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States were left scrambling after finding out theyd get 20-40% less vaccine than they expected. Heres why. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT In the first major hiccup of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, states this week found themselves scrambling to adjust as they received word they would get between 20% and 40% less vaccine next week than they had been told as late as Dec. 9.  States were given estimates that turned out to be based on vaccine doses p...

States were left scrambling after finding out theyd get 20-40% less vaccine than they expected. Heres why. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT In the first major hiccup of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, states this week found themselves scrambling to adjust as they received word they would get between 20% and 40% less vaccine next week than they had been told as late as Dec. 9.  States were given estimates that turned out to be based on vaccine doses p...

In the first major hiccup of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, states this week found themselves scrambling to adjust as they received word they would get between 20% and 40% less vaccine next week than they had been told as late as Dec. 9.  States were given estimates that turned out to be based on vaccine doses produced, not those that had completed quality control and were releasable. Only on Wednesday and later were states informed of the actual numbers. "The ripple effect is h...

Skipping second dose of COVID vaccine could lead to virus spreading, mutating, experts say John Cairns/AP FILE - This undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, shows of vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. (University of Oxford/John Cairns via AP, File) By: KGTV Staff and last updated 2020-12-15 20:14:44-05 SAN DIEGO — As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine begins circulating, there...

What happens if you skip the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine? Threat of mutation, spread John Cairns/AP FILE - This undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, shows of vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. (University of Oxford/John Cairns via AP, File) and last updated 2020-12-15 18:30:42-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine begins circulating, there is another big logist...

Hospitals and medical centers spent Sunday preparing for the first COVID-19 vaccine to arrive Monday morning, a massive undertaking that began when a caravan of semis guarded by unmarked police cars pulled out of the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, just after dawn.  Onlookers applauded and cheered as the tractor-trailers carrying 189 boxes of vaccine slowly rolled out. The doses held in those cartons will be injected into the arms of health care workers in all 50 states begi...

Print After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots. Being first has come with persistent fears that the places hit hardest in the pandemic — accounting for nearly 40% of the nation’s death toll — could be put at risk again by vaccines sped into development and use in months rather than years. Some who live and work in nursing homes qu...

Role-playing, planning for earthquakes, mass training: US health care centers prep for arrival of COVID-19 vaccine Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Hospitals and medical centers spent Sunday preparing for the first COVID-19 vaccine to arrive Monday morning, a massive undertaking that began when a caravan of semis guarded by unmarked police cars pulled out of the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, just after dawn.  © Rey Del Rio, Getty Images Shi...

After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears By Associated Press | December 14, 2020 at 8:27 AM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:47 PM (AP) – After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots. Being first has come with persistent fears that the places hit hardest in the pandemic — accounting for nearly 40% of the nation’s de...

Pfizer’s Covid vaccine is now shipping. Heres how the U.S. plans to deliver it CNBC 12/12/2020 MacKenzie Sigalos This weekend, FedEx and UPS begin shipping 2.9 million doses of the vaccine from Pfizer plants to hospitals, clinics, and other distribution points across the country. Vaccine shipments will be getting special treatment, including priority access at the airport. © Provided by CNBC Richard Smith, president of the Americas at Fedex Corp., holds a shipping box as...