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The Wealthy Are Getting More Vaccinations, Even in Poorer Neighborhoods

Wed, 2021-02-03 10:11 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — As soon as this city began offering Covid vaccines to residents 65 and older, George Jones, whose nonprofit agency runs a medical clinic, noticed something striking.

“Suddenly our clinic was full of white people,” said Mr. Jones, the head of Bread for the City, which provides services to the poor. “We’d never had that before. We serve people who are disproportionately African-American.”

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Israel has vaccinated six times more of its population than the United States. Can others learn from its success?

Sun, 2021-01-24 19:24 — mike kraft

One Country Has Jumped Ahead on Vaccinations Israel has vaccinated six times more of its population than the United States. Can others learn from its success? Uri Friedman The Atlantic

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Health officials express concern about short-term vaccine supply crunch; race between vaccines and variants

Sun, 2021-01-24 16:33 — mike kraft

Biden health officials express concern about short-term vaccine supply crunch “I think that the supply is probably going to be the most limiting constraint early on," the CDC director said. Jesse Naranjo POLITICO

Top Biden administration health officials on Sunday expressed concern about limited vaccine supplies but offered measured optimism that the worse-than-expected rollout would be improved, while warning that the current crunch for doses posed a pressing threat.

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2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

Sun, 2021-01-24 16:11 — mike kraft

2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation's intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at... AP NEWS

Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.

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Amazon offers to help with vaccine distribution

Wed, 2021-01-20 21:35 — mike kraft

Amazon offers to help Biden with vaccine distribution Amazon sent a letter to President Biden in his first hours of office Wednesday offering to assist the new administration with its coronavirus vaccine distribution. Rebecca Klar TheHill

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Vaccine reserve was already exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of expanded access

Fri, 2021-01-15 10:28 — mike kraft

Vaccine reserve was already exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of expanded access States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the policy had already changed, and no stockpile exists. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Lena H. Sun Washington Post

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States face difficult balance of supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccine

Thu, 2021-01-14 10:09 — mike kraft

States face difficult balance of supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccine Public health experts and state officials say most Americans will need to be patient as the available supply of COVID-19 vaccines works to catch up to the demand as states start to make vaccination available to more people. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced several changes to the vaccine rollout meant to speed things up in his last briefing with Operation Warp Speed, including releasing more doses and pushing governors to expand those eligible to include everyone older than 65 and younger adults with medical conditions.

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IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong?

Tue, 2021-01-12 13:43 — mike kraft

Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong? A delayed and disjointed rollout was fueled by political schisms and a decentralized health system. Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Frances Stead Sellers, Laurie McGinley, Amy Goldstein, Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose

Tue, 2021-01-12 09:30 — mike kraft

US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said Tuesday.

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