Tag: vaccine
Drew: Part I: How Do Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Work?
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As I began collecting my thoughts based upon the research gathered from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the...
Ellis: Kids and face masks
By Glenn Ellis
Will the vaccine slow down transmission of Covid-19?
This is one of the key questions that scientists will seek to answer over coming...
Why it’s safe and important to get the COVID-19 vaccine
By Savannah Koplon
UAB News
Now that effective vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed and are being distributed to members of the public, it is key...
Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated At Lower Rates Than White Americans,...
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Black Voices
As the nation anxiously awaits for COVID-19 vaccines to be made available to more of the population, experts and activists are...
Drew: Sign me up for the COVID-19 vaccination
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As last week’s article stated, all subsequent articles this month will focus on providing readers pertinent information about the two newly...
Ellis: How vaccine mandates may affect you
By Glenn Ellis
After almost the entire year of 2020 spent dealing with the ravages of COVID-19, in some ways, sadly, the most difficult challenges...
COVID Vaccine Opens to First Responders, Elderly in Alabama on Jan....
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Friday that ADPH on Jan. 18 will begin providing COVID-19 vaccinations statewide by appointment...
Dr. David Hicks: Myths about vaccines should not scare those who...
By David Hicks, D.O.
Jefferson County Department of Health
There are several public health tools (e.g. social distancing, good hand hygiene, cough etiquette, wearing facial covering/masks,...
Surgeon General: Black Americans’ Distrust In Vaccine Comes From History Of...
By Sanjana Karanth
Black Voices
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday addressed the general distrust of a COVID-19 vaccine among communities of color ― specifically Black...
UAB to provide first vaccine doses to front line and clinical...
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will receive 10,725 initial doses of the Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine this week. The initial single doses will...