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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Vaccinations against COVID-19 got under way in Bennington County on Wednesday, with 75 healthcare workers at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center expected to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the end of the evening. Dr. Ann Marie Swann received the very first dose, at about 11 a.m. The vaccine was administered by Melissa Goldstein, RN and clinical education specialist. "It didn't even hurt!" Swann said immediately after receiving her shot. Swann was followed by Patricia Johnson, RN, a nurse in the Emergency Department...

Vaccine Reaches Nursing Home Residents As Coronavirus Cases Climb The U.S. recorded over 3,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday for the third time in less than a week, easily eclipsing the peaks seen last spring. Adam Geller and Terry Spencer POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred California to dispense thousands of body bags and line up refrigerated morgue trucks. With the rollout of shots picking up speed Wednesda...

Adam Geller And Terry Spencer Nurse Christine Philips, left, administers the Pfizer vaccine to Vera Leip, 88, a resident of John Knox Village, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Nursing home residents and health care workers in Florida began receiving the Pfizer vaccine this week. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) December 16, 2020 - 6:50 PM POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred Ca...

Nursing homes, contagious Clauses, toy drive boost: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the state’s mandatory face mask mandate, which opponents claimed is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, in a decision Tuesday, dismissed the lawsuit calling it a “shotgun pleading” that makes a lot of accusations without organization or solid legal claims. The same judge in October had refused the suit’s request to block the mask rule, which health ...

Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis Dec. 17, 2020 at 5:00 am The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred California to dispense thousands of body bags and line up refrigerated morgue trucks. With the rollout of shots picking up speed Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington closed in on a long-stalled $900 billion coronavirus relief package that would send direct payments of around $600 to most Americans. Meanwhile, the U.S. ...