A proposed bill that would place limitations on vaccine site protests is drawing criticism from one prominent California civil rights attorney. State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, introduced SB 742, which would place limitations on vaccine site protests. The law is modeled after a 2012 state law that limits protests at...
Newsom in Fresno Today, Expected to Announce Vaccine Site at Save Mart
Gov. Gavin Newsom will be in Fresno today to provide an update on California’s efforts to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations, his office announced Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, multiple sources told GV Wire℠ that the governor planned to announce Thursday that the Save Mart Center will be designated as a mass vaccination...
Deep South Falls Behind in Coronavirus Vaccine Drive
ATLANTA — The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but four states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates that have alarmed health experts and frustrated residents. In Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, less than 2% of the population had received its...
California’s New Goal: Vaccinate a Million People in 10 Days
Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root. Many questions remain unanswered about how the next — and much larger — wave of...
COVID-19 Dominates Annual List of Banished Words, Terms
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Even as vaccines are being rolled out to battle the coronavirus, wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula say they want to kick any trace of it from the English language. “COVID-19” and “social distancing” are thrown in with “we’re all in...
Biden Criticizes Pace of Vaccine Rollout, Vows to Accelerate
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic. “We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to...
Fresno VA Medical Center Gets Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines for COVID-19 will be available this week at the Central California VA Medical Center in Fresno, the Department of Veteran Affairs announced Monday morning. The center at 2615 E. Clinton Ave. is among 113 VA Medical Centers and outpatient clinics receiving limited Moderna COVID-19 vaccine...
Keep the Mask: A Vaccine Won’t End the COVID Crisis Right Away
NEW YORK — Don’t even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months — probably well into 2021 — before things get back to something close to normal in the U.S. and Americans...
South Korea Examining 59 Deaths After Flu Shot
[aggregation-styles] Newsweek Flu vaccinations in South Korea will continue as scheduled, with most of the latest deaths following inoculation reported to not be linked to the flu shots, health officials said Monday. Of the 59 people who died after receiving the flu vaccine this year (up from 48 on Saturday),...
High Demand for Flu Shots? Experts Hope to Avoid ‘Twindemic’
October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a “twindemic” with COVID-19. “There's considerable concern as we enter the fall and winter months and into the flu season that we'll have...