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Last week, Thrifty White received about 8,000 doses for its Minnesota locations and 2,300 in North Dakota.

Last week, Thrifty White received about 8,000 doses for its Minnesota locations and 2,300 in North Dakota.

On February 2, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight Investigations held a hearing entitled, “No Time to Lose: Solutions to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations in the States.” Witnesses included directors of state departments of health and those leading the coronavirus response at the state level. | Health

Nursing homes with more minority residents had 3 times as many Covid deaths as those with more Whites, study finds CNBC 2/10/2021 Will Feuer Nursing homes in which more than 40% of residents were minorities reported 3.3 times as many Covid-19 deaths as nursing homes with the fewest non-White residents, according to a study. Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been hit hard by the pandemic and "non-White nursing home residents are in the eye of that perfect s...

Fauci says new guidance might come soon for people who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 CNN 2/9/2021 By Jacqueline Howard, Nick Neville and Christina Maxouris, CNN © David Sokol/Wicked Local/USA Today Network A COVID technician with Cataldo Ambulance tests patients during free COVID testing in Danvers on Jan. 6. 4142867001p Dan Covidtesting5ds As of now, even if you have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19, the advice from health officials is to keep wearing your mas...

Dr. Fauci said there is no CDC guidance on what to do when groups of people who have received both vaccine doses want to get together.

Residents and employees of long-term care facilities face especially high risk for coronavirus transmission, and nursing homes have seen several COVID-19 outbreaks.Yet a CDC study shows alarmingly low vaccination rates among facility staff.

City and state leaders express frustration over COVID-19 vaccine ‘inequity’ City and state leaders express frustration over COVID-19 vaccine ‘inequity’ Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters Saturday that 43% of COVID-19 vaccine recipients so far in Houston have been white. In comparison, 21% have been Hispanic, 18% black, and 15% Asian. HOUSTON - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner held a press conference Saturday pushing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution equity. "We need...

"In Maine, we are not sitting around waiting for those doses to just get used on the timetable that retail pharmacies tell us," Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine said.

To update the community on vaccine supply and distribution progress, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted another virtual “Coronavirus Q&A” Thursday alongside local health officials, two weeks after the city began Phase 1B vaccine rollout. As of Jan. 28, the city distributed 7,800 of its 8,900 allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Evanston hospitals and qualified individuals...