Apr 15 Veterinarians, teachers, and students are stepping up to form America’s volunteer vaccinator workforce By Courtney Vinopal Across the country, Americans have been drawing on a vast range of career experience as COVID vaccinators. The PBS NewsHour spoke with a few of them about how their skills translate on the job. Continue reading
Apr 14 Federal Reserve survey finds economy rebounding, helped by stimulus, vaccines By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The new survey released Wednesday showed that the Fed's business contacts around the country were expressing more optimism about the economy's outlook as activity accelerated. Continue reading
Apr 14 Why would a COVID vaccine cause rare blood clots? Researchers have found clues By Matthew Herper, STAT News New research may offer at least a partial explanation for the phenomenon that has been seen with so-called adenovirus vaccines. Continue reading
Apr 14 WATCH: CDC panel examines connection between blood clots and Johnson & Johnson vaccine By Laura Santhanam Federal regulators said a pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was needed "out of an abundance of caution" when reports of the blood clots emerged. Continue reading
Apr 14 WATCH: White House says pause on Johnson & Johnson shots shows government putting safety 1st By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden declared Tuesday that even with a temporary loss of J&J 's one-shot vaccine, there is a huge supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, enough that "is basically 100 percent unquestionable, for every single, solitary American.”… Continue reading
Apr 13 Blood clots after Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are ‘extremely rare,’ experts say By Laura Santhanam The six women who reported blood clots were between ages 18 and 48 and had received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine between six and 13 days before reporting side effects. So far, 6.8 million doses of this one-shot vaccine have… Continue reading
Apr 13 More women than men are getting COVID shots By Laura Ungar, KHN More women than men are getting COVID vaccines, even as more men are dying of the disease. Continue reading
Apr 13 WATCH: What to know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause By Laura Santhanam, Amna Nawaz What does the move mean for those who have received the one dose vaccine and how will it affect the U.S. vaccination rollout?… Continue reading
Apr 13 WATCH: FDA, CDC experts answer questions about pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine By Associated Press The nation's leading infectious-diseases expert says "safety is the important issue here" when discussing the "pause" in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Continue reading
Apr 13 U.S. recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. Continue reading