COVID-19: Dip in case count among good signs for Oklahoma while fatality average jumps 59%; Oklahoma prisons have stopped widespread COVID testing even as cases spike again across the state; Health care facility says Medicaid is working, no need for a change;
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Dave Hamby
September 15, 2021 // Updated: September 15, 2021
Oklahoma hospitals aren’t feeling relief yet as COVID-19 admissions start to fall — for now; State hires consultants to help allocate $3.2B in COVID stimulus funds for Oklahoma; It’s Not Just Hospitals. COVID Is Straining Local Mental Health Providers; Tulsa lawmaker plans bill in response to physicians’ dismissal from Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board
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Dave Hamby
September 14, 2021 // Updated: September 14, 2021
Board recommends Julius Jones be taken off death row; COVID-19 compounds backups on mental health therapy wait lists; Oklahoma lawmakers examine correlation of mental health services and law enforcement intervention; Federal vaccine mandate creates negative reaction within area business circles
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Oklahoma attorney general now fighting temporary injunction in school mask mandate case; COVID-19 crushes state with convergence of low vaccination, nursing shortage; Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Sen. James Lankford rebuke Biden's planned vaccine mandates;
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Advocate, lawmakers want to review court fee structure in Oklahoma; Medical tents, trailer morgues and determinations on who gets a ventilator: Oklahoma hospitals shift toward crisis standards of care; Oklahoma schools can mandate masks, if parents are able to exempt children, with judge's order now in effect;
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Oklahoma governor removes only physicians from medical board; Stillwater hospital puts tents in parking lot, brings in Medical Reserve Corps to help with COVID influx; Covid overflow at Memorial calls for emergency shelter;
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State medical association concerned over governor's removal of OHCA board members; Overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, Oklahoma nurses plead for people to get vaccinated; Children with special needs face life-long pandemic impact. Their families feel left behind;
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Children make up nearly 25% of new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma, data shows; What does COVID-19 have to do with water supply? Why cities are asking people to conserve; COVID-19 tests are in high demand;
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