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A growing number of health care providers are requiring reluctant staff to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Rachel Polansky (WKYC), Phil Trexler Published: 7:34 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 9:20 PM EDT May 4, 2021 CLEVELAND — Editor's note: The video in the player above is from a story published on May 3, 2021.  As the United States struggles to reach herd immunity against COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy is emerging as a chief rival. That reluctance is evident through large parts of the country, but also in one highly unlikely place: the medica...

A growing number of health care providers are requiring reluctant staff to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Rachel Polansky (WKYC), Phil Trexler Published: 7:34 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 11:25 PM EDT May 4, 2021 CLEVELAND — As the United States struggles to reach herd immunity against COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy is emerging as a chief rival. That reluctance is evident through large parts of the country, but also in one highly unlikely place: the medical field. As one of the country’s most important groups, it was medical workers -- along...

VeloNews Senior Editor Betsy Welch contributed to this story.  Kristin Diamond saw storm clouds gathering over Arkansas back in February. Diamond, who along with Brook Watts runs Parkven Productions, the operations group behind the 2022 UCI World Cyclocross Championships in Fayetteville, watched as lawmakers in Arkansas proposed three bills to limit the rights of transgendered people. Among the bills was HB1570, which denies transgender youth access to gender-affirming care. “Call it what it is — this is hateful legislation,” Diamond told VeloNews. “It was pretty obvious before it e...

University Hospitals will get the Moderna vaccine, while MetroHealth finds extra Pfizer vaccine doses Author: Romney Smith Updated: 7:57 PM EST December 21, 2020 CLEVELAND — Efforts to vaccine Northeast Ohio's medical staffs against coronavirus is well underway. When the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was delivered to Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Michelle Medina, the Cleveland Clinic Associate Chief of Clinical Operations says staff were ready and excited. “Operations are going smoothly. Caregivers are signing up, they’re very happy to get the vaccine. I was just sayin...

By Errol Barnett CBS News December 19, 2020, 11:39 AM Extra Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses bring optimism to embattled hospital workers: "What we've all been hoping for" Once thawed and mixed with a saline solution, the hospital was ready to begin vaccinations Wednesday.  Critical care doctor Sherrie Williams was first in line, though she is still witnessing the painful impact of the country's worst pandemic in a century. "It's exhausting and it's heartbreaking," she told CBS News. "Young people, old people, people that I'm j...