“I’m a little bit like Grand Central Station right now,” she said. Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. The first anti-vaccine league group appeared in Britain in the 1850s, when the government tried to make smallpox vaccination mandatory. Most famously, in 1998, Andrew Wakefield a physician who subsequently lost his medical […]
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New York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Cuomo said he feared President Donald Trump would strongarm the Food and Drug Administration into using insufficiently rigorous standards to approve vaccines. […]
New York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Cuomo said he feared President Donald Trump would strongarm the FDA into using insufficiently rigorous standards to approve vaccines. “We are going […]
Los Angeles County is expecting an uptick in its supply of COVID-19 vaccines this week, providing a welcome boost to the region’s inoculation efforts. The county’s latest allocation, pegged at approximately 362,000 doses, is up nearly 39,000 from last week, according to the Department of Public Health. That number is […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — Middle Tennessee State University announced it will resume its COVID-19 vaccine clinic after shutting down to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. After opening Monday, the special clinic shut down Tuesday and Wednesday, in accordance with the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and […]
POTSDAM, N.Y. – Vetia Searcy could get her vaccine. But she had to go to somewhere called Potsdam, New York, to get it. Searcy had never heard of the place. Scanning through New York’s vaccine portal in February, refreshing the website and hoping to snag an appointment somewhere near her […]
SEATTLE (AP) — State officials have confirmed that everyone 16 and older in Washington state can get in line for a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1. Officials confirmed the timeline on Wednesday, The Seattle Times reported. The state Department of Health has accelerated its tiered approach to vaccine eligibility following […]
Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines in Washington state on Friday, March 19. COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expanding to 2 million more people March 31 in Washington state COVID-19 vaccine eligibility will expand to include anyone 60 and older and people working in congregate settings, including restaurant […]
Did you feel that, Jersey? That gentle tap on the shoulder this week was Spring, whispering howyoudoin’ like a dear friend we haven’t seen since lockdowns and quarantines and pandemic life began. We mostly missed last Spring, kept inside by uncertainty about the unseen virus then just beginning its deadly […]
Workers unloading AstraZeneca vaccines in El Salvador on Thursday, the country’s first shipment – GETTY IMAGES Washington has told the European Union that it should not expect to receive AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in the United States any time soon, two sources told Reuters, in a new blow to the bloc’s […]
Dr. Ee Tay helped her neighbors get vaccinated in January, and now she helps people all over NYC. With the help of the medical community and Facebook group members, she’s scheduled 300 appointments. Her team offers help to the elderly, undocumented immigrants, and those with language barriers. See more stories […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk. Among the first to be inoculated on Monday was Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Those now eligible to […]
FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination site at Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles. Newsom signed a $7.6 billion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, that will give […]
The COVID-19 vaccine has been hard to come by in Barnwell County. The small rural county of about 21,000 people on the state’s western border has one of the highest per capita rates of coronavirus infection in South Carolina and is one of eight counties in the state without a […]
South Carolina has already been one of the states hardest hit by COVID as infections and death tolls continue to mount across the United States. But it now has even more cause for alarm: The state on Thursday announced that it had found two cases caused by the more transmissible […]
Cabinet “hawks” – Priti Patel, Mr Hancock and Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove – are pressing for tougher measures modelled on Australia and New Zealand, while the “doves”, including Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, fear severe economic damage from such moves. The Covid-O committee will consider options […]
Dr. Sarah Mohtadi administers coronavirus vaccine at a drive-in vaccination site at the Long Beach Convention Center on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) The city of Long Beach this week expanded distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers, the first group of essential workers in Los Angeles County […]
The city of Long Beach this week expanded distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers, the first group of essential workers in Los Angeles County outside the healthcare industry to be offered the critical shots. Those eligible include grocery store and restaurant workers who live or work in Long Beach. […]
As of Jan. 15, city distributed 3,117 does; says it’s holding back to ensure second shot for those eligible for Phase1A CLEVELAND — Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is blaming federal and state officials for over-promising vaccines – and leaving distribution details — to others. “There’s criticism because it’s failed from […]
The following information is related to COVID-19 vaccination distribution in the Central Florida area.This information will be updated as more details are released. ORANGE COUNTY To get additional information on the vaccine, click here.Those who have trouble booking an appointment can call 305-351-9531 or email [email protected] information about when more […]
Children wearing glasses featuring number ‘2021’ pose for a photo to welcome the New Year in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province of China (VCG via Getty Images) From a global pandemic to Brexit, 2020 has been a trying year wherever and however you have spent it. Lockdowns, job losses, isolation and the […]
The arrival of a coronavirus vaccine has the U.S. travel industry preparing for a rebound in demand following a historically terrible year. After months of deep discounts — with hotels offering lavish perks and airlines dangling fares such as $21 from New York to Florida — prices are set to […]