How to get a COVID-19 vaccine even if you don’t qualify for one yet (without cheating)
3 years, 9 months ago

How to get a COVID-19 vaccine even if you don’t qualify for one yet (without cheating)

LA Times  

Laurie Ginsburg of Santa Monica, right, dances with Alma De La Rosa of South Gate, left, and De La Rosa’s daughter Andrea, center, Monday after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Community Health Center in South Los Angeles. Fontana resident Marla White, 57, said Wednesday she planned to start visiting a local vaccination site around closing time after two of her friends were able to secure doses that way last week. CVS spokeswoman Monica Prinzing said the chain’s pharmacy teams will “evaluate how to most efficiently vaccinate eligible individuals with remaining doses” in the event of unused supply, including outreach to eligible patients in their communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention itself empowered “good faith judgment calls” by its vaccine providers, which enables them to administer excess doses to individuals outside of authorized prioritization groups. Crossing county lines People are also crossing county lines in an attempt to obtain a dose of vaccine, a questionable move that is likely to become more common as different health departments adopt different rules.

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For people without insurance, updated Covid-19 shots are no longer free of charge at pharmacies
4 months, 1 week ago

For people without insurance, updated Covid-19 shots are no longer free of charge at pharmacies

CNN  

CNN — The rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccines has begun in the United States, but for the first time, the shots will no longer be free of charge for people without insurance at their local pharmacy. Last year, as the shots transitioned to the commercial market, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bridge Access Program provided free Covid-19 …

As COVID wave wallops California, new vaccines arrive this week. Will it be a turning point?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

As COVID wave wallops California, new vaccines arrive this week. Will it be a turning point?

LA Times  

New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available as soon as this week, a promising development amid California’s potent and enduring summer wave of the disease. “I have a tremendous empathy, having seen people struggle with long COVID in their 30s and 40s, people who you might think were otherwise low-risk,” Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s vaccine chief, said Friday. …

There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick?
8 months ago

There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick?

LA Times  

Passengers with and without face masks travel through at Los Angeles International Airport in January. Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter’s dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. “It’s been quite a while since we’ve had a new dominant variant in the U.S.,” said Dr. David Bronstein, an infectious …

Older Californians now eligible for another COVID-19 vaccine dose
10 months ago

Older Californians now eligible for another COVID-19 vaccine dose

LA Times  

Denise Fractious of Pasadena receives her COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena in October 2023. Older Californians who received last autumn’s updated COVID-19 vaccination can now get another shot, state health officials said. Adults 65 and older should get a second dose of the updated shot that first became available in September, as long as at least …

New COVID vaccines are here: Now’s the time to get one, officials say
1 year, 2 months ago

New COVID vaccines are here: Now’s the time to get one, officials say

LA Times  

With Halloween just days away, and the wider autumn and winter holiday season fast approaching, now is the time for most everyone to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine, officials say — especially since initial supply shortages have eased. “We have a good supply of COVID-19 and flu vaccines in Los Angeles County and there are options for everyone 6 months …

COVID-19 vaccines easier to get in L.A. County; shots are free at all public health centers
1 year, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines easier to get in L.A. County; shots are free at all public health centers

LA Times  

While COVID-19 vaccines have been in short supply in parts of Los Angeles County, that dearth is easing in some places, officials say. The L.A. County Department of Public Health says the updated COVID-19 vaccine is now available at all eight of its public health centers — in downtown L.A., Hollywood, Willowbrook, Monrovia, Pacoima, Pomona, Whittier and Lancaster. For those …

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Watch out for insurance issues and canceled appointments
1 year, 3 months ago

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Watch out for insurance issues and canceled appointments

LA Times  

People seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into problems getting it due to high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. Some people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. “We are aware of isolated incidences at a small number of locations where appointments had to …

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues
1 year, 3 months ago

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Some people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. Some pharmacies have a limited supply of the shots, Alaska Department of Health spokesperson Alex Huseman said, but order backlogs and slow shipments have prevented the vaccines from being widely available. “We are aware of isolated incidences at …

CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccine for all, here's how you can get it
1 year, 3 months ago

CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccine for all, here's how you can get it

Hindustan Times  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that everyone 6 months and older get a new COVID-19 shot this fall and winter season. The CDC’s recommendation came after its advisory committee voted for a broad vaccine campaign this fall, instead of limiting it to older adults and people with certain health conditions. The US Food and Drug …

Where Southern Californians can find the new COVID-19 vaccine
1 year, 3 months ago

Where Southern Californians can find the new COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

Although shipments of the newest COVID-19 vaccines started arriving in Southern California pharmacies and clinics last week, Kaiser Permanente members will need to wait just a little longer to get their shot from the healthcare provider. But pharmacists at multiple CVS locations in Los Angeles said Wednesday that Kaiser members would not be able to get the shot at the …

