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The funding will help WSU researchers continue a project improving vaccine science education among rural communities. The project includes an online toolkit developed at WSU that is currently in use across the nation. 

After more than four decades in Cooperative Extension at three land-grant universities, Michelle Rodgers is retiring.

Peek seeks to impact lives and expand Family and Consumer Sciences outreach.

Faculty from the Murrow College of Communication, WSU Extension, and the College of Education will lead engagement efforts to reduce vaccine hesitancy in rural and underserved communities with a nationwide initiative.

Too many community members in south Arkansas are falling victim to myths and misinformation about covid-19 vaccines, said Teresa Henson, Extension specialist-program outreach coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

June 16, 2021 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University is accelerating its local outreach to improve confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in the state’s Latinx population, which has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and whose vaccination rate lags behind other races and ethnicities. The OSU Extension Service, through its Family and Community Health Program in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, received two grants totaling about $225,000 to coordinate statewide edu...

The Daily Yonder Health Care Providers Try Novel Ways to Get Shots in Arms of Rural Residents After the shortage of vaccinations turned into ample supply, it’s the trust and willingness to get inoculated that are hardest to find. A nursing student administers the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/John Locher) Health care providers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are trying novel ways to get as many residents vaccinated as possible. As part of that effort, ...