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Media Credit: Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams encouraged all patients to take the vaccine, and he urged local officials to ensure doses are distributed in an equitable manner. A group of five health care workers at the GW Hospital became the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in D.C. Monday. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and medical staff at GW Hospital to present the first novel coronavirus vaccinations in the District. Barbara Neiswander, a nursing supervisor at the...

Drug companies and the government are driving the race for a vaccine. Minorities have reason to be wary of both When asked about Pfizer’s outreach to Black community members, Pfizer spokesman Steven Danehy said public education about the need for vaccination and the process of developing vaccines is critical, but it requires collaboration with government and health partners. “We are already partnering with patient organizations, medical, and public health institutions to provide our expertise in helping them to create and deliver education they need,” Danehy wrote in an email Monday. ...

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press "I would like to take a COVID vaccination in public with you," Sellers tweeted. "I think it could help bring some trust and encourage others to do so as well." The tweet followed news of former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton agreeing to get a public dose of the new vaccine for the novel coronavirus to inspire public confidence.  South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has told reporters he would get vaccinated when it is time for him to do so. File/Ryan Gilchrest/StaffBy Ryan Gilchrest rgilchrest@postandcou...

Richmond doctor: COVID-19 vaccine encouraged for all communities Richmond doctor: COVID-19 vaccine encouraged for all communities By Brent Solomon | December 14, 2020 at 10:32 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 11:27 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Although COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Virginia, it may take a while before they make it into the arms of most. That’s because they’re being distributed to healthcare workers and nursing home residents first. And now, health experts are working to dispel concerns that the vaccine isn’t effective or safe for minorities. The concerns are due to...

Missouri’s first COVID vaccine doses are on the way. How do you get people to take them? By Tessa Weinberg A month later, in a revised version of the report, the paragraph was gone.  Instead, the updated plan featured a new section that targeted how the state would combat misinformation, complete with a website promising a page dedicated to “myth busters.” The revisions came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s feedback was incorporated, scaling the state’s original 111-page Oct. 11 report down to 105 pages when it was revised Nov. 11. Lisa Cox, a spokeswoman for ...