Tennessee shrinks COVID-19 vaccine shipments to rural counties
Smaller shipments of COVID-19 vaccines should make it easier for clinics and pharmacies in rural areas to stock their shelves.
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Smaller shipments of COVID-19 vaccines should make it easier for clinics and pharmacies in rural areas to stock their shelves.
Tennessee trails the national average in both adult and children vaccinations against COVID-19. Rural and Republican counties are the farthest behind.
Tennessee trails the national average in both adult and children vaccinations against COVID-19. Rural and Republican counties are the farthest behind.
The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. If the health department must issue any information about vaccines, staff are instructed to strip the agency logo off the documents. The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, despite holding at least one such event this month. The decisions to end vaccine outreach and school events come directly fr...
Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. If the health department must issue any information about vaccines, staff are instructed to strip the agency logo off the documents. The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, despite holding at least one such event this month. The decisions to end vaccine outreach and school ev...