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33 states now allow COVID vaccination for anyone over 16

Mon, 2021-04-05 13:02 — mike kraft

33 states now allow COVID vaccination for all adults Twelve additional states opened coronavirus vaccinations to everyone over the age of 16, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's vaccine tracker, bringing the nationwide total to 33. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

Twelve additional states opened coronavirus vaccinations to everyone over the age of 16, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's vaccine tracker, bringing the nationwide total to 33.

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Some experts diagree on whether we are entering a ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic?

Mon, 2021-04-05 11:39 — mike kraft

Are we entering a ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic? Experts disagree. Is this the beginning of yet another surge? Or is it only “pockets of infection”? Whatever experts call it, one thing is clear: Infections are on the rise again. Reis Thebault Washington Post

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How Wisconsin turned around its lagging vaccination program

Sun, 2021-04-04 20:23 — mike kraft

How Wisconsin turned around its lagging vaccination program — and buoyed a Biden health pick Andrea Palm, tapped as No. 2 at HHS, has been vilified by Wisconsin Republicans. But her state’s approach to covid-19 vaccinations is working. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Dan Diamond Washington Post

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Noted epidemiologist Says covid varient causes US to confront a new wave of infections

Sun, 2021-04-04 19:35 — mike kraft

U.S. must confront Covid spike, noted epidemiologist warns "We are going to have to respond somehow," Michael Osterholm said. David Cohen POLITICO

A leading epidemiologist said Sunday the nation has to accept that a new wave of Covid cases has hit the United States.

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Johnson & Johnson to take full control of its coronavirus vaccine production at Baltimore plant as AstraZeneca is relocated

Sun, 2021-04-04 19:08 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson to take full control of its coronavirus vaccine production at Baltimore plant as AstraZeneca is relocated Contamination of doses at the facility will not impede the president’s goal of enough vaccine for every U.S. adult by end of May, Biden officials said. Amy Goldstein, Jon Swaine, Christopher Rowland Washington Post

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Vaccine passport apps are being developed but face technical challenges

Sat, 2021-04-03 11:52 — mike kraft

Vaccine passport apps are here. But the technical challenges are still coming. Vaccine passports need to be standardized to be useful. Several different organizations are creating different standards. Rachel Lerman Washington Post

SAN FRANCISCO — Coming soon to your smartphone: Digital codes that afford you access to airplanes, concert venues and even restaurants.

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California tries to cope as maskless crowds flood vacation hotspots

Sat, 2021-04-03 11:11 — mike kraft

California scrambles as maskless crowds flood vacation hotspots Tens of thousands flood Santa Monica Pier as authorities send mixed messages about coronavirus safety the Guardian

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Biden Administration's Infrastructure Plan includes efforts to improve minority neighborhoods and wages for home health aides.

Fri, 2021-04-02 22:17 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — America’s most celebrated infrastructure initiative, the interstate highway system, rammed an elevated freeway through the center of Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in the late 1960s.

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New poll indicates increasing number of Americans are willing to take coronavirus vaccine no

Fri, 2021-04-02 21:48 — mike kraft

Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing So few people came for COVID-19 vaccinations in one county in North Carolina that hospitals there now allow anyone 16 or older to get a shot, regardless of where they live. Get a shot, get a free... AP NEWS

So few people came for COVID-19 vaccinations in one county in North Carolina that hospitals there now allow anyone 16 or older to get a shot, regardless of where they live. Get a shot, get a free doughnut, the governor said.

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