Vaccine News

Vaccine News Image via Shutterstock
Vaccine News COVID Vaccines for Kids: What’s Different and What’s Next?

Pfizer got one step closer this week to offering a COVID vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 after a trial found it safe and effective.

Amie Knowles Amie Knowles September 24, 2021 1:19 pm EDT
Vaccine News Despite having asthma, Micah McClain was among the estimated 11% of Mecklenburg County residents that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers vaccine hesitant. Since contracting the virus and developing blood clots in his lungs, he wishes he would have followed experts' advice. 'If getting vaccinated would have prevented me from going to the hospital and dealing with what I had to deal with, I would have gotten vaccinated.'
Vaccine News I Said They’d Have to Vaccinate Me at Gunpoint. Then I Contracted Delta.

An estimated 11% of Mecklenburg County adults are vaccine hesitant. Micah McClain was among them until contracting COVID. He has a message for others.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright September 23, 2021 3:48 pm EDT
Vaccine News AP Photo/Bob Christie, File
Vaccine News Tucson Wanted To Require COVID-19 Vaccines For All City Employees. Arizona’s Attorney General Called It Illegal.

As of last month, 76% of city employees had been vaccinated against COVID-19, while 546 employees had requested an exemption from getting the vaccine.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi September 9, 2021 1:32 pm EDT
Coronavirus
Coronavirus When Will Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Be Used Again in Virginia?

RICHMOND-Over a week after Virginia ceased using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, questions still remain.

Amie Knowles Amie Knowles April 22, 2021 4:23 am EDT
Vaccine News Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, a worker restocks products at a grocery store in Dallas, Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Vaccine News ‘Getting Sick Every Day’: Arizona Grocery Store Workers Want to Know When They Will Be Vaccinated

Food service workers were deemed essential during the early stages of the pandemic, but most are still not prioritized for vaccination.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi March 1, 2021 3:49 pm EST

Trending

Camaron Stevenson Elections The Arizona Senate’s ‘Audit’ of the 2020 Election Results Is Finally Over, but at What Cost?
Activists take part in a protest outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill to call for a full minimum wage with tips for restaurant workers in Washington, DC in May 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) Law and Policy ‘More Rights for the Employer’: Why Workers Have it So Bad in North Carolina
Bridge rebuilding in Ashland County Infrastructure Wisconsin Desperately Needs Infrastructure Bills to Pass, Lawmakers Say
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, Chester County election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election in the United States at West Chester University in West Chester. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Voting PA Election Bill Proposes Reforms, Transparency Without Restricting Voters’ Rights
Vaccine News AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
Vaccine News Arizona Successfully Opened Its 24/7 Vaccination Site at State Farm Stadium—and There Are More to Come

President Joe Biden praised Arizona’s vaccine rollout during a virtual tour of the stadium, where thousands of residents are vaccinated daily.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi February 9, 2021 1:59 pm EST
Vaccine News Healthcare workers in protective equipment administer vaccines to patients in a conference room with folding tables. It is after sunset.
Vaccine News The US Needed More 24/7 Vaccine Centers Yesterday

Vaccine distribution centers that are open 24 hours a day have proven to inoculate many more people than centers that are only open during traditional business hours. So far, New York and Phoenix are the only major US cities to adopt them.

Andy Hirschfeld Andy Hirschfeld February 2, 2021 1:24 pm EST