Todd Richmond and Kathleen Foody, AP News, Sept. 26, 2021 With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for both qualified older Americans seeking booster shots and the …
FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk
Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe, AP News, Sept. 22, 2021 The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the …
Tennessee gov’s office debunks COVID misinfo as cases surge
Jonathan Mattise, AP News, Aug. 13, 2021 The Tennessee governor’s office is pushing back on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation that goes as far as claiming cows are being vaccinated to inoculate unwitting people who eat meat. The confusion over an assortment …
Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion
Lauran Neergaard, AP, July 21, 2021 Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically …
As variant rises, vaccine plan targets ‘moveable middle’
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, AP News, June 27, 2021 Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get …