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Offering beer, babysitting and barbershop outreach, the White House launches new initiatives to boost vaccinations
Biden launches an initiative to recruit 1,000 Black-owned barbershops and salons to accelerate vaccinations, among other incentives and outreach efforts.
A new national model? Barbershop offer coronavirus shots in addition to cuts and shaves.
Black community leaders, University of Maryland, reach out to barbers, stylists, to emulate the Hyattsville, Md. model.
Biden hails coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds as ‘one more giant step’ in fight against the pandemic
The shots were endorsed Wednesday by a CDC advisory panel, in a decision is expected to be adopted by CDC director
Fully vaccinated seniors are 94 percent less likely to be hospitalized with covid-19
The CDC’s real-world findings provide reassurance about the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in the highest-risk age group.
CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors, except in crowded settings
Even unvaccinated individuals may go without masks when walking, jogging or biking outdoors with household members. CDC also provides clarifications and new guidance for the fully vaccinated related to work, quarantine and testing.
Federal agencies lift pause on use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, saying benefits outweigh risks
The U.S. decision to lift the pause on the vaccine’s use with a warning added to the label is similar to one taken by Europe’s drug regulator.
CDC vaccine advisers seek more data on rare blood clots before deciding whether to resume Johnson & Johnson shots
Federal health officials had recommended Tuesday that states pause use of the vaccine while agencies review six U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of brain blood clot among the more than 7 million people who received the shot.
CDC ramps up scrutiny of rare post-vaccination ‘breakthrough infections’
The precise number of these breakthrough cases is unknown, but figures released by states suggest it is at least several thousand.
Fully vaccinated people are at low-risk from travel, CDC says
Updated guidance reflects studies showing how vaccines help protect against coronavirus infections.
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines are 90% effective after two doses in study of real-life conditions, CDC confirms
The CDC report is significant, experts said, because it analyzed how well the vaccines worked among a diverse group of front-line working-age adults whose jobs make them more likely to be exposed to the virus and to spread it.
