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The state reported Monday 3,186 new positive COVID-19 cases and 29 additional deaths. "In the two weeks after Thanksgiving, we were averaging roughly 4,000 new cases per day," Murphy said. "For the first three weeks of December were averaging nearly 4,800 daily cases - a 20% increase. Hospitalizations are 25% higher, ICU counts are up 30%, and ventilator use is up nearly 60%." Murphy said this is the year for a small Christmas with those in your immediate family bubble. "If you insist on a big ...

Alabama expects to begin receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a syringe during a study of a COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. (Source: AP Photo/Hans Pennink) By WSFA Staff | December 21, 2020 at 2:26 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 2:53 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are expected to start arriving in Alabama Monday and mo...

By Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton, State House News Service December 17, 2020 Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton, State House News Service Boston Medical Center pharmacy technical worker William Senior removed two trays of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, each containing 975 doses, from the box it arrived in Monday morning. Jesse Costa/WBUR photo As the first Covid-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in...

Residents of nursing homes, who have suffered a disproportionate share of pandemic deaths, and high-risk health care workers who risk being exposed to the virus every day are expected to begin vaccinations as soon as Monday after Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) that these groups should receive the f...

COVID vaccines arrived today at 3 Alabama hospitals Updated Dec 14, 2020; Facebook Share The first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at three Alabama hospitals Monday as part of a nationwide rollout to frontline health care workers, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. The department would not disclose which hospitals received the first shipments due to security concerns. Cullman Regional Medical Center announced that they had received a shipment Monday morning and ...

Mass. World War II veteran gets COVID-19 vaccine; first VA patient in country Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton State House News Service BEDFORD — As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nour...

UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm ET Reply Some Beverly Hospital staff could receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as soon as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. (Shutterstock) BEVERLY, MA — The first coronavirus vaccine could be available to front line staff at Beverly Hospital as early as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. The health care system that runs Beverly Hospital said in a statement to Patch it expects to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine "in the n...

PITTSFIELD — The first shipment of Pfizers coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive at Berkshire Medical Center on Tuesday. That shipment will include 1,950 doses for Berkshire Health Systems, according to Michael Leary, communications director for BHS, which owns Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, as well as other medical facilities across the county. "Our plan is to begin administration of the vaccine across the system on Thursday morning a...

Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton State House News Service BOSTON — As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital received the shot at 12:07 p.m. Andrew Mil...

Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton/ State House News As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts  Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, received the shot at 12:07 p.m. Andrew Miller, a housekeeper...