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees
1 year, 9 months ago

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees

LA Times  

Liesl Eibschutz, a medical student from Dartmouth University, loads a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Health in Los Angeles on April 15, 2021. Los Angeles County has ended its COVID-19 employee vaccination requirement, allowing workers — including sheriff’s deputies and firefighters — to be hired even if they haven’t gotten a shot. “There is no longer a …

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required
1 year, 10 months ago

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LA Times  

Jazmin Escamilla takes blood samples Dec. 19 in the ambulance bay outside the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in Los Angeles. With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for healthcare workers. California L.A. County’s COVID-19 …

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’

LA Times  

It was three years ago this month that California documented its first known victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The heartache of having so many people die weighs heavily on all of us here at public health,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “Both perspectives are understandable because the risk of getting sick, the risk of having severe …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years, 1 month ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

L.A. County gives COVID shots at home. Advocates fear ‘people just don’t know about this’
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A. County gives COVID shots at home. Advocates fear ‘people just don’t know about this’

LA Times  

Licensed vocational nurse Angela Tapia prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at the home of Louis Salazar Jr., 64, left, and his father, Louis Salazar Sr., 90. My concern is, how many more people don’t know about the program?” And with winter approaching, “there is concern that the surge is coming — and that there’s going to …

A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates
2 years, 4 months ago

A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates

LA Times  

First-graders at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in Cudahy participate in a pep rally on the playground during the first day of school. California schools reopened for the fall semester with loosened COVID-19 protocols and low vaccination rates among younger students, presenting a new test for the trajectory of the pandemic as some experts expect another rise in cases when winter …

Second dose of monkeypox vaccine now available in L.A., though supplies still limited
2 years, 4 months ago

Second dose of monkeypox vaccine now available in L.A., though supplies still limited

LA Times  

With a new shipment of monkeypox vaccines expected Wednesday, Los Angeles County public health officials will begin administering second doses for the first time and again open registration for first shots to those considered high risk. L.A. County Department of Public Health officials said in a statement that the latest shipment will allow them to increase vaccine distribution, but the …

COVID-19: Over 7.20 crore unutilized vaccine doses available with States, Union Territories says health ministry
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19: Over 7.20 crore unutilized vaccine doses available with States, Union Territories says health ministry

Firstpost  

The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday informed that more than 7.20 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available …

2 million California kids are now eligible for COVID vaccine. How many will get it?
2 years, 6 months ago

2 million California kids are now eligible for COVID vaccine. How many will get it?

LA Times  

Callum Diaz-Cheng, 3, in the arms of his father, Dr. Andrew Cheng, is vaccinated against COVID-19 Tuesday at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We’ve been waiting for this for a really long time.” Sofia Espinoza Tam is held by her father, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles pediatrician Dr. Juan Espinoza, while nurse Monica Lopez administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. I’m more …

COVID vaccination of kids under 5 begins: Here’s how to get shots in California
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID vaccination of kids under 5 begins: Here’s how to get shots in California

LA Times  

The next, and final, major phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign kicked off this week, with California finally able to secure doses for children under the age of 5. On its own website, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said that “due to delays in shipping, vaccine for those 6 months and older may not be available until …

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone of Altadena, with mother Caitlin Johnstone, right, receives a child’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. “As we have seen with older age groups, we expect that the vaccines for younger children will provide protection from the most severe outcomes of COVID-19, such …

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates
2 years, 7 months ago

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates

LA Times  

In January, progressive California Democrats vowed to adopt the toughest COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the country. Now, even as case rates start to balloon again, the window of opportunity to adopt COVID-19 vaccine mandates may have closed, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. And legislation is just not being enacted.” California One of …

How to get more people vaccinated? ‘You stop talking and you listen,’ Walensky says
2 years, 8 months ago

How to get more people vaccinated? ‘You stop talking and you listen,’ Walensky says

LA Times  

Allan Fernandez, 7, center, reacts after Dr. David Bolour, left, gives him a COVID-19 vaccine as Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looks on at Ted Watkins Memorial Park on Thursday. “It’s Cinco de Mayo, there are balloons and guitars, there are children playing in sunshine in the park, and then there’s information …

‘We’re now into our sixth wave’: Coronavirus gains in California spark new concerns
2 years, 8 months ago

‘We’re now into our sixth wave’: Coronavirus gains in California spark new concerns

LA Times  

Coronavirus cases are continuing to increase in California, prompting one health official to warn that the state is heading into the next wave of the pandemic. For the record: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said New York City’s rate of new weekly coronavirus-positive hospitalizations last week was nearly 75% higher than L.A. County’s, and the rate of weekly …

How many California lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists have an answer
2 years, 8 months ago

