Stories tagged: "Vaccine News"

Vaccine News Alana Gill receives the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Stony Brook University on April 6,. (Image via Getty Images/Raychel Brightman of Newsday)
Vaccine News Roll Up Those Sleeves. NC Makes Vaccines Available to Anyone Over 16.

Anyone over 16 can now get a COVID-19 vaccine in NC, though challenges remain finding appointments.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy April 7, 2021 10:45 am EDT
Coronavirus Boxes of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Pittsboro, N.C. in a refrigerator at Piedmont Health Senior Care, a federally qualified health center. (Image via AP/Gerry Broome)
Coronavirus Vaccine Numbers Are Picking Up In NC. Here’s How to Get Yours.

More than 1 million people are fully vaccinated now in North Carolina, as NC looks to move to Group 4 of eligibility.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska March 9, 2021 4:36 pm EST
Vaccines Explained A certified medical assistant prepares doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (Image via AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Vaccines Explained This One-Shot Vaccine Candidate May Speed Up NC’s COVID-19 Vaccinations

A third COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson could be approved by the FDA soon, and make it easier to vaccinate people in rural areas of NC.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy January 28, 2021 4:27 pm EST
Coronavirus NC Gov. Roy Cooper during a December COVID briefing. States like NC have struggled to contain COVID-19 despite relatively stringent restrictions, but that might be a better reflection of population. (Image via Cooper's office)
Coronavirus NC Has a High COVID Death Rate Despite More Restrictions. Could Population Be the Reason?

There’s a lurking variable in states like NC that have a high COVID death rate despite more stringent restrictions.

Max Millington Max Millington January 28, 2021 9:32 am EST
Coronavirus National Guard soldiers assist by directing those arriving for vaccination appointments at Bojangles Arena in Charlotte, NC, the primary site of vaccine distribution for Mecklenburg County. (Image for Cardinal & Pine by Grant Baldwin)
Coronavirus Biden Administration Sending More Doses of Vaccine to NC

NC will see an uptick in its weekly allotments of the COVID vaccine, as the disease continues to spread at high levels in the state.

Billy Ball Billy Ball January 27, 2021 4:10 pm EST

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania in January. (Image via House Television/AP) Politics NC’s Madison Cawthorn Skipped Vote but ‘Happy’ COVID Relief Funds Going to His WNC District
George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis inspired 15-year-old Ocir Black of Winston-Salem, NC, to collect poignant letters from Black mothers to their sons. (Graphic by Denzel Boyd) Race ‘Love Letters To My Son’: How George Floyd Inspired a North Carolina Teen to Write a Book
The town of Carrboro passed protections for those who identify as LGBTQ because federal action has stalled. (Image via Town of Carrboro/Instagram) LGBTQ NC Mayor: Burr, Tillis Need to Stand Up and Protect NC’s LGBTQ Residents
Nahshon Blount, a low-wage worker in North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Fight for $15 Voting How Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Affect North Carolina’s Paltry Minimum Wage
Vaccine News The addition of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the United States' arsenal of COVID vaccines—which so far includes one each from Pfizer and Moderna—could make vaccinating large amounts of people easier, once the supply is ready. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Vaccine News Cohen: All 100 Counties Will Get Vaccine

After thousands of vaccination appointments were canceled this week, NC DHHS pledges to distribute vaccines to all corners of the state.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska January 26, 2021 5:24 pm EST
Coronavirus Chris Rutledge, a nurse for Samaritan’s Purse, eats lunch, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, during the only short break of her 12-hour shift inside the COVID-19 field hospital built by the Christian relief organization, in Lenoir, N.C. Caldwell Memorial Hospital asked for help from Samaritan’s Purse as cases in the North Carolina foothills skyrocketed and bed space dwindled. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)
Coronavirus Medical Providers Fume After State Officials Divert Thousands of Vaccine Shots

NC has had a slow start with the COVID vaccine. And a recent move to divert shots to more large-scale events might short rural areas.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska January 25, 2021 5:28 pm EST