID booster shots now available for kids as young as 5

RC Health Department scheduling new Covid booster shots

New Covid booster shots coming

Beshear signs executive order expanding eligibility for COVID booster shots

Health Department now offering COVID booster vaccines

Russell County Hospital CEO talks COVID-19 booster shots, flu vaccines

Who is eligible for COVID booster vaccines?

Health Department offering booster vaccines for immunocompromised

Long-term care residents eligible for COVID-19 booster shot

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