St. Thomas Midtown to open COVID-19 vaccine clinic for pregnant women next week
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A health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered at a vaccination center set up in Fiumicino, near Rome s international airport, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. AstraZeneca is of the three vaccines authorized by the European Medicines Agency for use in the 27-nation bloc, the other two are Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Ascension St. Thomas Hospital Midtown will open a COVID-19 vaccine clinic dedicated to pregnant women next week.
Tennessee is moving into phase 1c of its vaccine distribution plan on Monday, which includes people 16 years or older who are high-risk, and pregnant women. The state added pregnant women into this phase after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said pregnant people are at an increased risk for severe illness and hos
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Getting a city the size of Houston vaccinated is a huge undertaking but large vaccine events are a good start.
For example, over four days Memorial Hermann vaccinated 14,000 people at NRG and would like to hold more events like that, but one of the biggest issues has been supply. They don t necessarily know how many doses they will get or if they ll get a lot of doses. Something that will help with that is being designated as one of the county s vaccine hubs. So this is exciting for us in that we can now turn on these things that we ve piloted. We ve demonstrated what we can do, but now we can make them consistent, ongoing since we have a greater degree of confidence we ll have a steady supply of vaccine coming through, said Dr. James McCarthy, executive vice president and chief physicians executive at Memorial Hermann.