NEW YORK (AP) — They're just your regular neighborhood pharmacists, but some now wear superhero capes. Local pharmacy owners are filling in the gaps as federal, state and county authorities across the country struggle to ramp up vaccinations vital to crushing the COVID-19 pandemic. In some small towns across the country, an independent pharmacy is [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Before posting a selfie with her COVID-19 vaccination card on Twitter, Aditi Juneja debated whether to include an explanation for why she was eligible for a shot. "The first draft of the tweet had an explanation," says Juneja, a 30-year-old lawyer in New York City. After some thought, she decided to [...]
The national rush to vaccinate teachers in hopes of soon reopening pandemic-shuttered schools is running into one basic problem: Almost no one knows how many are getting the shots, or refusing to get them. States and many districts have not been keeping track of school employee vaccinations, even as the U.S. prioritizes teachers nationwide. Vaccines [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — This April should look very different than the last for California's nearly 40 million residents, with a new plan from the governor that will speed up reopening a year after he imposed the nation's first statewide coronavirus shutdown. Next month, nearly the entire state could see a return of inside restaurant [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric recliner during a recent power [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers offroads and highways last year, but those who did venture out found open lanes that only invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths across the country. The nonprofit National Safety Council estimates in a report issued Thursday that 42,060 people [...]
COLUMBUS — An outdated reporting system that led to the undercount of more than 4,200 COVID-19 deaths in Ohio will now be retired, the state's health department director said. The Ohio Department of Health will retire the manual system it used to provide a real-time death toll from the pandemic over the last year after [...]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula available, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery. Massachusetts this week made it much easier [...]
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When COVID-19 patients inundated St. Louis hospitals, respiratory therapists arriving for yet another grueling shift with a dwindling supply of ventilators would often glance at their assignments and cry, heading into the locker room to collect themselves. "They were like, 'Man, another 12 hours of this slog of these on-the-verge-of-death patients [...]
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — Mario Valdez, his wife and their 18-year-old son were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this month as part of a special effort to inoculate every resident of Central Falls, the Rhode Island community hit hardest by the pandemic. "I feel happy," the 62-year-old school bus driver said shortly after receiving his [...]