How many California lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists have an answer

LA Times  

The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020 marked the start of a new, safer phase of the pandemic. In the first 10 months of their availability, COVID-19 vaccines prevented an estimated 1.5 million coronavirus infections, nearly 73,000 hospitalizations, and almost 20,000 deaths in California, according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Each …

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren
2 years, 9 months ago

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

LA Times  

California will not require schoolchildren to be immunized for COVID-19 after Gov. Newsom’s office said that after the FDA approves the vaccine for children 12 and older, state public health officials will consider recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups “prior to implementing a school vaccine requirement.” Currently, …

Precautionary doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be available for all adults from 10 April, says Centre
2 years, 9 months ago

Precautionary doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be available for all adults from 10 April, says Centre

Firstpost  

The vaccination will begin on 10 April at private centres. On-going free vaccination programme through government vaccination centres for first and second dose as well as precaution dose to healthcare workers, frontline workers and 60+ population would continue and would be accelerated, the Centre said. About 96 percent of all 15+ population in the country have received at least one …

What Californians should do now to prepare for a possible spring Omicron BA.2 surge
2 years, 9 months ago

What Californians should do now to prepare for a possible spring Omicron BA.2 surge

LA Times  

Is California doing enough to prepare for a potential increase in cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 this spring? Los Angeles County isn’t seeing as high of a percentage of BA.2 cases as places like New York and Chicago, but the L.A. County Department of Public Health is saying nationwide trends suggest that Angelenos “should be prepared to mitigate the …

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters
2 years, 10 months ago

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters

LA Times  

Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside. She is still suggesting that businesses continue to verify customers’ vaccination status, but, “as opposed to telling people what they have to do, we’re asking people to do them …

As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpiles
2 years, 10 months ago

As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpiles

LA Times  

Boxes of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are loaded into a truck. “Pivoting to what’s happening now, you have much more production and distribution to low-income countries,” said Dr. Joseph Bresee, who directs the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Program at the Task Force for Global Health in Decatur, Ga. “The issue of some stockpiles in the U.S., Germany and Japan …

US plans to roll out initial 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for children under 5 following FDA authorization, CDC document says
2 years, 11 months ago

US plans to roll out initial 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for children under 5 following FDA authorization, CDC document says

CNN  

CNN — If the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine receives emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for children 6 months to 5 years old, the tentative plan is to roll out about 10 million vaccine doses initially, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document posted online. The document, an updated pediatric Covid-19 vaccination planning …

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill
2 years, 11 months ago

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill

LA Times  

California students would be required to be immunized for COVID-19 under a bill introduced Monday, offering backup to districts such as L.A. Unified that have struggled with their own mandates while igniting familiar backlash from anti-vaccine activists and parents who say the state should not make medical decisions for their children. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would …

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers
3 years ago

L.A. County says no lockdown needed now as California requires boosters for health workers

LA Times  

Matthew Meraz walks Santee Alley with his cat, Mowgli, on Dec. 20, while visiting with family members. Despite the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Los Angeles County’s top health official said Tuesday that no lockdowns are planned at this time, as vaccines and other safety measures remain strong tools to combat the new threat. To those who ask …

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
3 years, 1 month ago

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost

Associated Press  

One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said scientists and health officials may have underestimated how the spread of misinformation could hobble the “astounding achievement” of the vaccines. Despite all that, Dowdy said, “we’re going to look back and …

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
3 years, 1 month ago

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost

LA Times  

Boxes of COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020. Despite all that, Dowdy said, “we’re going to look back and say the vaccines were a huge success story.” On the very day that an eager nation began rolling up its sleeves, Dec. 14, 2020, the …

US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages
3 years, 1 month ago

US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages

Associated Press  

A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures. “There’s crazy increased demand on pharmacies right now,” said Theresa Tolle, an independent pharmacist who has seen COVID-19 vaccine demand quadruple since the summer at her Sebastian, Florida, store. Burns said many pharmacies already had relatively thin staffing …

California’s coast embraces child COVID-19 shots, but demand lags inland
3 years, 1 month ago

California’s coast embraces child COVID-19 shots, but demand lags inland

LA Times  

Jemma Alejancra Garcia, 9, of El Sereno gets a COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso on Nov. 3 at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles. “What I worry about most is the Central Valley, in more rural California, where vaccination rates are lower than they are in other parts of the state and are currently having high levels …

With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A.
3 years, 1 month ago

With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A.

