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Some U.S. States Say Feds Cutting Vaccine Allocations by 40% Bloomberg 12/18/2020 John Tozzi and Angelica LaVito © Bloomberg A nurse prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at McLeod Health Clarendon Hospitals in Manning, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The first Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered by U.S. hospitals Monday, the initial step in a historic drive to immunize millions of people as deaths exceed the 300,000 mark. (Bloomberg) -- A rift ...

Moderna Shot Expected to Bolster U.S. Vaccine Efforts © Hans Pennink/Associated Press Health officials across the U.S. are counting on the arrival of a second Covid-19 vaccine to boost scarce supplies and sidestep logistical issues encountered by the first vaccine, which began distribution this week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may issue an emergency authorization for a vaccine from Moderna Inc. as early as Friday after an advisory panel recommended the agency approve its use. If au...

No data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Note: No data available for Hawaii, New Mexico, Texas and some counties. Five other states were excluded because more than a quarter of data is missing. Jump to: The C.D.C. is now reporting people fully vaccinated by county of residence. This data is not available for all states, and is incomplete in others, artificially lowering the published vaccination rates for some counties. Tap on a county to see how much data is missing in ...

Biden starts countering Trump’s messaging on vaccine POLITICO 12/12/2020 By Rachel Roubein and Dan Goldberg © Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden is shown speaking on a monitor about coronavirus in the briefing room of the White House on November 9, 2020. President-elect Joe Bidens team is feverishly working to get a messaging plan in place to sell a skeptical public on the first FDA-backed coronavirus vaccine, believing the Trump administration has set ...

Who is really ‘first in line’ for the vaccine? It depends on your state. Sarah Elizabeth Richards © Photograph by Francois Lo Presti, AFP via Getty Images State health officials and local leaders are racing to navigate several unexpected hurdles, including the awkward decision of how to rank health-care workers and nursing home residents for first dibs. The easy part was deciding who should receive the very first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Few people could disagree with t...

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