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Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine
Black residents make up a little under half of Washington’s population, but constitute nearly three-fourths of the city's COVID-19 deaths.
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Philly opens three new mass vaccine sites Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
The rotating clinics will be located in Kensington, North Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia, with plans to vaccinate high-priority city residents eligible in Phase 1B.
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‘People want to live’: Huge turnout, long lines at Black Doctors Consortium’s 24-hour vaccine clinic
The “vax-a-thon” was Philly’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium surpassed their vaccination goal before midnight.
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Pennsylvania health systems believed they were following state orders when they used vaccines that were supposed to be set aside for people awaiting their second doses.
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FEMA opening mass vaccination site at Pennsylvania Convention Center
The downtown Philadelphia convention center can handle vaccinating 6,000 people daily from the coronavirus, officials said.
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230K vaccine doses bound for N.J. delayed by winter weather
New Jersey did not receive about 230,000 first and second COVID vaccine shots this week because of weather-related delays in other parts of the country.
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The walk-in clinic will be open from noon Feb. 19 to noon Feb. 20, but only for those eligible in Phase 1B and from certain Philadelphia ZIP codes.
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Samuel Gulick threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Newark medical facility in January 2020. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen
States are beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions, but health experts say we don't know enough yet about variants to roll back measures that could help slow their spread.
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City Council passes resolution calling on mayor to activate the Linc as mass vaccination site
City Council passed a near-unanimous resolution calling on Kenney to turn the Eagles stadium in South Philadelphia into a mass vaccination site run by the city.
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White House announces expanded COVID-19 testing, manufacturing, and virus sequencing
The administration says there will only be a few million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine available to distribute right away, assuming the company gets FDA authorization.
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American life expectancy dropped by a full year in the first half of 2020
The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black men — a decline of 3 years. Hispanic men also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.
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At a virtual town hall, issues of access for Montgomery County’s Latino communities — vaccine supply, language, and technology issues — were the focus.
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Listen 1:13Low supply, snow force Montco to reschedule mass vaccination clinics
The county also is addressing “line jumpers” after discovering individuals were sharing appointment links with friends and family.
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N.J. coronavirus update: 70% of eligible residents could be vaccinated by summer
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy offered a “Memorial Day to 4th of July window” to vaccinate the state’s target of 4.7 million adults.
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