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How Johnson & Johnson vaccine is created using fetal cell lines Grace Kraemer © Mark Lennihan A vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) MINOT, N.D. – The Johnson & Johnson vaccine passed FDA vaccine standards, and distribution across the United States is underway, including here in North Dako...

The hunt for herd immunity: Suddenly, the U.S. seems in better shape on COVID-19 Alexander Panetta © Paul Sancya/AP The U.S. is farther down the path to herd immunity on COVID-19 than Canada due to two factors: higher infection rates at the outset and, now, much higher vaccination rates, including this health-care worker in Michigan on Jan. 5. For the last year, stories about hard-hit American communities clobbered by COVID-19 served as a cautionary tale. Its worst-hit states...

Share The parking lot at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles serves as a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine site open into the night. Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images How soon will COVID-19 vaccines return life to normal? Feb. 16, 2021 , 5:45 PM SAN DIEGO—Twenty days into the new year, cars were entering a parking lot bumper-to-bumper in the shadow of Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres baseball team. Arms waving, attendants directed the cars into three lines, which split into four more, ...

Small but loud group of legislators push back against Covid vaccine mandates Kaitlin Sullivan © Provided by NBC News In early February, three bills in front of the North Dakota Legislature were defeated. The bills, which were quietly introduced last month, aimed to block businesses from requiring their employees or customers to get coronavirus vaccinations. North Dakota is not the first state to take up the issue of requiring vaccinations; as vaccinations roll out across the c...

Public invited to COVID-19 vaccine virtual forum This forum will convene local public health and medical experts to provide information and answer questions on North Dakota’s vaccine rollout and vaccine safety Written By: News staff | × The public is invited to a free virtual forum, “Community Voices: COVID-19 Vaccine,” from noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22. This forum will convene local public health and medical experts to provide information and answer questions on Nort...

North Dakota is ranking high in the country for getting vaccines into the arms of health care workers and long-term care residents.

Pregnant women agonize over whether to get coronavirus vaccine Frances Stead Sellers Replay Video For the first eight months of her pregnancy, Yadira Rivas, a nurse coordinator at Neighborhood Health of Virginia, relied on masks and gloves to protect her from the coronavirus that is rampant among her patients. Recently, she’s been considering another option — getting vaccinated. But after consulting with her obstetrician, Rivas decided to wait to get a shot until after ...

North Dakota officials satisfied with early vaccine rollout, see room to improve As in other parts of the country, the first weeks of vaccine distribution in North Dakota have encountered some unanticipated delays. But immunization experts said the state has much more capacity so scale up in the New Year. Written By: Adam Willis | × Dr. Jeffrey Sather, chief of staff at Trinity Health in Minot, N.D., gets his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Dec...

January 1, 2021 For the first eight months of her pregnancy, Yadira Rivas, a nurse coordinator at Neighborhood Health of Virginia, relied on masks and gloves to protect her from the coronavirus that is rampant among her patients. Recently, she’s been considering another option – getting vaccinated. But after consulting with her obstetrician, Rivas decided to wait to get a shot until after her baby is born. “One thing that the provider did mention is that it is worse to have the covid than...