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About the Guidelines The State of Alaska is using a phased approach to allocate the initial limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine to Alaskans. At the national level, allocation recommendations are being made by the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). To suitably adapt the ACIP recommendations for Alaska, the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, in cooperation with the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, convened the Alaska Vaccine Allocation Advisory Committee(AVAAC). The recommendations from the AVAAC apply only to the manageme...

Blue Shield of California plans to help state administer 3 million vaccines a week Blue Shield of California has plans to help the state administer 3 million vaccines a week by March 1st.  A contract was made public on Monday that reveals the company’s agreement to operate as a “Third-Party Administrator” and to “build a statewide vaccine network to ensure the rapid delivery of current supply of the COVID19 vaccine to Californians, consistent with the Agency’s COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Guidelines.”  The contract explains that Blue Shield will assist in allocating vaccines dire...

Nevada County Vaccine Update: State revises vaccine eligibility Feb 5. Today the State of California released a revised system for vaccine eligibility. Nevada County Public Health continues to follow the guidelines for vaccine eligibility as defined by the State of California. We continue to received a very limited supply of vaccine, with an average of 1,850 doses a week. This total includes both first and second doses. Although the state has increased vaccine eligibility, access locally remains dependent of vaccine supply. And that supply from the state remains very limited. With the revisio...

Published: 2/3/2021 8:01:57 AM In the week since registration opened for Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine in New Hampshire, residents of the Monadnock region have experienced mixed results in the process. For some, getting an appointment for their first shot of the vaccine was relatively smooth, resulting in a scheduled date and time within 24 hours of the registration opening on Jan. 22. For others, like Lois Walen of Rindge, it was a week-long ordeal filled with frustration, long wait times and an online system that just didn’t work for her. “It has been an absolute nightmare trying to ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: N.B. Concurrent with the posting of this article, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has decided to recommend to the FDA that the FDA approve the emergency use authorization applications submitted by Pfizer and BioNTech. It is being reported that the FDA may formally approve the applications as soon as tomorrow, Friday, December 11, 2020. More detail regarding the recommendation and the FDA’s decision will be discussed in a follow-up article. On Monday...