Two months ago, operations in several local hospitals, emergency rooms and outpatient clinics in the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health network hit a wall. The electronic health record system was not …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/30/22
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Traffic fatalities across the U.S. increased 12% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, the largest annual rise since 1975 according to an October 2021 study from the …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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3/31/22
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Roughly a dozen flag carrying protesters took to the streets of Key Center Jan. 8, holding signs and waving at passersby. They gathered to protest the possibility that Key Peninsula Civic Center …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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1/27/22
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After a dramatic rise in cases last summer with the delta variant, COVID-19 cases gradually fell on the Key Peninsula until the arrival of the holidays and omicron.
The average daily case …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/22
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Peninsula Community Health Services opened the doors to its new Key Peninsula Clinic, providing primary medical and dental care for children and adults.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/2/21
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Hospitals across the state are at or near capacity as the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreads among the population, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
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Kamryn Minch and Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/29/21
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Vaccinations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have recently slowed all over the U.S., including in Washington state and on the Key Peninsula, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department of Health.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/30/21
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As vaccination rates against COVID-19 plateau in the U.S. or fall short of the number needed for herd immunity, it’s worth reminding ourselves how significant a breakthrough these vaccines are …
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Richard Gelinas
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5/26/21
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Peninsula Community Health Services has leased office space off the Key Peninsula Highway in the building formerly occupied by Art Beads.
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Staff Report
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4/28/21
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Dr. Van (Mimi) Chau began working as pediatrician in January at the Key Center Medical Center where her colleague, Dr. William Roes, said she is the first pediatrician ever to practice on the KP.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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4/28/21
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For those who have been able to continue working, navigating the various phases of restrictions and ever-changing guidelines has presented an extra set of challenges, especially for workers in positions that require face-to-face interactions.
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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3/31/21
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COVID-19 cases in Pierce County began to fall in January from their historic highs but remain at “high risk” levels, according to the state Department of Health. County COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths have also fallen.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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2/24/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee directed the Washington Department of Health to move the state into Phase 1B, Tier 1, of its COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan Jan. 18, allowing everyone over the age of 65 and anyone 50 or older living in multigenerational homes (excluding parents and their children) to receive the vaccine.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/21
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The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were administered to hospital staff in Seattle Dec. 15.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/30/20
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A Pierce County Council attempt to terminate the 48-year-old agreement governing the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and place it under its own control came to an abrupt end Dec 15.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/30/20
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The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department launched a COVID-19 pilot testing program at three school districts in the county in December, including Peninsula, White River and Eatonville.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/30/20
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The doctor’s office on the hill above Key Center, where generations of Key Peninsula families have received medical care, is about to have new management.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/2/20
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This year has not been easy. A pandemic. Unprecedented partisan divisions. And now a holiday season, already fraught for many, made more complicated by COVID-related restrictions. Not to mention that the Pacific Northwest is deep in the dark days of winter. None of this bodes well for mental health.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/2/20
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Get tested if:
-You might have been in contact with a person who has COVID-19.
-You could not maintain safe physical distance from others at a gathering.
-You have symptoms of COVID-19, such …
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COVID-19 Resources
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11/19/20
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Pierce County Crisis Line: 800-576-7764 TTY 711Free service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week that provides immediate help from mental health professionals who will evaluate the …
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COVID-19 Resources
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11/19/20
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