Eric Nickens News Today

Kiplyn Primus talks with Eric Nickens from the DeKalb Board of Health about flu season, vaccination, and avoiding the flu.

Health officials are hoping more visitors will make flu shots a priority.

DeKalb County is putting more shots in arms this weekend by offering $100 gift cards to anyone who gets a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot. 

With growing concerns that the monkeypox outbreak could turn into another pandemic, local health offices have been flooded with requests for the monkeypox vaccine.

The Georgia Department of Public Health said COVID-19 testing demand is high, but supplies are low, making it increasingly more difficult to get tested around the holidays.

Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Visit Your Local Transit Center Across the country, transit agencies are getting involved in vaccination efforts. Many are giving people free rides to vaccine sites via bus, train or light rail routes, or are using their fleets for door-to-door pickup. by Jenni Bergal, Stateline / April 12, 2021 When Foothill Transit officials opened a new $24 million, three-level bus depot and park-and-ride garage last March in Covina, California, th...

Table of Contents Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Visit Your Local Transit Center A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a nurse at a vaccination site run by Foothill Transit in Covina, California. Transit agencies across the country are giving free rides to vaccine sites and some are hosting clinics in their facilities. Ringo Chiu The Associated Press When Foothill Transit officials opened a new $24 million, three-level bus depot and park-and-ride garage last March in Covina...

Are you one of 3 million Georgians now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine? Heres where to find it Some Georgians felt relieved when they received their vaccination on Monday. ATLANTA - There were selfies, Band-Aids and a steady stream of vaccine recipients in Doraville on Monday morning as about 420 people were scheduled to be vaccinated at a DeKalb Board of Health vaccination site, many newly eligible for the vaccine "I feel so fortunate, so lucky." Jay Dong says, who just turned 65 and was rece...

COVID Vaccinations Slowest in Hardest Hit States Brenda Goodman is a senior news writer for WebMD. Andy Miller is editor and CEO of Georgia Health News. Jan. 13, 2021 -- It felt like Christmas when “Santa Rick” Rosenthal, who runs Northern Lights Santa Academy in Atlanta, snagged a rare slot to receive one of the first COVID-19 vaccines doled out to seniors in Georgia. Rosenthal, who trains people to play Santa, didn’t even mind that his appointment was at 5:20 in the morning. The 68-year...

It felt like Christmas when “Santa Rick” Rosenthal, who runs Northern Lights Santa Academy in Atlanta, snagged a rare slot to receive one of the first COVID-19 vaccines doled out