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Alabama will receive a slight increase in its COVID-19 vaccine supply from the federal government, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday.

The Villas of Holly Brook in Herrin to receive COVID-19 vaccine The Villas of Holly Brook, Herrin has partnered with Walgreens Pharmacy to distribute and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its residents and employees. (Source: WAFB) By Jessica Ladd | January 27, 2021 at 2:04 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 2:04 PM HERRIN, Ill. (KFVS) - The Villas of Holly Brook, Herrin has partnered with Walgreens Pharmacy to distribute and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its residents and employees. The vaccine clinic is scheduled to take place on January 30, 2021. As part of the U.S. Government�...

Share this article Share this article NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. hosted a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for its residents and community employees at its 500 th community today. The milestone was reached when Brookdale Green Hills Cumberland in Nashville, Tenn., provided the life-saving vaccine to those who live and work there. Brookdale Green Hills was one of 34 Brookdale communities to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics today. Brookdale continues to work tirelessly to get remaining clinics scheduled as expeditiously as possible. In addition to c...

As it wraps up the first round of doses at nursing homes around the state, the CVS pharmacy chain is pushing back against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claims that they and Walgreens were not putting shots in the arms of residents fast enough. “Using the amount of allocated vaccine to measure the success of the long-term care vaccine program is a flawed method that doesn’t paint a full picture of the program’s progress and contributes to the inaccurate narrative that chain pharmacies are not moving fast enough,” said Joseph L. Goode, senior director for corporate communications at CVS Health...

Nursing home residents hope to set an example on COVID-19 vaccination Rose Garlock, an aide at Brookdale Westlake Village, cares for resident Carol Davis. Frank Hoerrle, a 92-year-old Coast Guard veteran, has had plenty of shots. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different. "To me, it was another shot. In my life, I've had plenty of them," Hoerrle said. The former retired pipefitter was born in Germany and came to the U.S. with his family as a child. He remembers the Great Depression and was married to his wife, Helen, for 67 years before she passed away four years ago. The pandemic, to him, is an...