The chaos and confusion many Californians experienced this week in their search for a COVID-19 vaccine only intensified today as Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed that the state would not receive an additional supply of doses it was counting on to accelerate vaccination. Newsom said he, like other governors, expected about...
Walters: California Still Lags Behind in Vaccinations
The good news is that California finally ramped up its lagging COVID-19 vaccination program last week. The bad news, at least for Gov. Gavin Newsom, is that despite the surge, the state fell well short of the 1 million additional inoculations that he had promised during the 10-day period that...
Anger in States Over Pace of COVID-19 Vaccine Allotments
Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments triggered anger and confusion Friday in some states, with officials worried that the shipments they expected won't be coming through. The developments threatened to escalate tensions between the Trump administration and some states over who is responsible for the relatively slow...
Online Sign-Ups Complicate Vaccine Rollout for Older People
DENVER — Howard Jones, who's 83, was on the phone for three to four hours every day trying to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine. Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, doesn’t have the internet, and that's made it much more difficult for him to make an appointment. It...
Fresno’s First Drive-Thru COVID Vaccination Site Draws Huge Crowd
When Rick Lembo arrived at 5:45 a.m. Thursday to set up the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site in the parking lot of Sierra Pacific Orthopedics on Spruce Avenue in northeast Fresno, there were already five cars in line. In only 45 minutes, the line of cars stretched to Cedar Avenue, he...
California Counties Beg for Vaccine as Eligibility Expands
SACRAMENTO — California counties begged for more coronavirus vaccine as the state added a potential 4 to 6 million people to those eligible for the sought-after doses. State public health officials followed federal guidance Wednesday by announcing that people 65 and older could get the two-dose vaccine. But Los Angeles...
Calls to Reopen Classrooms Grow as Teachers Get Vaccinated
State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic. Ohio's governor offered to give vaccinations to teachers at the start of February, provided their school districts agree...
California Immediately Expands Vaccine Eligibility to All 65 and Older
California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines. Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Wednesday puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already don’t have enough doses to go around. “There is no higher...
US Shifts to Speed COVID Shots as Cases and Deaths Rise
WASHINGTON — Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came after widespread concern over a slow start even as coronavirus cases and deaths reach new highs. Health and Human...
Biden Gets 2nd Dose of Vaccine as Team Readies COVID-19 Plan
NEWARK, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, three weeks after getting his first one with television cameras rolling in an attempt to reassure the American public that the inoculations are safe. Biden took off his sport jacket and said, “Ready, set,...