1 day ago | By Business Insider
Summary List Placement Officials are scrambling to speed-up COVID-19 vaccinations across the US, but a complicated set of guidelines regarding who should get priority have stymied states' efforts to maximize the number of shots in arms.
In order to accelerate the rollout, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that states should expand the pool of people who have priority access. That pool should now include Americans between the ages of 16 and 64 who have certain underlying health issues that increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19, he said.
As a result, New...
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1 day ago | By Business Insider
Summary List Placement Although many states are now expanding their eligibility criteria for the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida was one of the first to offer the shot to adults aged 65 and older. The state's broad vaccination plan has attracted travelers hoping to take advantage from near and far.
Vaccine-seekers have flocked to Florida from Canada and Argentina, as well as New York and other states, according to the Wall Street Journal .
Governor Ron DeSantis said in a press conference last week that most of these visitors are in fact part-time residents, not so-called "vaccine tourists." "If...
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1 day ago | By Forbes
With Covid-19 vaccine approvals rolling in around the world, all eyes are now turned toward the air cargo industry. Can aviation deliver?
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1 day ago | By Review Journal
A UMC vaccination center equipped to offer hundreds of vaccinations each day will be set up inside the Encore's convention space.
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1 day ago | By Business 2 Community
Despite turning the calendar from 2020 to 2021, we find ourselves starting the new year in more turmoil. A catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic that continues to increase in scope. The hope of the vaccines tempered as the rollout encounters delays. And the disturbing insurrection at our capitol causing national anxiety. To ignore these in a business context is to be blind to the effect on our society.
Such tumultuous events will have a direct impact on buying behaviors in 2021. Organizations today will need to monitor buying behaviors as they ebb and shift in 2021. Here are 5 intangible buying...
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1 day ago | By Business Insider
An employee inspects syringes of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at its factory in Beijing, September 24, 2020.
Ng Han Guan/Associated Press
Many of the world's poor countries are struggling to get their hands on vaccines for the coronavirus, and China has stepped in, offering priority access to its vaccine.
That could end up being a diplomatic victory for China, bolstering its influence with those countries, though it remains uncertain if Beijing will fulfill its promises.
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1 day ago | By Review Journal
A University Medical Center vaccination center will be set up inside the property's convention space, near the self-parking garage. It will be equipped to offer hundreds of vaccinations each day, according to a Wynn Resorts release.
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1 day ago | By Washington Post
After the first vaccines against Covid-19 demonstrated efficacy, public health officials began to foresee a gradual end to the pandemic. Getting there with a minimum of additional suffering will require widespread administration of vaccines, with the goal of achieving so-called herd immunity. Some health specialists warn that vaccine hesitancy - a reluctance to accept immunization - threatens to undermine that target.
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1 day ago | By Forbes
With reports that Covid-19 vaccines are being stolen and sold on the black market, Tom Knight, CEO of Atlanta-based inventory visibility and analytics firm Invistics, says he saw this coming back in April 2020.
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Summary List Placement Long lines in Florida. Appointment website failures in California. Vaccines tossed in the trash in New York . The early weeks of the US coronavirus... Read more ...