WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says it is “vital” that Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the nation heads into the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Biden attended a White House briefing of emergency management and scientific advisers. He said getting vaccinated is part of preparing for the possibility […]
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In this rural Missouri county, the vaccination rate is low and opposition high | Coronavirus
Ashlyn Amelung of Iron County and Dylan Turner of Washington County settle in for watching Space Jam at the Starlite Drive-In in Old Mines on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Amelung, 18 and a Missouri State freshman, recently received her first dose of vaccine, encouraged by her parents to do so. […]
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Colorado Vaccination Jackpot $1 Million Denver Homes
^ I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Denver and help keep the future of Westword free. At 12:45 p.m. today, June 4, Governor Jared Polis is scheduled to announce the first winner of Colorado Comeback Cash, a series of drawings that will award $1 million each of the […]
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Lancaster County vaccination center now offering limited same-day appointments
Same-day COVID-19 vaccination appointment scheduling will be held at 1 p.m. daily at the Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center starting Wednesday, officials said. Appointments are limited based upon no-shows and can be scheduled at the vaccination center’s interior mall entrance at Park City Center in Lancaster. Vaccine availability will be […]
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TCC includes school staff in vaccination efforts: Vaccine appointments available in Fairbanks, Healy | Alerts
Ten new deaths from the COVID-19 virus were reported over the weekend in Alaska, including two Fairbanksans — a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s — as well as a North Pole woman 70 years or older. Half of the newly reported deaths happened in the […]
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Essential workers get emotional at Oakland County mass vaccination
Novi — It was cold outside, the sun had just come up and Debbie Rosenblatt was miles from home, yet the school social worker could not contain her excitement about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. After confirming her appointment with Oakland County health officials at a mass vaccination site inside […]
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Largest COVID vaccination site in Nevada opens after dress rehearsal
The largest COVID-19 vaccination site in the state will officially open Friday to members of the public — at least those who were able to make appointments on the Southern Nevada Health District’s website before it crashed. The vaccination site at Cashman Center in Las Vegas had what was described […]
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U.S. vaccination campaign runs far behind schedule
Operation Warp Speed promised to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. “That means big, and it means fast — a massive scientific, industrial and logistical endeavor,” President Trump said at a press conference announcing the effort last May. The administration came through on the scientific front, shattering […]
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In Minority Communities, Doctors Are Changing Minds About Vaccination
Like many Black and rural Americans, Denese Rankin, a 55-year-old retired bookkeeper and receptionist in Castleberry, Ala., did not want the Covid-19 vaccine. Ms. Rankin worried about side effects — she had seen stories on social media about people developing Bell’s palsy, for example, after they were vaccinated. She thought […]