Linda Johnson, AP News, June 23, 2021 Soon after a new coronavirus began spreading around the world, little-known vaccine developer Moderna began working with the U.S. National Institutes of Health to create a vaccine using a new technology. That vaccine …
Tennessee vaccination rate so slow vaccine doses are being returned to CDC before they expire
Kyle Horan, News Channel 5, June 22, 2021 Tennessee has one of the worst vaccination rates in the country, and according to Vanderbilt University, vaccine doses are being sent back to the CDC before they expire. When once there were …
Study testing Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention to include young adults
Mrinalika Roy, Reuters, June 22, 2021 U.S. scientists are expanding a government-funded study that aims to directly answer the question of whether Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine curbs the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The study, backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), …
Get Vaccinated Chattanooga Kicking Off Neighborhood Block Party
Staff Writer, Chattanoogan, June 21, 2021 Get Vaccinated Chattanooga, a vaccine education campaign funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation, is partnering with CHI Memorial this summer to host a series of Neighborhood Block Parties. Each block party will include …
“I have felt completely unchained.” First Tennessee vaccine recipient speaks to News4 six months later
Brittany Weiner, WSMV, June 16, 2021 It has been exactly six months since Tennessee administered its first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer’s vaccine had just received emergency approval from the FDA days before the first shot was given here …