Friday, January 29, 2021

Pandemic roundup: Biden to boost vaccine supply; rural areas get creative with vaccine efforts with fewer resources

The Biden administration will boost the coronavirus vaccine supply amid shortages. Read more here.

Anti-vaccine activists are peddling stories with misinterpreted and faulty data or fake deaths and injuries to discredit the coronavirus vaccine. Read more here.

Rural health care providers are getting creative with coronavirus vaccine delivery but are suffering from a lack of supplies. Read more here.

Public health workers, stranded on a snowy highway in rural Oregon, administered the vaccine to other drivers so as not to waste the shots. Read more here.

A public-health official discusses how vaccinations are going in Central Appalachia. Read more here.

Some health-care workers are refusing the vaccine. Read more here.

Rural America tackles vaccine distribution with fewer resources. Read more here.

Many in the rural San Joaquin Valley don't understand the seriousness of the pandemic nor the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine, medical professionals worry. Read more here.

How a rural hospital launched a coronavirus vaccine program in just one week. Read more here.

In rural Colorado, vaccines help nursing homes open their doors to limited visitors again, to lonely residents' relief. Read more here.

A video shows how clinics in rural Montana and Texas take on the tough task of distributing the coronavirus vaccine. Read more here.

A rural county in Washington state shares its secret for distributing the vaccine without wasting a single dose. Read more here.

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