LA Times  

For every 100,000 residents, Fresno County has 22 COVID-19 patients in its hospitals; while L.A. and Orange counties have six. “We don’t have enough hospitals to serve the population and the needs,” said Dr. Rais Vohra, the Fresno County interim health officer. Vaccination rates are still relatively low, and in Fresno County, the region’s most populous county, the COVID-19 hospitalization …

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California
3 years, 1 month ago

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California

LA Times  

A man waits for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot at a pharmacy in Denver. Colorado “may be a precursor to what we could see ultimately here in California as things get cooler for us,” UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Robert Kim-Farley said. Chillier weather hits Colorado earlier than California, sending people indoors, “which leads to higher potential for transmission of COVID.” In …

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments
3 years, 1 month ago

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments

LA Times  

Julie Markfield gets a flu shot as well as a COVID-19 booster shot at Flintridge Pharmacy on Tuesday. California’s MyTurn COVID-19 vaccination appointment scheduling tool is now allowing all adults to book appointments for booster shots without asking confusing questions on whether they are eligible. The California Department of Public Health issued recommendations this week essentially recommending that all adults …

L.A.’s COVID rules: Mask and vaccine guidance for out-of-town visitors
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A.’s COVID rules: Mask and vaccine guidance for out-of-town visitors

LA Times  

Restaurants, bars, cinemas and indoor shopping centers are among the businesses that will be required to check for proof of vaccination. Gavin Newsom placed much of the state under a curfew last year shortly before Thanksgiving, barring people from leaving home for non-essential activities after 10 p.m. As infections surged in L.A. County, health officials here banned outdoor gatherings involving …

L.A. officials warn that COVID vaccine protections wane as holidays approach
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A. officials warn that COVID vaccine protections wane as holidays approach

LA Times  

Angelenos are busy prepping for holiday parties, shopping and family gatherings. Some young adults have returned to workplaces or are “certainly out and about enjoying all that L.A. County has to offer, and we’d like them to continue to do that,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. And unfortunately, if they get infected, they can infect others who …

L.A. County and San Francisco encourage all adults to get booster shots
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A. County and San Francisco encourage all adults to get booster shots

LA Times  

Altadena resident Nicole Fahey, who is six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination booster shot from nurse Veronique Vida on Nov. 3 at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles. That criterion, Ferrer said, can apply to: Going to work and being around other people; Living with people who cannot get vaccinated, such as babies or young children, or who …

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know

LA Times  

Nicole Fahey of Altadena, who is six months pregnant, gets a COVID-19 booster shot this month from registered nurse Veronique Vida at Eugene A. Obregon Park. Based on all of that criteria, “pretty much everybody is eligible,” said Dr. Sara Cody, the health officer and public health director for Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous county. Dr. Tomás Aragón, …

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots
3 years, 2 months ago

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots

LA Times  

Faced with growing worries over a potential winter coronavirus surge, health officials in California and other areas are turbocharging the push for COVID-19 booster shots in hopes of getting more adults the extra dose as soon as possible. On Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health summed up its booster guidance as follows: “In general terms that everyone can understand, …

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns

Al Jazeera  

The Pan American Health Organization says less than half of people in the Americas are fully vaccinated. Following two consecutive months of decline, COVID-19 infections are rising again in some countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization has said, cautioning that uneven vaccination rates across the region continue to be a problem. Concerns have been rising that despite …

Far fewer Californians getting COVID-19 booster shots than expected, bringing new alarms
3 years, 2 months ago

Far fewer Californians getting COVID-19 booster shots than expected, bringing new alarms

LA Times  

Demand for COVID-19 booster shots in California has been slower than some health officials anticipated, according to data obtained by The Times, sparking new concerns of at-risk populations losing immunity as the risky holiday season approaches. “Where it’s really showing up as a problem is in the increased ability for people to end up more seriously ill,” L.A. County Public …

California begins giving COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11
3 years, 2 months ago

California begins giving COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11

LA Times  

The first COVID-19 vaccinations have been given to children ages 5 to 11 Wednesday as health officials launched an ambitious rollout to offer shots to 3.5 million kids in California. Over a six-week period that ended in mid-August, COVID-19 hospitalizations among children and adolescents increased fivefold, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, …

When will California children be able to get COVID-19 vaccine? What you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

When will California children be able to get COVID-19 vaccine? What you need to know

LA Times  

Alex Bugarin, 13, gets a COVID-19 vaccine at San Pedro High School in May. Children in California ages 5 to 11 could start getting their shots as soon as next week. California California plans ambitious effort to vaccinate young children State officials are preparing to offer COVID-19 vaccine doses to California’s 3.5 million children ages 5 to 11 as soon …

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns
3 years, 2 months ago

If you're not vaccinated you'll get Covid-19, Acute Care boss warns

NL Times  

Every person not vaccinated against Covid-19 will get the coronavirus, Ernst Kuipers, chairman of the National Acute Care Network, said on TV program Jinek on Tuesday evening. "If you want to keep care available to everyone, a cancer patient or a corona patient, then we have to do something about the total number of corona patients who come in during …

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