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Summit County Public Health plans to consolidate vaccine clinics next month
As demand for vaccines decreases, Summit County will begin to consolidate its vaccine clinics. Since January, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has been offering vaccine clinics Monday through Friday and will only continue to do so through the end of March. Starting in April, community members who wish to get a vaccine …
The Day – Rhode Island’s vaccine rule for health care workers expires
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Rhode Island’s emergency regulation that required health care workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus expires Saturday. The state will now require unvaccinated health care workers to wear N95 masks when they’re working and transmission rates are elevated, with 50 cases or more per 100,000 people per week, the state Department …
New Jersey will end omicron health emergency, NYC to lift indoor vaccine mandate
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday said large-scale mitigation measures are no longer needed to fight Covid, lifting a public health emergency order …
Harvard School of Public Health Prof. Receives Award for Vaccine Research Education | News
Kizzmekia S. Corbett, an assistant professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health, was awarded the 2022 Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science earlier this month. The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science recognizes early-career scientists …
Technology Used for COVID-19 Vaccine Tested for HIV Prevention – NBC4 Washington
The same technology used to develop the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines is being tested to prevent HIV. “The whole idea is very similar to the emergence of COVID vaccines,” said Dr. David Diemert of George Washington University. “It’s to produce antibodies in the person who gets the vaccine that will then interfere with the virus …
Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective
The two-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax is 90 percent effective against the disease, the company said today. The Novavax shots are a different type of vaccine than the ones already available: it’s a protein-based vaccine that directly delivers bits of the coronavirus spike protein, which the body then makes antibodies against. Novavax tested its …
Health experts concerned about more contagious COVID-19 variant now in AZ | AZ Vaccine HQ
Doctors worry about a new strain of COVID-19 that could be targeting younger people. PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Health officials are raising concerns about a new COVID-19 variant that is more transmissible. The B.1.617.2 strain, officially known as the Delta variant, was detected in Arizona. TGen, a …
G7 to donate one billion vaccine doses by next year, says PM
Speaking at his news conference, Boris Johnson begins by joking that he is disappointed the England football team cannot watch the press conference live. (They kicked off their Euro 2020 opening match a few minutes ago). He says the world is looking to the G7 leaders to move beyond the sometimes “nationalistic” and selfish initial …
IU Health workers gather to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandate
INDIANAPOLIS – Workers for IU Health gathered with supporters Saturday to protest the health provider’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Dozens attends the Saturday afternoon demonstration behind IU Fairbanks Hall. IU Health is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1. Those who fail to do so face termination. There are some exemptions …
G-7 gathers to pledge 1B coronavirus vaccine shots for world – The Associated Press
G-7 gathers to pledge 1B coronavirus vaccine shots for world The Associated Press Biden announces US will donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccines CNN Heart inflammation in young men higher than expected after Pfizer, Moderna vaccines -U.S. CDC Yahoo News Biden is showing that the U.S. can help vaccinate the world — and lead it The Washington Post Biden Meets …
