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State health officials say some 26,800 doses of a second, new COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Alaska yesterday (Monday).
“Dec. 21, shipments of Moderna have arrived in Alaska.”
That’s Dr. Tessa Walker Linderman, is the DHSS lead for the Alaska COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force. Dr. Linderman is a Nurse Consultant for the Division of Public Health.
She told reporters yesterday the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to Moderna just last Friday (Dec. 18) for this vaccine. People age 18 and up can get it.
The Moderna vaccine has at least one big advantage over the Pfizer (FEYE-zer) vaccine that started rolling out in Alaska last week: logistics. Pfizer’s must be held at extremely cold temperatures that regular freezers can’t reach. After thawing, Pfizer’s vaccine can only be kept at refrigerator temperatures for a few days.
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Feds launching study on rare allergic reactions to Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
CVS Health pharmacists draw up a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Sivercrest Health and Rehabilitation Center in Crestview, Fla., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. This was one of the first administrations of the vaccine in the state. (Michael Snyder/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Published December 22. 2020 12:05AM
Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - Officials at the National Institutes of Health are rushing to devise a study to find out why, in a few rare cases, people have had severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The goal is to identify the component of the vaccine most likely to be responsible for these potentially life-threatening incidents, known as anaphylaxis. No cases have yet been associated with the other newly authorized vaccine, made by Moderna, but it is being administered to the general public for the first time this week and has similar compon
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Alabama
Montgomery: Almost $2 million in grant money from coronavirus relief funds is assisting veterans who are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder and directly affected by COVID-19. The money announced by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office will help fund four weeks of virtual group therapy for people in 11 counties. Veterans will have virtual, hourlong meetings three times a week to help them deal with PTSD and stresses from the pandemic. Sixty veterans already are enrolled in the program, which is run by Priority Soldier, a nonprofit group that assists veterans diagnosed with PTSD. Services are available in counties including Calhoun, Coffee, Dallas, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Montgomery, Talladega, Tuscaloosa and Walker.
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