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| Credit: Megan Patterson A Florida nurse recently got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to vaccinate both her grandmothers after spending months apart due to COVID-19. Megan Patterson tells PEOPLE she's been working as a nurse in the COVID unit at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg ever since the pandemic first hit the United States last March. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following ...
COVID Death Tolls at New York Nursing Homes 50 Percent Higher Than State Reports, Attorney General Says People 1/28/2021 © Provided by People Getty A health care worker talking to a patient. The New York State Health Department underreported its COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to the state's attorney general. Since March, Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating the state's nursing homes and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, James' investigators concluded in a 76-page report that "a larger number of nursing home re...
22-Year-Old CEO of Philadelphia's Mass Vaccination Program Admits to Stealing Doses for Friends People 1/29/2021 © Provided by People Today The city of Philadelphia has cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID, a startup that promised to revolutionize vaccine distribution but the effort instead became what one volunteer nurse described as a "disaster," she told The Washington Post. Philly Fighting COVID, a self-described "group of college kids," was awarded a contract from the city to help vaccinate people against COVID-19 despite having next to no health care experience, the Washington Pos...
The Bachelorette's Joe Park Documents Himself Receiving the COVID Vaccine: 'Here We Go' People 12/17/2020 Joe Park has received the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, the 36-year-old anesthesiologist — who appeared on the current season of The Bachelorette before being sent home in week seven — documented his journey of receiving the vaccination for the novel coronavirus in an effort to educate fans on the process. Wearing a face mask amid the ongoing pandemic, Park began a series of videos on his Instagram Story by writing, "Step 1: Sign up (When you're allowed)," as he said, "Alright, h...
Sheryl Sandberg's Father Receives COVID-19 Vaccine: 'There Were Tears' People 12/16/2020 © Provided by People Sheryl Sandberg/instagram. inset: getty images Sheryl Sandberg's father Joel, who is a doctor in Florida, has become one of the health care workers across the United States to receive a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Facebook chief operating officer, 51, shared the news of her dad's vaccination on her Instagram on Tuesday, writing, "My father, a doctor in Florida, got the COVID-19 vaccination this morning. He wrote on Facebook how there were tears in his eyes ...