The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an ugly toll on the nation’s immunization managers in the midst of the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history.
Author: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
San Francisco to require COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees
San Francisco is the first large U.S. city to require that all city workers – 37,000 of them – be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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As buildings reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns, Legionnaires’ disease looms as a new worry because of long-stagnant water.
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CDC panel recommends Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids as young as 12
American children as young as 12 should get the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, a CDC panel recommended.
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Halt on J&J COVID-19 vaccine will continue in US until more data on rare blood clotting disorder is available
A CDC committee decided to leave a pause on J&J’s one-shot vaccine in place to gather more information on blood clots related to vaccinations.
COVID toes, Moderna arm, all-body rash: Vaccines can cause skin reactions but aren’t dangerous, study says
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What if you had your choice of COVID-19 vaccine? Differences are small, but they do exist
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