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Indiana community surprises longtime pizza deliveryman with a new car Peters has worked at a Pizza Hut in Tipton for 31 years, and Tanner Langley, 28, told Good Morning America hes the only pizza deliveryman hes ever known. "The town of Tipton calls him Mr. Smiley," Langley said. "He makes that impact on everybody and hes a very kindhearted individual." During a recent delivery, Peters mentioned to Langley that his 28-year-old car was having issues. Langley wanted to do something, so he starte...

3 reasons West Virginias COVID-19 vaccination effort is working so well West Virginia is doing better than probably any other state in vaccinating its population against COVID-19. About 9 percent of West Virginians have already gotten their first dose, better than any state but Alaska, and West Virginia is No. 1 in giving out second doses, The New York Times reports. West Virginia has used 83 percent of the doses allocated to the state, by far the highest percentage. Part of West Virginias suc...

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Massachusetts lagging behind most other states in COVID-19 vaccination rollout Just over 5 percent of state residents have gotten a vaccine shot By Robert Weisman and Kay Lazar Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 2:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Gene Leonard, a WWII Army Air Corps gunner who served on a B-17 in Europe, beamed after getting his vaccine from Walgreens pharmacists Erin Smith at the Brightview Country Club Heights in Woburn.Lane Turner/Globe Staff Six weeks after the first COVID-19 va...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn It remains unclear whether Biden can boost the supply of doses as promised. • 12 min read Biden lays out COVID-19 response plan President Joe Biden signed executive actions on establishing a testing board, extending mask mandates on some forms of transportation and requiring travelers to the U.S. to test negative.Alex Wong/Getty Images President Joe Biden is out with a new 200-page COVID-19 national strategy a...

Transcript Unger: Hello. This is the American Medical Associations COVID-19 update. Today, were talking about the challenges weve seen with vaccine distribution and administration at the state level. Im joined today by James Blumenstock, senior vice president for pandemic response and recovery at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials or ASTHO, in Brielle, New Jersey, Rebecca Coyle, executive director, American Immunization Registry Association in Washington D.C. and Claire H...

A nationwide COVID-19 vaccine shortage is creating postponements and frustrations among Florida seniors hoping to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, which has infected some 1.6 million people in the state and killed more than 24,500 — 83% of them 65 or older. Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees said the state has little choice but to wait for the federal government — and vaccine manufacturers — to increase vaccine allotments being sent to the states. This affect...

With president Joe Biden now in the White House his bold pledge to vaccinate 100 million people in 100 days is to be tested. If fulfilled effectively, Biden’s promise would strike a significant blow against the coronavirus and give a country battered by the pandemic a major boost after a year of mismanaged response that has seen more than 400,000 people die and more than 24 million infected. But carrying out Biden’s promise will be a challenging...