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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States is an ongoing mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020, [7] and mass vaccinations began four days later.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine mandates have been enacted by numerous states and municipalities in the United States, and also by private entities. In September 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the federal government would take steps to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for certain entities under the authority of ...
As of December 12, 2020, Gove County had the highest COVID-19 death rate in the U.S., losing 1 out of 132 people to the virus. Mask wearing remained controversial among local residents. [ 34 ] On December 15, Mayor of Dodge City Joyce Warshaw resigned effective immediately, after having received threats over her support of a mask mandate.
Flu-like illnesses are on the rise as new COVID-19 cases increase across the metro. Kansas City hospitals are straining resources to serve patients. Flu, RSV, COVID spiking in Kansas and Missouri.
On July 22, 2020, the U.S. government placed a conditional advance-purchase order of $2 billion with Pfizer to manufacture 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, with an option for 500 million more, for use in the United States if the vaccine was shown to be safe, effective, licensed, and authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
On April 9, 2010, Duane Reade was acquired by the Walgreen Company for $1.075 billion, consisting of $618 million in cash and $427 million of assumed debt. [16] The transaction includes Duane Reade corporate office, 257 stores, and two distribution centers. [17] On July 6, 2011, Duane Reade opened a location at 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan ...
Manhattan has had at least one newspaper published for the town continuously since The Kansas Express published its first edition on May 21, 1859. [8] Manhattan is a center of broadcast media for the surrounding area. One AM and ten FM radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. [76]
As of March 2024, more than 30 percent of Republicans had not received a COVID-19 vaccine, compared with less than 10 percent of Democrats. [ 181 ] Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services.