Home state of Kentucky lags behind national vaccination average. Senator Mitch McConnell released a new public service announcement on Tuesday, calling on Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.…
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COVID-19 Vaccination Site Opened for Afghanistan Arrivals
Located near the airport receiving Afghan evacuees. According to the World Health Organization, less than 5 percent of the Afghan population have been vaccinated against COVID-19. To prevent…
Read MorePentagon Orders Swift Vaccines for Service Members
Says vaccine is necessary “to defend the American people.” This week, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered every member of the military to get their first doses of the…
Read MoreFDA Fully Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Pentagon will require all service members to be vaccinated. The Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that it had fully approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Previously, the drug…
Read MoreJustice Barrett Rejects Vaccine Mandate Appeal
Indiana University students had sought a block on the school’s requirements. On Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied the petition from Indiana University students claiming that…
Read MoreWhite House Requires Visitors to Confirm Vaccination
Journalists are included in this mandate. Last week, the White House Correspondents’ Association informed their members that all visitors, including journalists, are now required to fill out a…
Read MoreNIH Director Wants More Vaccine Mandates
He says to use “every public health tool we can.” Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, urged the U.S. to adopt more vaccine…
Read MoreHalf of U.S. Population Fully Vaccinated
White House says the uptick in recent vaccination count is promising. The announcement was made on Friday by White House Data Director Cyrus Shahpar that 50 percent of…
Read MoreU.S. Donates 110 Million Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Seek to donate an additional 500 million doses by June 2022. On Tuesday, President Biden marked a milestone in the fight against COVID-19 as he announced that the…
Read MoreCDC Memo Describes Delta Variant Contagion
Recommendations have been issued regarding vaccination and masks. An internal memo obtained from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) theorizes the new Delta variant of the…
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