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Chuck Henry, health officer for the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, told county commissioners Wednesday morning that the state is working on several pilot reservation systems that are supposed to be ready soon. The project, he said, has been delayed because of technical difficulties.  Henry said that locally the county is looking at using Everbridge, which is already used for emergency response. That system would allow residents to use the phone or a computer to register. Peo...

As Lynchburg-area officials plan out COVID-19 immunizations for different sectors of the community, a number of health care workers remain unvaccinated by choice. It’s been almost a month since the first round of vaccination doses arrived in Lynchburg, intended for health workers, nursing home workers and nursing home residents. Since then, multiple sites have been inoculating those residents and workers: front-line emergency workers first, followed by others in health professions. Workers...

I received my first dose of Pfizers mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020 and received the second dose on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Truthfully — I was nervous. Although tens of millions of Americans still wait for their chance to be vaccinated, I found myself uniquely positioned for early voluntary access because of my job at the United States Department of State. I have a privileged background and have no issue discussing it. My parents are Ivy Leaguers. My father is an anesthesiologist at...

Detroit appointment center overloaded as 100,000 callers seek vaccine Vaccinations will take place starting Wednesday for some Detroiters City gets at least five times more calls than it has appointment slots available, but not all callers meet requirements for vaccine City of Detroit Detroit Department of Transportation bus drivers got vaccinated against COVID-19 starting Friday as the city ramps up its vaccination efforts. The city of Detroit opened a call center Monday morning to get 20,000 ...

Studies such as “The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” — commonly known as the Tuskegee Experiment — have bred distrust.

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people of color, but those same communities have historically been harmed by medical testing.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert said infections are happening at a higher rate among those minority populations, in part because of occupations and living conditions that lend themselves to more person-to-person contact.

Amid chaos, Fauci talks vaccines with Houston-area church FacebookTwitterEmail 1of29 Dr. Timothy W. Sloan, Senior Pastor of The Luke Church, interviews infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) about the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Humble.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of29 Dr. Timothy W. Sloan, Senior Pastor of The Luke Church, interviews infectious di...

Overcoming vaccine skepticism in shadow of Tuskegee Experiment a tall task in Michigan’s Black communities Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 Demali Beard, a registered nurse, is given the COVID-19 vaccine by syringe, administered by Leslie Rush, department manager at 10-West at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com Facebook Share Detroit’s white mayor recently acknowledged the federal government has tr...

The most effective way to attain herd immunity is to capitalize on herd mentality.