Maine residents to receive card with COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] PORTLAND – Residents of Maine will be given cards to simplify the coronavirus vaccination process after receiving the first vaccine. The state began rolling out the vaccine this week and it is expected to take months. Hundreds of health workers have been vaccinated so far. The coronavirus vaccine that is becoming available is a … Read more

Nurse passed out while telling press about COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] It’s the frightening moment when a nurse who had just received the coronavirus vaccine at a Tennessee hospital told reporters she felt dizzy and then passed out. Nurse manager Tiffany Dover received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga on Thursday and was giving a briefing when she began to walk away, … Read more

8 nuns at Wisconsin convent die of Covid last week, 4 on same day

[ad_1] Eight nuns died of complications from Covid-19 last week at a Wisconsin convent – four of whom died the same day. The convent, School Sisters of Notre-Dame of Elm Grove, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee, said there were confirmed cases among the 88 sisters living at the facility, but did not clarify the … Read more

The first COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the Brazos Valley

[ad_1] COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Baylor Scott & White Hospital – College Station today received its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital was named the vaccine supplier during phase I of the state’s vaccine distribution plan by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Baylor Scott & White – College Station … Read more

Fears prompt some medical workers to obtain Covid-19 vaccine

[ad_1] A healthcare worker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Michigan Medicine Facility in Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 16. Photographer: Emily Welcoming / Bloomberg Photographer: Emily Welcoming / Bloomberg Some nurses and emergency responders have expressed reluctance to take the new coronavirus vaccine, a reflection of the unease that U.S. officials hope to overcome … Read more

J&J Says Advanced COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Fully Enrolled

[ad_1] December 17 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it had fully recruited participants for the first advanced trial of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The study, named Ensemble, has recruited around 45,000 participants and is being conducted by its Janssen unit, J&J said in a statement, adding that it expects provisional data … Read more

1 in 5 prisoners in the United States has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

[ad_1] LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – One in five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times that of the general population. In some states, more than half of the prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by the Associated Press and … Read more

NC Coronavirus Update December 18: 128 COVID-19 Cases Discovered in Wake County Public School System Last Week

[ad_1] RALEIGH, NC – Here are the latest updates on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in North Carolina. Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine? Send them to us here FRIDAY MORNING STORIES 128 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the Wake County public school system from December 10 to 16. The virus … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Coachella Valley, 5 desert region workers receive first doses

[ad_1] The coronavirus vaccine has arrived in the Coachella Valley. A shipment from Pfizer arrived at the Desert Regional Medical Center Thursday morning, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to News Channel 3. News Channel 3 has a reporter at the hospital speaking with the first medical providers to receive the vaccine. Watch for noon live coverage … Read more

What happens if you are allergic to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine – Quartz

[ad_1] As the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine rolls out in the United States and Europe, the excitement has been somewhat dampened by a small number of responses among the first thousand beneficiaries: as of December 17, two people in the Kingdom United and one in the United States, had severe allergic reactions to shooting. They … Read more