Amanda Quintana
WISCTV News 3
Madison, WI, United States
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Will demand pick back up before leftover vaccine expires?
MADISON, Wis. — COVID-19 vaccine clinics that once created lines out of buildings are now often quiet and empty. At the peak of vaccine distribution, SSM Health was vaccinating 20,000 people a week. Now, they’re giving out about 1,000 shots a week, and most of them are second doses. But there are a few reasons demand could pick back up... → Read More
Invasive jumping worms spreading quickly in Wisconsin
When you're out in your garden, ecologists want you to look for Amynthas, an earthworm known as jumping worms. → Read More
Businesses question whether they should ask employees' vaccination status
MADISON, Wis. — After June 2 in Dane County, it will be up to business owners to set their own mask policies. If an employee comes into work without a mask on, it’ll be up to their boss to either trust that they’ve been vaccinated or ask for proof. “There are some businesses that don’t want to ask their employees.... → Read More
Doctors say sports have led to COVID outbreaks among kids, WIAA wants to see more data
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is seeing more COVID cases among kids than any other age group right now. Over the last few weeks, the state has seen a 56% increase in child COVID cases. In Dane County, there has been a big increase in COVID cases in kids age 8-17 over the past four weeks, including an outbreak at a... → Read More
Answering your vaccine questions: It's difficult to choose which brand of vaccine you get
MADISON, Wis. — Many people have been asking News 3 Now through our Vaccine HQ question center whether you can choose which vaccine you get — Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson. The short answer is no. The vaccine that’s available at the time of your appointment is the vaccine you will get. “At this point where we are, the... → Read More
Ho-Chunk Nation made thousands of vaccine doses available to general public after tribal members were hesitant to get the shot
Although the opportunity just became widely known recently, Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health has been making its vaccine allotment available to the general public all month. → Read More
About 550 Waunakee school staff get vaccinated in just 10 hours only one day after becoming eligible
WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Tuesday was the day hundreds of Waunakee educators have been waiting for. Just a day after becoming eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin, about 550 teachers and staff got their first shots at a daylong pop-up clinic in the Waunakee High School gym. “It’s almost like a little party. There’s some balloons out front to just... → Read More
Some smaller community pharmacies are receiving more COVID-19 vaccine, but some have been allocated none
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is working to get COVID-19 vaccine to every corner of the state. This week, with more doses given to Wisconsin, DHS was able to allocate more doses to small pharmacies. But some pharmacies still haven’t received any vaccine. Neuhauser Pharmacy on Monroe Street was initially told they wouldn’t get any vaccine... → Read More
'There's really a big mismatch': UW Health continues to receive low vaccine supply, despite caring for large population of patients 65 and older
On Tuesday morning, UW Health's vaccine dashboard showed the health organization only had 93 first doses available and 22,353 people scheduled to get the shot. → Read More
How are some people who aren’t eligible for a vaccine getting vaccinated?
Although it can seem like people are cutting in line, it’s a result of extra doses at clinics. Vaccinators are forced to decide how they can get those shots into arms as quickly as possible. → Read More
Mahoney made a big impact in his 14 years as Dane County Sheriff
Copyright 2019 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.MADISON, Wis. — It took just over a minute before emotions filled Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney as he talked publicly for the first time about plans to leave his current position. And it’s hard to blame him. He has spent the past... → Read More
Smaller, rural hospitals quickly moving through phase 1A vaccinations
Courtesy UW HealthPRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. — A representative at Sauk Prairie Healthcare said that by the end of the day Monday, all employees who had requested a vaccine would be vaccinated. That includes about 470 employees at multiple locations. Although there was an initial delay in receiving its first delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine, Sauk Prairie Healthcare has quickly... → Read More
How do doctors decide if a death is due to COVID?
A health care worker in a PAPR hood walks through the hallway inside a COVID-19 unit at UW Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., on Nov. 17, 2020. The pandemic has hit Wisconsin and other Midwestern states hard in recent months, causing record levels of infections and death.Credit: Angela Major WPRMADISON, Wis. — On Sunday, President Donald Trump tweeted that... → Read More
'We don’t completely know the answer': Current vaccines should work for new mutant strain spreading in UK
News 3 Now asked Dr. William Hartman at UW Health if the current approved vaccines will work against the mutant strain. → Read More
Less than 30 flu cases in Wisconsin so far this season
There is still misinformation being spread about flu cases being counted as COVID cases. Now that we're in flu season it's easy to see that the illnesses are separated. Flu cases are just extremely low. → Read More
Your employer could require you to get a COVID-19 vaccine
On Wednesday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released federal guidelines saying employers have the right to make getting a COVID-19 vaccine a requirement for employees. → Read More
'She hit the windshield and her body kind of flew': 12 year old recovering after weekend hit and run
MADISON, Wis. — Lamara Howard is now resting at home after being released from the hospital Monday night. The middle schooler was hit as she was crossing the street to go to Kwik Twip at Raymond Road and McKenna Boulevard Sunday night, just seconds from her home. Witnesses told Howard’s mother that the driver sped up and went through a... → Read More
'It’s a daunting task': UW-Stout packaging professor addresses challenges to shipping COVID-19 vaccine
The biggest issue with transporting Pfizer's vaccine is that it has to be kept at -94 degrees Fahrenheit. → Read More
Two sisters lean on each other as they treat COVID patients in St. Mary's Hospital ICU
For the last 13 years, the sisters have worked side by side in SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. → Read More
St. Mary's Hospital staff raise almost $10K to feed local families this Thanksgiving
MADISON, Wis. — A lot of events have been cancelled this year, but SSM Health employees at St. Mary’s Hospital wouldn’t let their Thanksgiving tradition be one of them. For years, healthcare workers at St. Mary’s would bring in food for the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Adopt-A-School program. They would create baskets for about 125 families at Lincoln Elementary School.... → Read More