Federal guidelines recommend that smokers under the age of 65, considered high-risk for severe Covid-19 symptoms, be eligible for the vaccine in early phases of distribution, frustrating essential workers lower in the priority line. New Jersey and Mississippi are currently…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Troopers and other employees with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) received their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday, January 15, 2021. This is not a mandatory process with all vaccinated WSP troopers opting for it on…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The agriculture industry is asking Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee to move migrant farmworkers and food factory workers closer to the front of the line for the coronavirus vaccine because they perform work that cannot be…
SALEM, Oreg. — Oregon Governor Kate Brown says seniors will have to wait just a little bit longer for their shot at a coronavirus vaccine. In a press conference Friday, Brown said the state had hoped to start offering the…
OREGON - Oregon Governor Brown plans to hold a press conference on Friday, which will stream here at 2 p.m., after receiving news that states will not be receiving more shipments of vaccines next week as expected. RELATED: COVID-19 Vaccine:…
UMATILLA, Ore. - In smaller or rural towns, vaccine rollout has become a 'ready, set, wait' scenario. When it comes to storing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine,…
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington state is retooling it's vaccine rollout amid a post-holidays uptick in COVID-19 cases. In a news release Wednesday, the Washington State Department of Health said it planned to "pick up the pace to get vaccines to…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Senator Brad Hawkins, who represents the 12th legislative district of the state of Washington, continues to stress the importance of vaccinating school employees. This comes on the heels of school districts throughout the state, including in the…
SEATTLE, Wash. — The Washington state Department of Health said Wednesday that COVID-19 cases appear to be increasingly sharply in the most recent data. The flat and declining case count trends in mid-to-late December may be due to fewer people…
Early stage trials of Johnson & Johnson's experimental coronavirus vaccine show it generated an immune response in nearly all volunteers, with minimal side-effects, after a single dose. The company expects to report details of more advanced trials later this month…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown said after guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday, Oregon will expand COVID-19 vaccination to include people age 65 and and older. Vaccination of Oregon seniors, as well as child…
JAN. 26 UPDATE: Map, list of local COVID vaccination sites: Where to get a shot + how to sign up ORIGINAL ARTICLE: OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine next? Where do I sign up? How do I get…
Update at 3:50 p.m. PST on Jan. 8: Gov. Brown's office issued a correction, noting that Oregon National Guard members will join their efforts on Tuesday. Therefore, the National Guard will not make an impact on Salem Health’s vaccination operations…
YAKIMA, Wash. — First responders from the Yakima Fire Department (YFD) began to receive their coronavirus vaccinations today. They're part of the first wave of essential healthcare workers to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The first responders received their vaccinations…
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Jay Inslee plans to address the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The update, with Washington Dept. of Health Secretary Dr. Umair Shah and others, was set to begin at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. You can watch it here…
OLYMPIA, Wash. --- Wondering where on the priority list you land for getting the coronavirus vaccine? Here's the newly updated plan from the Washington State Department of Health. Right now, the first phase of vaccinations consists of two tiers-- the…
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) is working diligently to those who served with COVID-19 vaccinations throughout the state. The WDVA announced that the Washington Veterans Home in Port Orchard was the first location…
RICHLAND, Wash. - It's a question that's been circling around since the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for Emergency Use Authorization. Should a pregnant or breastfeeding…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Phase-1A of COVID-19 vaccinations is underway in the Tri-Cities as Kadlec health care workers have begun to receive vaccinations this week. Kadlec is administering vaccinations based on the location and professional role of each health care professional…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that his agency will move to quickly authorize the second COVID-19 vaccine to fight the pandemic, hours after the shot won the key endorsement of a…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Over 1,000 high-risk health care workers throughout Washington state received vaccinations as of midnight on December 16. The Washington Department of Health (DOH) administered 1,159 COVID-19 vaccinations after doses began to arrive on Monday. Vaccinations began for…
SEATTLE (AP) — Health care workers in Washington on Tuesday will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, part of an effort to quickly innoculate people most at risk during the pandemic. Employees at UW Medical Center-Montlake and Swedish Hospital’s First Hill…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds more U.S. hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine needed to boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration said…
