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Tag: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Man in mask gives vaccine shot to woman in mask and white doctors coat
Posted inInfectious Disease

State, local officials see slowing demand extending vaccination campaign.

by Rose Hoban April 22, 2021May 5, 2021

By Rose Hoban In the 18 weeks since the first North Carolinian received a vaccination against the novel coronavirus that’s upended the world for the past year, the state has managed to put about 6.6 million doses of vaccine into the arms of more than 3.8 million people.  That mass vaccination effort led to 647,415 […]

a man wearing a mask holds up his smart phone to take a photo as he receives a COVID vaccine shot
Posted inPublic Health

Get a vaccine, share a ‘vaxxie’, Alan Alda suggests

by Anne Blythe December 23, 2020January 27, 2021
a small blonde girl in a t-shirt puts on a mask while a dark-haired woman stands by ready to help
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Sep. 17 – K-5 schools can open fully; Will ACC football team parents get stadium seats?; Contact tracing on college football teams

by Anne Blythe September 17, 2020December 10, 2022
Posted inPublic Health

COVID-19 vaccine misinformation could threaten success, herd immunity

by Melba Newsome August 28, 2020January 29, 2021

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