Mackenzie Moore, News Channel 11, April 18, 2022 Since the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Ballad Health has spent 777 days using its Corporate Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) to report and track regional COVID-19 data. On Monday, the health …
First Tenn. Development District launches campaign to vaccinate region with mobile vans using grant funds
Amy Cockerham and Bianca Marais, News Channel 11, March 30, 2021 (WJHL) – BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee awarded a grant to the First Tennessee Development District to start COVID-19 vaccinations from mobile vans. The effort to get more people in the region …
CEO: Ballad Health to open Tenn. vaccine locations to everyone 16+ starting Wednesday
Murry Lee, News Channel 11, March 24, 2021 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Ballad Health is making its vaccine locations open to everyone over the age of 16 in the Volunteer State this week. According to a tweet from Ballad …
‘Every dose is a dose toward the end of the pandemic:’ Eligible Tennesseans encouraged to get vaccinated
Bianca Marais, News Channel 11, March 14, 2021 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Local health experts say COVID-19 vaccine supplies are rising, and vaccination appointments are still available. Dr. David Kirschke, Director of the Northeast Regional Health Office, told News Channel …
Ballad stepping in with vaccinations for over-75s
News Channel 11, Jeff Keeling, Jan. 5, 2021 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Ballad Health had administered about 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 vaccines it had received by Monday night. Now the system hopes to help speed delivery of the …