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Each state maintains its own database of vaccinated individuals and the states do not share information, said Donna Skoda, Summit County Public Health Commissioner.
Records of the COVID vaccine are within the state where the person was vaccinated, which includes non-Ohioans getting the shot in Ohio and Ohioans getting the vaccine in another state, according to Ohio Department of Health.
Ohio has no requirement to report vaccinations to the state, said Alicia Shoults, spokeswoman for the state health department.
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Summit County Fairgrounds mass vaccination clinic to resume one-dose J&J vaccine May 1 By Jennifer Conn Akron
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SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio - Health officials operating the Summit County Fairgrounds Mass Vaccination Clinic said they will resume administering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine on May 1.
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Health officials operating the Summit County Fairgrounds Mass Vaccination Clinic said they will resume administering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine on May 1
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted a recommendation that the J&J vaccine be paused after six reports of a rare and severe blood clot
Shutterstock Health officials expect the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for kids 12 and up in the coming weeks.
COVID-19 vaccines could soon be opening up in Northeast Ohio to a new group: kids 12 and older.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, said Dr. Purva Grover, director of pediatric emergency departments at Cleveland Clinic.
The vaccine is currently authorized for anyone ages 16 and older.
Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials have taken longer than adult trials because researchers must monitor children for symptoms and side effects very closely, Grover said.
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Four months after COVID-19 vaccines were authorized for use, all American adults are now eligible for a vaccine.
Despite stories of long waiting lists in some parts of the country, others are closing vaccination sites due to a lack of demand.
Public health experts are concerned about the lack of willingness to be vaccinated, threatening herd immunity.
One year after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the United States, all Americans are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, and the country is slowly reopening. Good news, right?