Tag: vaccine
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...
US gives go-ahead for Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
By Associated Press
The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end...
Ellis: Should You Take the COVID-19 Vaccine?
By Glenn Ellis
Now comes the moment of truth. The time has come when each of us will have to make a personal decision about...
