Pregnant people are still not getting vaccinated against Covid
Calendar year three into the pandemic, and vaccination coverage among pregnant people remains staggeringly low. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of January 1, just over 40 percent of pregnant people in the United States between age 18 and 49 were fully vaccinated prior to pregnancy or during…
Fauci: Vaccines for first-graders could be authorized by September
Enlarge / Students wait to have their portraits taken for school picture day on Sept. 23, 2020, in Stamford, Connecticut.John Moore | Getty Images Children as young as first graders may be able to get the coronavirus vaccine by the time school starts in September, presuming trials are successful in those age groups, Dr. Anthony…
U.S. Vaccinations May Be Reaching A Tipping Point To Stop The...
Around a third of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after several months of a concerted push to immunize the country. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Around a third of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after several…
As COVID Vaccinations Slow, Parts Of The U.S. Remain Far Behind...
In April, a vaccination site in Trousdale County, Tennessee, administered just a handful of shots throughout the entire day. Since then, the daily pace of vaccinations has slowed even further. Rural areas across the South still have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN In…
COVID Vaccinations Are On The Rise Again, Says White House
Due to more mandates around the U.S., White House COVID advisors say first-time vaccination rates are now on the rise after a slowdown this summer. Millions of unvaccinated children are now in school.
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin In Florida’s Broward County
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with WLRN's Veronica Zaragovia about the coronavirus vaccine drive in Broward County, Florida, where those aged 65 and over can now get inoculated. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The hope we all feel in 2021 hinges on one big thing, right? Vaccinations. Hundreds of millions of Americans will have to get vaccinated before…
News brief: vaccinations, Iraq election, China-Taiwan tensions
It's expected to be a big week for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Ballots are being counted in Iraq's parliamentary elections. China and Taiwan used a weekend occasion to heat up their rhetoric.
U.S. May Have Hit The Mark With Vaccinations To Beat Back...
The U.S. appears to be very close to hitting a tipping point in the coronavirus pandemic, with vaccinations finally turning around the trajectory of infections.
On COVID vaccinations, Pope says health care is a ‘moral obligation’
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday. Gregorio Borgia/AP ROME — Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a "moral…
CDC OKs vaccinations for children 6 months to 5 years old
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has cleared the way for the roll out of vaccines for children five years and under as early as this coming week.
