Health & Social Services

Linn County Public Health Utilizes CARES Act Funds to Help Community Partners Prevent COVID-19

On November 3, Governor Reynolds allocated $3 million of CARES Act funds as a grant for local county health departments, based on a per capita basis, to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Read on...
Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Arrives in Linn County

Linn County’s first allotment of COVID-19 vaccine arrived today at Mercy Cedar Rapids and UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s Hospital. Each hospital received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to offer to frontline healthcare workers Read on...
Linn County Public Health and Community Partners Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

LCPH, in coordination with community partners, has been preparing to receive and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive as early as next week, vaccination will soon begin among certain priority groups. Read on...

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