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I read with dismay the Tribune-Review’s reporting on the Feb. 3 hearing in Harrisburg regarding the abysmal rollout of covid-19 vaccinations to Pennsylvania citizens (“Pa.’s lagging vaccine rollout takes center stage in Harrisburg,” Feb. 4, TribLIVE). The prevalent rhetoric was to make excuses and blame others. It makes me think

Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts @CTGOVERNMENT @covid_19

White Americans are receiving the coronavirus vaccine at a higher rate than Black and Latino populations, a new analysis has found, underscoring how minority communities continue to be disproportionately hit by the ongoing pandemic.

Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts @CTGOVERNMENT

President Joe Biden is tearing up the legacy of his predecessor Donald Trump as he tries to turn the pandemic around.

New CDC director: "Healthier days lie ahead" From CNN Healths Virginia Langmaid In her first statement as Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky promised that "healthier days lie ahead" -- but getting there will require a rapid acceleration of Covid-19 testing, surveillance and vaccination. Walensky, who began her post on Wednesday, also said the agency is conducting a comprehensive review of all existing Covid-19 guidance, which will be updated whe...

Billed as ‘the nation’s largest online collection of racial inequity data’ Anti-racism proponent and Boston University Professor Ibram Kendi is embarking on a new project — a collaboration of his anti-racism activism and data. The university announced the “Racial Data Lab” in a December news release. The lab, a joint project of the Center for Antiracist Research and the computing and data science department, “will put BU at the center of the emerging field of racial data science,�...

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Yet most other states managed to roll out the vaccine more quickly than North Carolina, which has so far administered only about one-third of its allotment. That speed matters, as federal officials have said future distributions may be based on how quickly states are putting shots into arms. But exactly why North Carolina has fallen behind is complicated. A survey of dozens of county health departments across the state by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network shows a range of problems that have h...

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