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NY Scrambles To Ensure COVID Vaccine Rollout Doesn't Leave Behind Black And Brown Communities arrow A nurse gets the COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on December 21st. EDUARDO MUNOZ/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock City data shows Hispanic/Latino and Black people died at about twice the rate of white people. Though Asians and Pacific-Islanders appeared to have the lowest death rates, a study disaggregating data about Asian American COVID-19 patients found Chinese New Yorkers had a mortality rate of 35.7%, higher than all Asian A...

NY Gives OK to Pfizer Vaccine Ahead of Final FDA Approval; NYC Opens Command Center on Monday © Bloomberg via Getty Images A health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Drugmakers racing to produce Covid-19 vaccines pledged to avoid shortcuts on science as they face pressure to rush a shot to market. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images What to Know The FDA approved Pfizer's COVID vaccine for emergency use — allowing millions of doses of the sho...

Replies(3) Mayor Bill de Blasio detailed the city’s coronavirus vaccination effort which likely will start next week. (NYC Mayor's Office) NEW YORK CITY — A massive effort will mobilize as soon as the coronavirus vaccine arrives in New York City and distribute the life-saving shots quickly and equitably, Mayor Bill de Blasio promised. De Blasio on Friday detailed the city's plans for the vaccination drive, which will begin as soon as the federal government approves a Pfizer-developed vaccine. The first vaccine shipment is expected Monday — perhaps even earlier — when the city will o...