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Kansas News Service Demand for COVID vaccines has declined across rural Kansas since late March. 62 counties skipped their vaccine allocations from the state this week. Sixty-two Kansas Counties rejected their weekly allocations of COVID-19 vaccines from the state this week even though only roughly 34% of Kansans have received at least one shot. Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 — essentially starving off the virus because it runs out of vulnerable bodies — more than 60 counties just turned down their weekly a...

Abigail Censky, Kansas News Service photo by: David Condos/Kansas News Service Barton County Health Director Karen Winkelman is pictured recently at a drive-thru vaccine clinic in Great Bend. Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 — essentially starving off the virus because it runs out of vulnerable bodies — more than 60 counties just turned down their weekly allotment of vaccine doses. Not long ago, local health officials struggled to get enough doses for people clamoring for protection in a pandemic. Now they’re s...

Fighting vaccine hesitancy is next key battle of COVID-19 pandemic Nearly 1 in 5 are hesitant to get shot in Miami-Dade and Broward Tags:  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – With every American 16 and older now eligible for a vaccine nationwide — and half of U.S. adults already receiving at least one COVID-19 shot — the key conversation in battling the pandemic shifts to vaccine hesitancy. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that nearly 19% of people in Miami-Dade are hesitant, while in Broward that figure is almost 20%. A “strongly hesitant” group is estimated at 9% ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, left, Department of Health and Human Services Chief Science Officer for COVID Response David Kessler, center, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, right, talk before the ... more > By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Thursday, April 15, 2021 President Biden’s health officials lobbied Americans to maintain their faith in available COVID-19 vaccines as regulators work to resolve quest...

How the US hit its vaccine stride CNN 1 hr ago By Amanda Sealy, CNN © Win McNamee/Getty Images SEVERN, MARYLAND - MARCH 23: Maryland residents receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through the Anne Arundel County Department of Health at a community COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church March 23, 2021 in Severn, Maryland. Nearly 2.4 million vaccines have been administered in the state of Maryland to date, representing just over 20 percent of the state's population. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) With an average of 3.1 million doses of ...