Throughout the pandemic, data has shown minority groups are at higher risk of complications from COVID-19. New Hanover County health leaders want to make sure they are protected when the vaccine becomes available to them. Read More
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Mandating the COVID-19 vaccine
Mandating vaccines. We’ve seen it happen before for due to a precedent that dates back 115 years, but the COVID-19 vaccine is bringing the issue back into the forefront. There are multiple groups that can and have mandated vaccines. Ranging from employers, commercial and private industry. The state of Illinois has the constitutional right to […]
Essential workers, such as police, firefighters and teachers, will be among those next in line for a COVID-19 vaccine. Read More
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — The Guilford County Health Department director anticipates seeing their first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine any day now. A makeshift clinic at Bur-Mil Clubh… Read More
As states around the nation work to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, many people are still skeptical about taking it because little is known about the long-term side effects. Before people sign up to take the shot, the vaccine has people asking a lot of questions. The two most prominent are; is it safe and what is […]
Community Medical Centers officials are doing their best to get as many health care providers vaccinated as possible after receiving their first batch of the COVID-19 Pfizer shots last week. Read More
Alameda County began vaccinating their 911 first responders this weekend, and as COVID-19 cases rise across the city, San Francisco firefighters are wondering when they will get vaccinated. Read More
Dr. Vanessa Walker, a pulmonary and critical care physician, is taking people along her vaccine journey and encouraging others to get the shot as soon as they can. She created a YouTube “vlog” that over four and half minutes takes viewers, step-by-step, through getting the shot and that shows what she experienced in the days […]
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — We had a major breakthrough in Lane County on Monday, as healthcare workers here are getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The first shots were given at McKenzie-Willamette on Monday morning. The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is still being rolled out across the state on Monday night, and tens of […]