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9 & 10 News December 14, 2020 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice became one of the first top elected officials in the country to receive a coronavirus shot on Monday evening, even though the state’s rollout is supposed to prioritize giving the highly sought-after vaccines to health care workers and people in long-term care centers. The 69-year-old Republican governor said he wanted to demonstrate confidence in the vaccine’s safety. “It’s as safe as can be,” Justice s...

Kansas City COVID-19 Daily Briefing for Dec. 15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 and last updated 2020-12-15 12:57:29-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 41 Action News is offering a daily recap of COVID-19 related stories from across Kansas City and the country. Check back every morning for the latest developments. Kansas officials discuss vaccine next steps Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, joined a daily ...

KC Questions Linger KANSAS CITY, Mo. - While many people await the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine in the metro, there are still some who do not plan on being vaccinated. Two ladies who lost a loved one to the coronavirus, shared their story with FOX4 in hopes that it encourages people to think twice when it comes [...] Staying Royal The Royals have re-signed reliever Greg Holland to a one-year, $2.75 million deal, according to ESPN reporter Jeff Passan. MLB.com reporter Jeffrey Flangan note...

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – Health care workers at a Kansas City hospital will start receiving shots of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, and thousands of other medical workers across Missouri will soon follow.Truman Medical Centers/University Health received its first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning and spokeswoman Leslie Carto said the first vaccinations were expected to start by mid-afternoon. Frontline medical workers such as those who work in emergency rooms and COVID-19 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City emergency room nurse has become the first person in the state to be vaccinated with Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. Hannah White, 31, laughed before the vaccination and again afterward as she hugged the person who injected her at Integris Baptist Medical Center while showing no reaction as the needle entered her arm. “I don’t have any burning at the site, I have no pain. I didn’t feel it,” White said, and encouraged others to receive the vaccination as...

The Latest: COVID-19 vaccinations beginning in California December 14, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Vaccinations against COVID-19 began Monday in California amid a huge surge in infections and hospitalizations. Intensive care unit nurse Helen Cordova received a shot of the Pfizer vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who watched and applauded, tweeted that Cordova was one of the first Californians to be vaccinated. The first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine left Mic...

Health care workers in Missouri get coronavirus vaccine By JIM SALTERDecember 15, 2020 GMT O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Health care workers in both of Missouri’s urban areas received doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon — the first people in the state outside of clinical trial participants to be vaccinated. Thousands of other medical workers across the state will soon follow now that vaccinations have begun at Truman Medical Centers/University Health in Kansas City, Missouri, and a...

LOS ANGELES — Vaccinations against COVID-19 began Monday in California amid a huge surge in infections and hospitalizations. Intensive care unit nurse Helen Cordova received a shot of the Pfizer vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who watched and applauded, tweeted that Cordova was one of the first Californians to be vaccinated. The first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine left Michigan early Sunday for 145 distribution centers nationwide. California’s i...

/ Truman Medical Center phramacist Sara Lauterwasser injects ICU nurse Sarah Kiehl on Monday afternoon with the first COVID-19 vaccine at Truman Medical Center. Health care workers at Truman Medical Centers got vaccinated on Monday, other hospitals expect to start early this week. Truman Medical Centers vaccinated frontline workers against COVID-19 Monday, making it the first hospital in Kansas City to implement inoculations and marking a major milestone in the fight against the pandemic. ICU...

Truman Medical Center Originally published on December 14, 2020 4:33 pm Truman Medical Centers vaccinated frontline workers against COVID-19 Monday, making it the first hospital in Kansas City to implement inoculations and marking a major milestone in the fight against the pandemic. ICU nurse Sarah Kiehl was the first Truman staff member to get the coronavirus vaccine. Shes worked in the COVID unit since the start of the pandemic. “It feels like a little bit of hope, a little bit of ligh...