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From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: State lawmakers have inched closer to approving a ban on so-called vaccine passports that would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access services from a business or state agency. The House Health Committee voted Wednesday to send the bill to House of Representatives for a vote. It has already cleared the Senate. The bill contains a number of exceptions. Surgeons, dentists, medical institutions, hospitals and other health care providers are exempted. Universities could still require students to receive a vaccine; however, there...

COVID vaccine sent to rural areas often not used by locals April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Doses of the coronavirus vaccine that were sent to rural areas of Missouri at the beginning of the state's immunization campaign often didn't reach locals, state data shows. That means that vaccinations in parts of largely rural southern Missouri have stalled at some of the lowest rates in the country, even though rural areas initially received more doses per person than cities, KCUR-FM reports. For instance, 46,000 doses were allocated as of April 13 to a cluster of nine c...

KCUR 89.3 Health experts say the goal of achieving herd immunity through vaccination rates of 70% to 80% may require specialized outreach in rural areas. While outsiders blame low rural vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, local health officials say the state’s distribution system has made providing shots difficult. More than one-in-three Missouri residents have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, but in much of southern Missouri vaccinations have stalled at some of the lowest rates in the country. During the first few months of the vaccination campaign, many rural parts of Mis...

The ordinance, enacted in November 2020, was initially set to expire Tuesday. The West Plains Daily Quill reports Mayor Jack Pahlmann says the reason for extending the order came down to Howell County’s high 14-day positivity test rate, which still hasn’t gotten below the 5% threshold needed for him to suspend the ordinance. As of Wednesday, the county’s 14-day test positivity test rate is 26.1%, up 5.7% from a week ago. According to public health officials, a rate of 5% or below is ideal for slowing the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Pahlmann adds that another reason t...