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News Articles: covid-19 vaccine

People lined up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Disneyland's parking lot in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 13. The state says all residents 65 or older are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

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  • Health

OPINION: Moral Tragedy Looms In Early Chaos Of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

As states suddenly expand the categories of people eligible for the first scarce shipments of vaccine, who will be watching to make sure those hit hardest by the pandemic aren't left behind?

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • Hazar Khidir and
  • Melanie Molina
Colleagues, family and friends attend the August funeral of Los Angeles police Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency's first sworn officer to die of complications from COVID-19.

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  • Health

As COVID-19 Ravages His Force, LAPD Chief Looks To Boost Confidence In Vaccine

An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore describes how the department plans to increase that number.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang and
  • Maureen Pao
A health care worker with the Florida Department of Health administers a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a retirement community in Pompano Beach, Fla. New Trump administration guidance arrived Tuesday, urging states to make all people over 65 eligible for the vaccine.

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  • Health

Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65

The federal government announced several big changes to its vaccine plans, upending earlier guidance about whom to prioritize for the next phase.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Pien Huang
Older adults and first responders wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine late last month at the Lakes Regional Library in Fort Myers, Fla.

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  • Health

Math Problem: What's The Best Strategy For COVID-19 Vaccination?

Even if the Biden administration releases all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines, supplies will remain limited. How best to use that limited supply is a question mathematicians can help answer.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
The incoming Biden administration has plans to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, by not holding doses in reserve.

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  • Health

Biden's Plan To Release More Vaccine Is A Gamble. Is It Worth The Risk?

Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means there's a chance some people's second dose gets delayed.

January 09, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Rob Stein
U.S. COVID-19 vaccination programs are off to a slow start, but with more funding, better coordination and public awareness campaigns, things could speed up, experts say.

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  • Health

Here's How The U.S. Can Jump Start Its Sluggish COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

With case and death counts still surging, the pressure is on to vaccinate as many people as possible. Here's what it will take to get more Americans their shots, fast.

January 09, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Pien Huang
Inside an emergency room at Rafik Hariri Hospital on Nov. 17, a medic wearing full protective gear checks a woman who might have the coronavirus. Beirut hospitals are reaching maximum capacity amid an influx of coronavirus patients.

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  • World

Lebanon's Full Hospitals Turn Away Coronavirus Patients Amid Record Daily Cases

A coronavirus surge is overwhelming hospitals, leading doctors to tell families to care for sick loved ones at home instead. Health workers fear New Year's parties could have led to further spikes.

January 08, 2021
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Coastal Georgia nurses among first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

With Phone Lines Overwhelmed, Health Officials Urge Patience During Vaccine Expansion

With COVID-19 vaccinations opening to people 65 and older, a high volume of calls overwhelmed the Coastal Health District phone lines Thursday.

January 07, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Jean-Christophe Richard in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, France, on Wednesday. Amid public outcry, France's health minister promised Tuesday an "exponential" acceleration of his country's slow coronavirus vaccination process.

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  • World

After Slow Start, Europeans Call For Quicker Vaccines Against COVID-19

From France to Germany to The Netherlands, citizens are venting frustration over the pace of the mass vaccination program.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Person wearing stethoscope and holding a syringe

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  • Health Care

Current, Retired Health Care Volunteers Needed To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines In Georgia

Of the combined 376,325 Pfizer and Moderna vaccine shipments, only 76,742 doses have been administered so far, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Current and retired health care volunteers are needed to help with distribution.

January 04, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co. in Beijing last month.

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  • Asia

Beijing Reports Tens Of Thousands Inoculated In 1st Days Of COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign

Beijing says it has vaccinated more than 73,000 people in the two days since China's first domestic coronavirus vaccine was approved for commercial use.

January 04, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Feng
A health worker gets ready to take samples from people to test for COVID-19 as another registers them at a marketplace last month in New Delhi.

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  • Asia

India Authorizes AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

Almost 150,000 people in India have died from complications of COVID-19, behind only the U.S. and Brazil. India plans to begin inoculating its population of 1.4 billion this month.

January 02, 2021
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By:
  • Sushmita Pathak
Grafton, Wis., police officials said the now-fired pharmacist admitted he removed the vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration to render them useless.

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  • Law

Pharmacist Arrested, Accused Of Destroying More Than 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses

The now-fired hospital employee later said he knew "that people who received the vaccinations would think they had been vaccinated against the virus when in fact they were not," investigators said.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
In late 2019, the patient's choice to move to an assisted living facility seemed like a good idea — a chance for more social interaction and help with meals and medical care.

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  • Health

Choices, Chance And Living While You Can: Bookends To The Year Of COVID-19

One of my patients in this devastating year stands out — a veteran who'd survived PTSD, cancer and family estrangement. Assisted living raised his COVID-19 risk, but also brought him community.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • John Henning Schumann
Edna Halup, a staff member at a private nursing home, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, in Ganei Tikva, Israel, on Dec. 22.

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  • World

As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots

Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of its citizens by end of January but the country has not provided any to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, which are scrambling for shots.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
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