MANSFIELD, Ohio — The brutal balancing act families are facing isn’t new. Teresa Alt Executive Director, of the Richland County Youth and Family Council, says parents are forced to ask themselves, “am I going to, you know, stay home and make sure my kid gets online, or am I going […]
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The great polio vaccine mess and the lessons it holds about federal coordination for today’s COVID-19 vaccination effort
Elementary students initially received polio vaccines at school. PhotoQuest/Archive Photos via Getty Images I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School in the spring of 1955. We were waiting for our first injection of the new polio vaccine. […]
Mexico ramps vaccination effort after new supply
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has begun broad vaccination efforts as the country posts another new high in daily coronavirus infections. Teams spread out to vaccinate front-line health care workers across Mexico on Wednesday, administering about 94,400 shots. That is compared to daily averages of about 4,000 shots in preceding days. […]
CVS to hire 200-plus for its Sacramento CA COVID-19 effort
CVS Health is looking to hire more than 220 new employees — pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses and more — in the Sacramento region as it prepares to join the effort to immunize the most vulnerable U.S. citizens against COVID-19. “If you think about what these individuals will be doing … […]
Inside the Operation Warp Speed effort to get Americans a COVID-19 vaccine – 60 Minutes
While the rest of the country has been counting votes, an Army general named Gus Perna has been counting doses of vaccine. He is in charge of Operation Warp Speed, the catchy title given to the crash program to inoculate 300 million Americans against the coronavirus by next spring. For […]
A push for Lancaster County health department faltered 12 years ago; the pandemic renews the effort | Local News
Lancaster County lacked a timely, coordinated and data-driven response during the outbreak of the coronavirus last spring, possibly resulting in preventable sickness and deaths and highlighting the need for a county-run public health department, advocates and some community leaders say. A dozen years after a failed push for a county […]
Willmar celebrates five-year effort to build healthy community
The people of Willmar, Minn., gathered virtually last week to celebrate five years of real togetherness. The online festivities marked the end of Healthy Together Willmar, a program designed to show that the secret to healthy living isn’t only in the doctor’s office — it’s also at the playground, the […]
Pirates vs.Cancer: Pandemic fails to cut out student fundraising effort | News
Not everyone who got an in-home haircut in the spring did so out of desperation due to closures. Some did it out of dedication to a cause. Without barbers or hairdressers and minus the fanfare of what has been recognized as the best student organization-hosted event on campus, many ECU […]
Overnight Health Care: Pfizer could apply for vaccine authorization by late November | State health officials say they need $8.4B for vaccination effort | CDC: Blacks, Hispanics dying of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates
Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care. The CDC released new data showing people of color are dying of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. State health officials tell Congress they need more money for vaccine distribution. And NARAL, a pro-choice group is calling for new Democratic leadership on the Senate Judiciary […]
Community effort aims to make Dayton a better place
“PDAC seeks projects that benefit residents of the Dayton region, impact its quality of life, encourage business growth, and strengthen the community’s relationship with local military installations,” the Dayton Development Coalition said. “The process allows community leaders to evaluate projects and establish a list of regional priorities that allows the […]
US to shun world effort to develop vaccine; Here’s who should get first vaccinations; Fauci debunks COVID theories
A Trump administration official said Tuesday that the U.S. will go it alone in developing a coronavirus vaccine, shunning the worldwide cooperative effort. And the reopening efforts in the U.S. continue. California’s latest plan drew scrutiny, Florida’s governor vowed no more lockdowns, and New York City delayed in-school learning Tuesday, one day after the […]
US to shun world effort to develop vaccine; Here’s who should get first vaccination; Fauci debunks COVID theories
A Trump administration official said Tuesday that the U.S. will go it alone in developing a coronavirus vaccine, shunning the worldwide cooperative effort. And the reopening efforts in the U.S. continue. California’s latest plan drew scrutiny, Florida’s governor vowed no more lockdowns, and New York City delayed in-school learning Tuesday, one day after the […]
Tsunami of fake news hurts Latin America’s effort to fight coronavirus
Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP For months Gustavo Andrade has been battling to convince his parishioners to take Covid-19 seriously. Related: Desperate Bolivians seek out toxic bleach falsely touted as Covid-19 cure “This town is full of infected people. Two or three die every day,” said the priest, from the town of […]