Naval Hospital Pensacola tapped to be 1 of 16 COVID vaccine sites in country Jim Thompson, Northwest Florida Daily News
PENSACOLA Even before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it would grant emergency use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, the Department of Defense (DoD) was announcing its plans for a pilot program to distribute the vaccine to military and other DoD personnel.
Under the plan, Naval Hospital Pensacola will be one of 16 distribution sites across the country. The hospital is standing by for additional guidance from the DoD, according to Marcus Henry, the hospital s public affairs officer.
Branch of Service: United States Navy
Victoria Leite is 26 years old and was born in Naples, Florida. She holds an associate in science from Vincennes’s University. She is currently working on finishing her degree at Baylor University in professional writing and rhetoric. Victoria spent a total of 5 years in the United States Navy and served in one deployment. Her deployment consisted of humanitarian work, where she visited Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam, and Fiji. Her rate in the Navy was a Hospital Corpsman, as a hospital corpsman Victoria was responsible medically to care for the active duty, retirees, and their family members. She has been stationed at Naval Medical Center San Diego in Pulmonary for two years then completed a specialized training at Camp Lejeune to become a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman. As an FMF corpsman she was stationed to a Marine unit at Camp Pendleton for the remainder of her service in the military. What Victoria values most is taking care of
COVID vaccine update: First ‘shots in arms’ could be next week; Pentagon names bases with vaccine
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign to inoculate people with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Some people in the vaccine trials run by Pfizer and other drug companies reported feeling mild side effects.AP
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Health officials said Alabama is ready to move once the first coronavirus vaccine receives official approval.
“Once those recommendations come, we will be ready to get shots in the arms that day or the next day,” State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said.
Details Published: December 10th, 2020
Each Veteran’s Day, the Department of Neurosurgery celebrates its own veterans by thanking all who have served our country.
This year, we would like to highlight faculty members who answered “yes” to the call of duty. We recognize: Jeffrey P. Blount, M.D., Winfield S. Fisher, III, M.D., Mark Hadley, M.D., Patrick R. Pritchard, M.D., and Curtis Rozzelle, M.D. Below is detailed information about their missions. Please take a moment to read about each faculty member’s experience in the armed forces.
Blount served in the Navy from 1996-1999 at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. He was deployed to Okinawa, Japan for mission support and served on the Surgical Rapid Response team.