There are 13 article(s) tagged COVID vaccine:

• February 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Shelby County should get vaccine advice from Mississippi

    “Shelby County does not need help from the federal government or Chick-fil-A or FedEx. They just need to ask our neighbors in Mississippi!”

    By Letters to the Editor February 24, 2021

  • Suburban districts set plans for teacher vaccinations

    Teachers are eligible for vaccinations in Shelby County. The suburbs are releasing plans for how it plans to give vaccinations to those teachers who want it.

    By Abigail Warren February 22, 2021

  • Health department announces new vaccine dates

    Previous appointments made for Saturday, Feb. 13, will go on despite cold, at Pipkin, Appling and Southwest Tennessee Community College.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 13, 2021

  • Vaccination advances with second doses at Pipkin, first doses continue at other locations

    Second-dose shots at the Pipkin Center this week will not hinder distribution of the first dose as many still await vaccination, officials said. 

    By Daja E. Henry February 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • State’s COVID vaccine supply increases under Biden plan

    Tennesseans will be vaccinated against COVID-19 faster beginning early next week after President Joe Biden announced a massive purchase of doses, an increased weekly allocation to states and other moves to manage the pandemic.

    By Ian Round January 29, 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: ‘I am proud of our Shelby County Health Department’

    ‘Many thanks to Dr. Alisa Haushalter and her team for upholding these values in the midst of a health care crisis,’ Barbara Holden Nixon writes.

    By Letters to the Editor January 25, 2021

  • Vaccine gives hope to ICU nurse and her mother

    Toni Woods feels safer after second dose, but she knows her patients and her mother still need her to keep working, avoid risk.

    By David Waters January 15, 2021

  • Tennessee pauses teacher vaccinations for COVID as older adults get priority

    As of Wednesday, 40% of Tennessee’s 95 counties had moved into the priority group that includes teachers. Those areas have smaller populations and fewer health care workers to inoculate after years of rural hospital closures.

    By Marta W. Aldrich January 09, 2021

• December 2020

  • Tennessee moves up teachers on priority list for COVID-19 vaccine

    They’ll be able to get their shots during the same phase as Tennesseans ages 75 and above — and before those in the 65-74 age bracket.

    By Marta W. Aldrich December 30, 2020

  • Proposals to weaken Tennessee child immunization law could affect COVID vaccine

    Gov. Bill Lee declared Pfizer’s vaccine “safe” as Tennessee gave its first doses to health care workers while recording some of the nation’s highest rates of virus spread. The Republican governor reiterated that the shots will be optional for people in public schools.

    By Marta W. Aldrich December 27, 2020

  • ‘Tentative resolution’ reached in case alleging improper COVID practices at Shelby County Jail

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday, Dec. 23, it has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging failure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Shelby County Jail. 

    By Daja E. Henry December 23, 2020

  • Lee preaches hope with vaccine, urges caution amid COVID surge

    As the first COVID-19 vaccinations began in Memphis hospitals Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee offered a message of hope that the pandemic’s end is close but also acknowledged the challenges of Tennessee being in the midst of its worst surge yet.

    By Omer Yusuf December 17, 2020

• November 2020

  • Moderna vaccine shows 94.5% effectiveness against COVID

    The flu vaccine, given every year, has an efficacy rate of 40%-50%.

    By Jane Roberts November 16, 2020