[ad_1] Suppliers rush to roll out COVID-19 vaccines As most Texans wait their turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a medical expert has said the state needs to change its priorities. DALLAS – The race is now on for Dallas County vaccine providers to prepare and start vaccinating people at high risk for complications from … Read more
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Americans have volunteered to test COVID-19 vaccines, but only about half of them got the real thing in testing. Now, with the first vaccine deployments and an increase in coronavirus infections, experts are debating what to do about the half who received a dummy injection. Should everyone now be offered … Read more
[ad_1] Senior White House coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci said on Thursday that life in the United States would not return to normal until fall 2021, despite emergency vaccine approvals. “We can do both, we can keep the country open and we can comply with public health measures,” Fauci told MSNBC. “With a vaccine, I … Read more
[ad_1] By Steve Gorman, Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) – A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday for sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigeration to spoil them, law enforcement and medical officials said. FILE PHOTO: An employee shows off the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine … Read more
[ad_1] STRAIT – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan rose to 488,144 on Wednesday, including 12,333 deaths, state officials report. Wednesday’s update includes 4,222 new cases and 51 additional deaths. The following the data update is scheduled for January 2, 2021. New COVID-19 cases are slowing but deaths remain high … Read more
[ad_1] ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida – After a day of confusion over COVID-19 vaccines that caused long queues at the St. Johns County Department of Health, Jake Quigley, business director for the county health department, told News4Jax that it was not necessary to make an appointment to receive the vaccine. Cars started lining up at 5:30 … Read more
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ambulances have waited hours for openings to unload coronavirus patients. Overflow patients were transferred to hospital hallways and gift shops, and even to a cafeteria. Refrigerated trucks were waiting, ready to store the dead. For months, California has done many of the right things to prevent a catastrophic outbreak of … Read more
[ad_1] COVID-19 vaccinations in Virginia have now spread beyond frontline healthcare workers. COVID-19 vaccinations in Virginia have now spread beyond frontline healthcare workers. “Our long-term care facilities just started up this week,” Virginia Department of Health Division of Immunization director Christy Gray said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “It will take about three … Read more
[ad_1] Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines prepared for shipment to the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo. Photographer: Morry Gash / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Morry Gash / AFP / Getty Images The former industrial town of Kalamazoo, Michigan has become a manufacturing hub for Covid-19 vaccines. This can help the region’s economy turn a … Read more
[ad_1] By Steve Gorman, Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) – A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday for sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigeration to spoil them, law enforcement and medical officials said. FILE PHOTO: An employee shows off the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine … Read more