When Gov. Greg Abbott reissued an executive order prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates by public entities in Texas, he made a small change that could have big implications. The original ban on vaccine requirements and “passports” was directed at any vaccine authorized for “emergency use.” With the Food and Drug Administration’s […]
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Why I’m still not ready to get the COVID vaccine
Vaccine hesitancy explained Come on, Champa Bay, let’s get vaccinated | Column, June 1 Like everyone else, I looked forward to the COVID vaccine as if my life and everyone else’s depended on it. But then I began to read the data and became skeptical about what we’d been told […]
Travel & Leisure Etfs Jump On Vaccine Optimism
This summer season, everyone seems to be getting their feet wet with pool sharingTake a dive into the most popular new trade of our no good, very bad pandemic summer. Glamping startups are right here to helpNeed your tent to come with contemporary linens and air mattresses? Airports are valuable […]
COVID vaccine education, a perfect play, bullpen issues
PHILADELPHIA — The Mets spent part of Tuesday listening to an expert on vaccines educate them on the COVID-19 vaccines. This session, planned by the team, aimed to not only provide factual information but also to answer questions players had about the vaccines. “Just getting to talk about it for an hour,” Jeff McNeil […]
Gov. Wolf and COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Announce Plan to Vaccinate Teachers, Other School Staff
Wolf administration, national guard and local IUs partnering to administer the J&J vaccineClassroom learning and nutritious meals are important, especially for our youngest students As part of the priority to safely and quickly get more students back in the classroom, Governor Tom Wolf and the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force today […]
Federal government wants COVID vaccine distribution system in place and ready to roll by Nov. 1
Operation Warp Speed – the White House-led partnership for COVID-19 answers – is pushing its partners to be ready to begin distributing coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1. The date is the first concrete goal set for companies working with Operation Warp Speed be prepared to deliver vaccines to doctors and hospitals, […]
This young, Black, female scientist from NC leads efforts to find a COVID-19 vaccine
As a teenager growing up in Hillsborough, Kizzmekia Corbett had never seen a Black scientist before. Then she walked into a lab at UNC-Chapel Hill one summer, met Albert Russell, a PhD student, and for the first time believed she could be one. Now, at 34, Corbett is the scientific […]