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Coronavirus Updates
A sign at a vaccination site in Los Angeles reflects the holdup in vaccine distribution as a result of this week's storms. White House officials said Friday that the extreme weather delayed the shipment of some 6 million doses across the country.
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Extreme Winter Weather Creates Backlog Of 6 Million Vaccine Doses

Feb 19, 2021
The White House COVID-19 Response Team said Friday that while this week's storm affected deliveries to all 50 states, it is confident it can make up the backlog within the next week.
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Shots - Health News
Nurse Modesta Littleman vaccinates patient Peter Sulewski in late January, on the first day of vaccinations at a clinic run by Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore.
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Vaccinating Homeless Patients Against COVID-19: 'All Bets Are Off'

Feb 17, 2021
A community health center is now immunizing the local homeless population. But vaccination logistics, already complex, are compounded by the additional barriers in communication and transportation.
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Coronavirus Updates
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced on Tuesday that the supply of COVID-19 vaccines going directly to pharmacies will double to 2 million this week.
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Biden Administration Says It Has Increased Vaccine Supply

Feb 16, 2021

Officials announced a boost of about three million doses to the states and an additional one million to the federally run pharmacy program.

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Coronavirus Updates
A highway on-ramp in Houston is closed due to snow and ice on Monday. Frigid temperatures, icy roads and power outages caused by a major winter storm have interfered with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Texas and several other states.
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Winter Storm Disrupts COVID-19 Vaccinations, Closing Clinics And Delaying Shipments

Feb 16, 2021
Missouri has canceled all state-run mass vaccination events for the week, as other states and cities across the South reschedule appointments and warn of delayed shipments.
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Is It Ever OK To Jump Ahead In The Vaccine Line?

Feb 06, 2021
With vaccine still scarce, and eligibility differing from place to place, some people have easier access to "extra" doses than others. Careful, ethicists warn. Going out of turn is a slippery slope.
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Gaming Roundup: What Will Become of Las Vegas Sands Without Sheldon Adelson

Jan 27, 2021

Questions abound for the gaming world just a month into an eventful winter. 

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In an NPR/<em>PBS NewsHour</em>/Marist poll, Americans view President Trump as either below average or one of the worst U.S. presidents, while incoming President-elect Joe Biden gets better reviews.
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Poll: Most Americans Think Trump Will Be Remembered As A Subpar President

Jan 19, 2021
By a 60%-to-27% margin, Americans said they thought Trump would go down as either one of the worst presidents in history or below average. President-elect Joe Biden is viewed more positively.
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Shots - Health News
The incoming Biden administration has plans to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, by not holding doses in reserve.
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Biden's Plan To Release More Vaccine Is A Gamble. Is It Worth The Risk?

Jan 08, 2021
Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means there's a chance some people's second dose gets delayed.
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Gene Bracegirdle is relieved to get his first dose of the vaccine recently in rural Colorado.
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COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Off To A Slow Start — But Not In Some Rural Areas

Jan 08, 2021
Some rural areas, where health care is usually harder to get, appear to be leading the nation in delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. But health leaders are cautioning there are caveats.
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An American flag with an image of a Native American on it in To'Hajiilee Indian Reservation in New Mexico. In California, a vaccine allocation committee is considering taking historical injustice into account in advance of a statewide rollout.
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California May Consider 'Historical Injustice' When Allocating COVID-19 Vaccine

Dec 16, 2020
Could earlier access to the vaccine for some groups, like Native Americans, be a form of reparations for historical injustice?
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Two shipping containers holding the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.
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UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning

Dec 13, 2020
Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, told NPR Sunday that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is on its way to sites in all 50 states, complete with dry ice and Bluetooth technology.
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Shots - Health News
While coronavirus vaccine trials are ongoing and a U.S. vaccine has yet to be approved, state health officials are planning ahead for how to eventually immunize a large swath of the population.
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Facing Many Unknowns, States Rush To Plan Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccines

Oct 16, 2020
A vaccine will only work if a lot of people can get immunized. State health officials are working furiously to design outreach and distribution plans, with little clarity from the federal government.
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Nurse Kathe Olmstead (right) gives volunteer Melissa Harting an injection in a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.
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With Limited COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Who Would Get Them First?

Sep 22, 2020
A CDC advisory committee is debating this issue Tuesday. Half of U.S. adults could be considered high priority, yet the initial supply is likely to be only enough for 3% to 5% of the population.
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