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Correction: February 6, 2021 This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misstated how many states are using Tiffany Tate's vaccination tracking software, based on incorrect information from Ms. Tate. It is 27 states and jurisdictions, not 28 states. Correction: February 6, 2021 This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article...

You may want the COVID-19 vaccine, but chances are you haven’t been able to get it. Pretty soon though, there could be an oversupply of the potentially...

States That Have Found the Secret to COVID Vaccine Success “We vaccinated people on snow machines, on four wheelers, in trucks, in airplanes, standing on tarmacs in -20 windchill, in clinics, in houses — basically anywhere we could to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible.” by Elaine S. Povich, Stateline.org / February 4, 2021 A group of Alaska health care workers prepare to board a plane that delivers COVID-19...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? The week before Christmas, hundreds of medical residents at Stanford University Hospital joined an emergency Zoom call. They had been brought together by shared outrage at their administration’s allocat...

Alaska’s Herculean vaccine distribution effort this month evokes the historic “serum run” nearly 100 years ago that saved the town of Nome from a diphtheria epidemic and inspired the Iditarod sled dog race. But this year, instead of driving dog sleds, the state used planes, amphibious vehicles and snowmobiles to make Alaska one of the most successful states so far at getting the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of its residents. Mountainous terrain and wintry weather further complicated the...

“The frustrating thing is it’s not ramping up — that’s not happening. States have not seen their allocations increase,” Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, told The Washington Times. “The president can say he wants to set up 100 vaccination centers but there just aren’t doses to do that.” Mr. Biden on Tuesday said help is on the way. The weekly allocation of vaccines will grow from 8.6 million doses to 10 million, a 16% increase, for at...

The Atlantic Why You Can’t Just Get Vaccinated at Your Doctor’s Office Seniors are on waiting lists for vaccines, even as states are supposedly failing to use up all of their allotted doses. Why can’t vaccination happen faster? January 27, 2021 Residents wait during a follow-up check-up after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an independent-living community for seniors in Miami on January 12.Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl / Anadolu Agency / Getty The Grants Pass Clinic in southern Oregon...

The data across California shows overall, not enough people are receiving the shot,

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