SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a Washington, D.C., suburb, black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university researcher in Phoenix teamed up with a company behind comic books fighting Islamic extremism to produce dance-inducing animated stories in Spanish that aim to smash conspiracy theories [...]
When one of the nation's top health officials this week suggested states dealing with a spring spike of coronavirus cases should "shut things down," the remark landed with a thud. Even Democratic governors and lawmakers who supported tough stay-at-home orders and business closures to stem previous COVID-19 outbreaks say they're done with that approach. It's [...]
While the federal government has only incomplete data on infections among homeless people, it’s clear that crowding at shelters and underlying poor health increase the danger of COVID-19 infections, severe complications and death.COVID-19 outbreaks have been documented at homeless shelters in cities such as Boston, San Francisco and Seattle. Vaccinating in vulnerable areas will be [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio's governor and health officials remained optimistic about the state's coronavirus vaccine distribution plan, even as providers and some college campuses suspended using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week while federal officials investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. The state was mainly directing the single-dose J&J vaccine to mass vaccination clinics [...]
BOSTON (AP) — Colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it. Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to [...]
When Wendo Aszed, the founder of a health nonprofit in rural Kenya, is asked about her frustrations with donors, it doesn't take long before she brings up a hot-button issue in philanthropy: restrictions on how to use donations. The "pain point" for her is when funders won't allow contributions earmarked for one project to be [...]
This week, Florida expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all residents 16 and older. But across the state, more than 70,000 people still don't have access to the vaccine. Those men and women are state prisoners. More than half the country has opened up vaccine eligibility, vastly expanding the ability for most Americans to get [...]
Testing and vaccination for the coronavirus is free thanks to laws passed last year. Treatment isn't, however, and may be about to get more expensive. A new vaccine is in production, millions of doses are being administered daily and President Joe Biden says there will be enough vaccines for all U.S. adults by the end [...]
More than a dozen states will open vaccine eligibility to a broader audience this week in a major expansion of COVID-19 shots. The change comes amid a worrisome increase in virus cases and concerns about balancing supply and demand for the vaccines. Meanwhile, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday [...]
Spring break takes on a different meaning during a pandemic when you lead a Florida health insurer that covers about 5 million people. Patrick J. Geraghty isn't crazy about his state filling up with crowds of potentially unmasked college students who could spread COVID-19 to more Floridians. But the Florida Blue CEO said he thinks [...]