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A day after revelations surfaced that a hospital recently offered to vaccinate employees at various schools and daycare centers in the San Fernando Valley during a time when vaccine doses are hard to come by, officials in Los Angeles Unified — the state’s largest school district — explained on
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11 die in new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur and 11 of those infected have died, health officials said on
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SA vaccine schedule 2021: Find out when it's your turn to get the jab here
Zweli Mkhize has revealed when every South African should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. You can consult the full schedule here.
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UN creates political mission in Sudan to support transition
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted two resolutions to create a mission in Sudan to support the country's political transition and extend the mandate of peacekeepers in Darfur, diplomats
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Tennessee needs people to get the COVID vaccine, but proposals to weaken child immunization law could discourage that - TSDMemphis.com
As the first coronavirus vaccines were given this week in Tennessee, a legislative push is under way to weaken a state law requiring them for school, even though convincing skeptics to get the shots might be the quickest way to return education to some degree of normalcy. Several immunization bills
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Ethiopia: The Politics of Vaccine Conspiracies and Controversies
[Ethiopian Herald] For a long, vaccines have been considered as one of the important human discoveries and reliable ways of preventing deadly diseases; equally true, these discoveries have been surrounded by contentious controversies and conspiracies. The digital era has only intensified the
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Ghana Receives 600,000 Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine As Part Of Global Campaign
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Africa: WHO and UNICEF Warn of a Decline in Vaccinations During COVID-19
[WHO] Geneva -- WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly
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Positive result for first U.S vaccine trial | Africanews
It’s the result scientists were hoping for. The first covid-19 vaccine trial in the United States revived people’s immune system, researchers reported
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UCHealth Opens Clinical Trial For New Novavax COVID Vaccine Candidate - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
UCHealth is recruiting volunteers to participate in another large COVID-19 vaccine trial, the third underway at UCHealth locations.
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‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million - DefenderNetwork.com
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less-developed parts of the world, it seems a far-off dream. The numbing figure
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COVID Live Updates: New coronavirus variant case found on Long Island - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Brazilians protest mandatory COVID-19 immunization, Chinese vaccine - Stabroek News
SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) - More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo’s main commercial thoroughfare yesterday to protest state Governor João Doria’s support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by
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Jamaica on lookout for new COVID strain
Professor Peter Figueroa, one of Jamaica’s leading epidemiologists, said that if visitors from the United Kingdom (UK) to Jamaica in the last few weeks were observing strict quarantine measures, the risk of transmission of a new variant of...
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US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes - DefenderNetwork.com
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. The panel voted 13-1 to recommend those groups get priority in the first days of any coming vaccination
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Fort Bend County receives vaccine shipment, as regional demand outpaces supply - DefenderNetwork.com
Fort Bend County has received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine and has started vaccinating front line health care workers, and some of those most at risk for COVID-19. Right now, 5,000 qualified people are registered in the county’s system to receive vaccines when more become
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‘Govt concealing COVID-19 statistics’
BY MOSES MATENGA/PHYLLIS MBANJE/ LORRAINE MUROMO/SILENCE MUGADZAWETA HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned out of control, with nurses and
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India Prepares to Vaccinate 10M Health Care Workers | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Mumbai - Ten million health care workers in India will be the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine whenever it becomes available. As in other countries, the first vaccine doses will be given to frontline workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, sanitary staff, surveillance officers, and
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Thomas Lane, former cop charged with killing George Floyd, makes bail
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Get Tested for COVID-19 . . .For Yourself, For Your Family, Co-workers, Customers, Neighbors and Friends
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Ellis: Up your Health Literacy Game
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Delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccine will deter ability to travel abroad
The slow rollout will affect South Africans’ ability to visit other countries, where vaccination may become an entry requirement.
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'It's unrealistic': SA's vaccine plan raises eyebrows ahead of launch | News24
South Africa has started outlining its Covid-19 inoculation plans, despite not yet receiving a single vaccine dose, as it faces criticism over unrealistic targets and a lack of clarity.
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The Latest: Pope greets public again with wide distancing - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has resumed greeting the public in St. Peter's Square, seven weeks after he interrupted the Sunday noon ritual to discourage crowds from gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smiling broadly, Francis appeared at an Apostolic Palace window
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Africa: Campaigners Warn That 9 Out of 10 People in Poor Countries Are Set to Miss Out On Covid-19 Vaccine Next Year
Press Release - Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are produced, a group of campaigning organisations warned today.
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US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes - TheGrio
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine... View Article The post US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes appeared first on TheGrio.
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COVID-19 vaccine plan raises eyebrows ahead of launch in South Africa
Government faces criticism as it began outlining its COVID-19 inoculation plans despite not yet receiving a single vaccine dose.
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General public could receive vaccinations by July - DefenderNetwork.com
Texas health officials on Monday said they hoped to start vaccinating the general public by next July, though that could change based on type of vaccine and how many doses the state receives. In its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update, the Texas Department of State Health Services laid out
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Mainstream Media Ignores Black Unemployment Rising While Celebrating Jobless Rate
But the good news of the jobless rate dropping did not extend to Black workers as the new data showed their unemployment levels ticked upward last
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Over 5,000 government officials top priority list for vaccination
Over 5000 government officials will be among the first group of Jamaicans to be given COVID-19 vaccines. The first batch of vaccines is expected to arrive in the country this week, to kick-start phase one of the vaccination plan. At least...
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