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(CBS News video) Our very own Tim Size sits down with CBS News, advocating for equal rural access to the vaccines. While two major drug companies await approval from the FDA on their coronavirus vaccines, behind the scenes, they're drawing up plans to store, ship and distribute the doses. "CBS This Morning Saturday" co-host Dana Jacobson shares how vaccine companies face some icy challenges.

More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this.

Issue 121 - "Center. Enter. Add Value." by Jo Anne Preston, Workforce & Organizational Development Senior Manager, RWHC

(WORT Radio) A Public Affair - Today on the show, we take a close look at the pandemic’s impact on rural hospitals and healthcare with journalist Lyle Muller of IowaWatch and Tim Size, executive director of Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative.

“The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is to celebrate with people in your household. If you do plan to spend Thanksgiving with people outside your household, take steps to make your celebration safer.”

Dr Tom Dean, a Rural Family Practitioner in South Dakota, talks to CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta–South Dakota has had one of the worst spikes of Covid-19 cases in the country, with the positivity rate now climbing above 50%. Podcast (16 minutes)

This issue includes: Wisconsin is Losing, Bias in Proposed Vaccine Distribution?, Celebrating National Rural Health Day, RWHC Achieves National Gold Recognition, A Nursing Legend Rightly Honored, The First Cartoon in Eye On Health , WI Rural GME Launches YouTube Channel, RWHC Staff “Bounce Back Video", Leadership Insights: “Difficult Discussions”, RWHC Recruiting a Director of Community Economic Development, UW Student 29th Annual $2500 Essay Contest Open Until June 1st, Eye On Health Cartoons

A plain speaking family physician sharing his experience and hope. (Article by Dr Tom Dean, Wessington Springs, South Dakota)

A Commentary by Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director

From a colleague to Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director: “I debated making this post but if it saves one of my friends, family member or neighbor it's worth it.

A commentary by Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council

The latest ad features a frontline nurse at ThedaCare in Appleton. Katie, a frontline nurse from Appleton, is asking Wisconsin to step up. Wisconsin, we can't do this without you.

(Covid-19 Cartoon)

(Video) Slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin has to be a team effort. Adrian Amos, Kenny Clark, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling of the Green Bay Packers are asking Wisconsin residents to do their part in this latest public education message from the Stop the COVID Spread! coalition. Let's do this, Wisconsin!