COVID-19 Vaccine Demand For Highest Priority Group Outstrips Supply, NC Health Secretary Says
North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dr.
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'Between Two Kingdoms' Tells A Story Of Survival — And Of A Journey To Learn To Live
A new book by Suleika Jaouad, author of the column "Life, Interrupted," encompasses a less familiar tale of what it's like to survive cancer and have to figure out how to live again in its aftermath.
Elon Poll Finds More N.C. Residents Favor Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
An Elon University poll released Tuesday shows that a growing number of North Carolinians are in favor of getting the COVID-19-vaccine.
WHO Probe Into Origin Of COVID-19 Raises More Questions Than Answers
Scientists from the World Health Organization were in Wuhan, China, trying to figure out how the coronavirus got there and how it infected so many people, so quickly.
Mexico's Ambitious COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy Falls Into Disarray
Mexico set out to sign contracts with nearly every vaccine manufacturer in hopes of vaccinating most people by summer. But that plan's run into roadblocks, as the country deals with its worst spike.
Thousands Of Pharmacies Prepare To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
The Biden administration this week will send a million vaccine doses to 6,500 of the nation's more than 40,000 pharmacies. We examine the logistics, and how consumers will sign up for appointments.
Vaccines Could Drive The Evolution Of More COVID-19 Mutants
Mutant coronaviruses can make vaccines less effective. At the same time, vaccines can contribute to virus mutations, but this is a slow process that should be manageable.
COVID-19 Vaccine Line Skipping Probable in NC, Health Official Says
Forsyth County's top health official says it's possible that some people who received COVID-19 vaccinations in North Carolina skipped the priority line.
White House COVID-19 Adviser Andy Slavitt Says There Are No Vaccine 'Silver Bullets'
Slavitt tells NPR that getting more vaccines out quicker will involve lots of "small steps." He says people will have to be "more patient than they want to be," but supplies are increasing.
Why Is It So Hard To Figure Out Where To Get Vaccinated For COVID-19?
NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin offers a few tips for navigating the messy, confusing and difficult patchwork system to get a COVID-19 vaccine.