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News Articles: covid vaccines

An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory in Baltimore in Nov. 2020. Dry ice helps keep COVID-19 vaccines cool during transport.

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  • Global Health

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

Many of the coronavirus vaccines like it cold. Really cold. Sub-zero cold. Why is this the case? And how is the world handling this frigid requirement?

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Pranav Baskar
Amanda Bordeaux, 36, gets her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a weekly mass vaccination clinic at the Rosebud hospital in South Dakota.

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  • National

Why Native Americans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Faster

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is vaccinating its community at rates faster than the rest of South Dakota. That mirrors a trend in Indian Country, which has been hard-hit by the coronavirus.

February 19, 2021
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Health workers are briefed before conducting COVID-19 swab tests on public transportation drivers at a slum area in Manila. The Philippines is one of the Southeast Asian countries hit hardest by the pandemic.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far

And that's creating anxiety and stress — and may be contributing to a shortage of health workers. Why is the country having problems getting vaccines?

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
A reader asks: I want to have a private cuddle session with some goats but am concerned that the goats may have cuddled with other people. What's the COVID risk? Note: The goat and human in the photo above are part of the same pandemic pod.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQs: If I Have No Post-Vaccine Pain, Is It Working? Plus: Goat Dilemma!

Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask, whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Maria Godoy,
  • Pranav Baskar,
  • and 1 more
Marian, left, and Charlie Keen get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Cochran, Ga. in January 25, 2021.

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  • Medical Treatments

Vaccine Shortage In Georgia Prompts 'Pause' In Appointments

The Georgia governor's office says public health departments and other providers are being forced to “pause" appointments for people hoping to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in the Cobb-Douglas counties district.

February 01, 2021
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By:
  • Associated Press
The European Union quickly reversed a decision invoking an emergency provision of the Brexit deal that could have restricted exports of COVID-19 vaccines across the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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  • World

EU Reverses Move To Restrict Export Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Northern Ireland

The European Union backtracked after a move to restrict the movement of vaccines between Ireland and Northern Ireland drew condemnation.

January 31, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Dr. Kathleen Toomey speaks at a press conference with Governor Brian Kemp standing nearby.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Vaccine Rollout A Major Test For Kemp, Biden's Leadership

Friday on Political Rewind: As Georgians eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations scramble to get them, Gov. Brian Kemp acknowledged demand is far outstripping supply. Kemp told reporters at a news conference Georgia has already received most of the doses the state was initially set to receive.

Our panel reviewed the rollout of President Joe Biden’s plan to fight the coronavirus and whether it may begin turning the corner on the pandemic here and across the country.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Health

Kemp: Georgia's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Must Pick Up Speed

Georgia’s health workers are doing incredible work getting the COVID-19 vaccine into people’s arms, but they have to pick up the pace. 

That was the message from Gov. Brian Kemp during a Friday press conference about the vaccine rollout. 

January 08, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The FDA has learned of reports that some health care facilities are trying to stretch the number of limited doses by cutting them in half, extending the length of time between doses, or mixing and matching vaccines in order to immunize more people against COVID-19.

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  • Medical Treatments

FDA Warns Health Officials Not To Mess With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Schedule

Agency officials said reducing the number of doses creates a potential for harm in patients because "they may assume that they are fully protected when they are not" and may "take unnecessary risks."

January 04, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Lt. Keishea Jackson gets a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shot on Thursday.

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  • Medical Treatments

Maryland, Virginia To Send Extra COVID-19 Vaccine To D.C., Tripling Its Allotment

D.C.'s mayor urged the federal government to send more medicine to no avail. Now the states are sharing their supply to vaccinate health care workers who work in the capital but live elsewhere.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Dr. James Black, head of emergency medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany,   Ga, was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday in the city that was once among the most severely affected pandemic hotspots in the world.

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  • Health

Georgia's Early COVID-19 Hotspot Gets First Vaccine Doses

The Georgia city that was once one of the most severely affected COVID-19 hotspots in the world received its first virus vaccinations Thursday. 

 

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Coastal Georgia nurses receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

Tagged as: 

  • Health

Georgia Administers First COVID-19 Vaccines

Four Coastal Georgia nurses were among the state's first recipients of the vaccine against COVID-19.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
A worker works inside a lab at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. SinoVac, one of China's pharmaceutical companies behind a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate says its vaccine will be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the U.S.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Political Rewind: What To Know As COVID Vaccines Begins To Roll Out In Ga., Across U.S.

Monday on Political Rewind: The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines is headed to hundreds of distribution centers in all 50 states.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

Augusta University Set To Vaccinate Employees Next Week If Pzifer Wins FDA Approval

Augusta University Health System is making plans distribution plans for two COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the FDA’s approval for emergency use authorization. A panel will consider Pfizer's vaccine on Thursday. If approved, distribution will begin next week.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
As governments around the world prepare to approve the first coronavirus vaccines, social media companies are cracking down on hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

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  • Technology

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines

The new ban is an expansion of the social network's rules against misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm. It comes as governments prepare to roll out the first vaccinations.

December 03, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond

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