Vaccinations

States reallocate hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program

Tue, 2021-02-02 16:25 — mike kraft

States reallocate hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses held in federal long-term care program States are reallocating hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses – initially set aside to vaccinate long-term care residents and staff members – through a federal partnership between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and pharmacies including Walgreens and CVS. By Jessie Yeung and Adam Renton, CNN CNN

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Small study suggests Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective against South African variant

Tue, 2021-02-02 13:07 — mike kraft

Study suggests Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective against South African variant The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be less able to protect against infection with a South African variant of the virus that has a worrying mutation, according to results of a British study released on Tuesday. Kate Kelland U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be less able to protect against infection with a South African variant of the virus that has a worrying mutation, according to results of a British study released on Tuesday.

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Had Covid? You May Need Only One Dose of Vaccine, Study Suggests

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:56 — mike kraft

Shannon Romano, a molecular biologist, came down with Covid late last March, about a week after she and her colleagues shut down their lab at Mount Sinai Hospital. A debilitating headache came first, followed by a fever that kept rising, and then excruciating body aches. “I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t move,” she said. “Every one of my joints just hurt inside.”

It was not an experience she wanted to repeat — ever. So when she became eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month, she got the shot.

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Some Florida counties have opted out of vaccine registration system

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:43 — mike kraft

Some counties opting out of Florida’s new vaccine registration system, leaving seniors confused Florida now has a statewide COVID-19 vaccination registration system, but we have discovered several counties across Tampa Bay are refusing to use it. mvillarreal WFLA

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US won't make immigration arrests at virus vaccination sites

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:28 — mike kraft

US won't make immigration arrests at virus vaccination sites WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it won’t be making routine immigration enforcement arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites. Vaccination sites will be considered “sensitive... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it won’t be making routine immigration enforcement arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites.

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Fauci urges vaccinations to stop new virus strains: 'Viruses cannot mutate if they don't replicate'

Tue, 2021-02-02 09:16 — mike kraft

Fauci urges vaccinations to stop new virus strains: 'Viruses cannot mutate if they don't replicate' With multiple new coronavirus strains spreading across the country, Americans need to get vaccinated as quickly as possible to stop more mutations from emerging, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday, Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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CDC Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots

Tue, 2021-02-02 08:59 — mike kraft

Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control... AP NEWS

A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday.

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