Stories tagged: "Vaccine 2021"

Long-term care patient Carlos Alegre receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from licensed vocational nurse Virgie Vivar at Birch Patrick Skilled Nursing Facility at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Chula Vista, California. 72-year-old Alegre is the first patient to receive the vaccine in San Diego County. Long-term care patients and frontline workers are among those in the CDC’s highest priority group for vaccination.

Coronavirus On the Ground With the Michigan Health Workers Administering the Vaccine

Workers at Beaumont Health know that history turns on this moment. The work they're doing is ending the worst health crisis in a century. Here's their message to Michigan.

Katelyn Kivel January 21, 2021 11:40 am EST

Vaccines Explained

Vaccines Explained 13 Lies You’ve Been Told About the COVID Vaccine

No, your brain won’t be microchipped, and no, you won’t get COVID-19 by taking the vaccine. Here's what you should know in Michigan.

Ellen Chamberlain January 19, 2021 3:40 pm EST

Coronavirus

A researcher at Aalborg University looks at samples from behind a safety screen during the screening and analysis of all positive Danish coronavirus samples for the virus variant cluster B117 from the United Kingdom, in Aalborg, Denmark on January 15, 2021, during the ongoing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - The B117 coronavirus strain, which emerged in Britain late last year, has been shown to be between 40 and 70 percent more contagious than variants which have spread previously.

Coronavirus Michigan Needs More Vaccines to Fight New Coronavirus Variants

As it became clear the assistance states counted on from the federal government weren’t coming, Michigan diagnosed its first case of the more infectious B.1.1.7 strain of COVID.

Katelyn Kivel January 19, 2021 11:25 am EST

Commentary

Vietnam War veteran William Chamberlain, Sr. says he received vaccines throughout his military career, and has no reason to distrust them now.

Commentary Vietnam Vet: America’s Racist History Won’t Keep Me From the Vaccine

The ‘Gander’s Ellen Chamberlain decided to ask her father how he felt about receiving the COVID vaccine. His answers surprised her.

Ellen Chamberlain January 14, 2021 4:52 pm EST

Vaccine News

Cropped hand wearing a nitrile glove holding a Covid-19 vaccine vial and a syringe

Vaccine News Federal Mismanagement Derailed Michigan’s COVID Response—Again

The lack of an efficient federal strategy set Michigan’s vaccination campaign back, but progress is already being made to right the ship, officials say.

Katelyn Kivel January 14, 2021 4:01 pm EST