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Officials called the new vaccine a third "safe and highly effective" option for preventing COVID-19 disease.

Laguna Beach Local News By Jean Hastings Ardell At the annual Año Nuevo Retreat my husband and I attend in Pacific Grove our group likes to talk about the books we’ve recently read, the issues of the day, and offer predictions for the upcoming year. At December’s gathering on Zoom we considered this question: Would the Black Lives Matter movement, and with it the dialogue about systemic racism, continue its momentum or would it prove to be a blip on the 2020 calendar? The majority agreed t...

Replies(56) (Jose F. Moreno, Staff Photographer / The Philadelphia Inquirer) NEW JERSEY — New Jersey expects to receive about 70,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves an emergency use authorization this weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday. The FDA was meeting Friday to consider the request from the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant. Johnson & Johnson officials said the company could deliver 20 million doses by the...

Eligible North Baton Rouge residents invited to free COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday, Saturday 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago Friday, February 26 2021 Feb 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 7:39 AM February 26, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE - Officials in the capital city are eager to see more of North Baton Rouges citizens safely vaccinated so as to ward off the harmful effects of COVID-19.  For this reason, free COVID-19 vaccinations will be available at the Living Faith Christian Cent...

Feb 24, 2021 4:59 PM EDT “‘Are we going to be guinea pigs for the vaccine?’” For months, Dr. James Hildreth’s sister had been asking questions like this. While public health officials were urging Americans to take measures to help stop the coronavirus, high rates of infection within Black communities fueled his sister’s mistrust, said Hildreth, the president of Meharry Medical College, an historically Black institution in Nashville. She had no desire ...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, HHS announced new actions to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across the country. Read more about the announcement and other news below. I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance On Februa...

Submitted by BlueNC on Tue, 02/23/2021 - 09:21 MARK ROBINSONS CAMPAIGN SPENDING IS A BIG, HOT MESS: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign report does not explain why $186 worth of medical bills were campaign-related. Or why he bought “campaign clothes and accessories” for $2,840 with the majority being spent at a sporting goods store. It doesn’t explain why his wife needed to be reimbursed $4,500 for campaign clothing or how and where she spent the money. “I think it’s questionable,”...

Meet the woman who is prioritizing health equity from the White House Erika Edwards © Provided by NBC News Its the story of a Black man in Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smiths own community of New Haven, Connecticut, that illustrates why she is so determined to bridge racial health disparities. The man had been living with chronic diseases, including diabetes, and was on dialysis. He used a wheelchair to get around. When he developed a fever and shortness of breath last April, he tried t...

Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President For COVID Task Force February 22, 2021 Dr. James Hildreth. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth has been named by President Joe Biden as a member of his COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Dr. Hildreth, the renowned immunologist and academic administrator and Meharry’s 12th president, sat on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration board that approved the first U.S. ...