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What The Article Says: This JAMA Insights review from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response team members presents data on the number of long-term care facilities and the numbers of residents and staff of those facilities who received first-dose vaccination through mid-January under the agency s public-private partnership with CVS, Walgreens and Managed Health Care Associates.
Authors: Radhika Gharpure, D.V.M., M.P.H., of the COVID-19 Response at the CDC, is the corresponding author.
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Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Friday, Feb. 5
11:20 a.m. | Photos: First day of vaccinations at the Clanzel Brown Senior Center on Friday, Feb. 5.
Residents lined up starting at 5:30 a.m. Friday, February 5, 2021, outside the Clanzel T. Brown Senior Center COVID-19 vaccine site on Moncrief Road in Jacksonville, Florida.
9:25 a.m. | Senate clears way to pass COVID relief, Biden to huddle with Democrats
President Joe Biden will meet with House Democratic leaders and deliver remarks on the economy on Friday as his administration presses Congress to pass his $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package.
The Oval Office meeting, which also will include the Democratic chairmen of House committees working on COVID relief, comes just hours after the Senate set the stage for passage of the package, possibly by the end of the month.
Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Thursday, Feb. 4
12 p.m. Young adults drive infections, but far back in line for shots; schools can reopen even without vaccinating teachers: Live COVID-19 news
Adults 20-49 are driving the spread of COVID-19 and vaccinating that group could be key to controlling the pace of infections, a new study suggests. Researchers at London s Imperial College estimated that at least 65% of new U.S. infections originate from people age 20-49. Targeting interventions – including transmission-blocking vaccines – to adults age 20-49 is an important consideration in halting resurgent epidemics and preventing COVID-19-attributable deaths, the study s authors say in the publication Science.