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States face difficult balance of supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccine • 10 min read Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.Octavio Jones/Reuters Public health experts and state officials say most Americans will need to be patient as the available supply of COVID-19 vaccines works to catch up to the dema...

POLITICO Trump’s abrupt shift on Covid shots may sow more chaos And the changes come amid mounting disagreements over who is to blame for the slower-than-expected rollout of the vaccine. Robert Redfield (left), director of the CDC, walks past HHS Secretary Alex Azar to speak about Operation Warp Speed and Covid-19 vaccine distribution on Jan. 12. | AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool Link Copied Trump administration health officials blindsided states on Tuesday with an abrupt and dramatic shift i...

The Trump administration announced sweeping changes to its vaccination rollout on Tuesday, including making all of the coronavirus vaccine supply immediately available, urging states to provide shots to anyone 65 and older and warning that states with lagging inoculations will lose some of their shots to speedier places.

KOMU 8 will continue to provide updates on the impact of COVID-19 on the community.

President-elect Biden is planning to take a dramatic step aimed at increasing the amount of vaccine available to states. His transition team says he&#039

Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means theres a chance some peoples second dose gets delayed.

By Sabrina Siddiqui and Stephanie Armour WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden will seek to release nearly all available coronavirus vaccine doses to accelerate distribution, his transition team said Friday, in a shift from the Trump administrations policy of holding back stock for second doses. "The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible," said TJ Ducklo, a spokes...

3 months old This article is more than 3 months old Scant funding and scattered logistics have slowed distribution process as coronavirus case numbers rise, painting a dire picture for the future Healthcare workers treat coronavirus patients at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on 31 December 2020. Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters Healthcare workers treat coronavirus patients at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on 31 December 2020. Photograph: Callaghan O�...

Reuters Reuters 1 January, 2021, 2:08 pm FILE PHOTO: George Valley, a patient at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Pharmacist Annette Marshall, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Seattle public health officials have so little COVID-19 funding on hand they worry they will have to shut down some virus testin...

Vaccine rollout falls short of expectations, raising questions about 2021 timeline © Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A pharmacist dilutes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while preparing it to administer to staff and residents at the Goodwin House Baileys Crossroads, a senior living community in Falls Church, Va., Dec. 30, 2020. The U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout moved slower than expected this month, stoking fears that the federal government was mishandling the effort and that people wou...