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DeWine: Keep Signing Up For COVID-19 Vaccines Even With J&J Pause
By: Nick Castele | ideastream
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCPN) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and health officials from across the state urged Ohioans Tuesday to continue signing up for Pfizer and Modena COVID-19 vaccine appointments following a recommendation by federal agencies to temporarily pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson shot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food… Read More

J&J Vaccine Pause Cuts Into Available Doses In The Ohio Valley
By: Suhail Bhat | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — State leaders around the Ohio Valley will temporarily have fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine to distribute following the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Tuesday to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Regional officials gave no indication that they will have shortages of vaccines as a result, but the pause… Read More

Ohio Advises Pause On Johnson And Johnson Vaccine As Feds Review ‘Extremely Rare’ Blood Clot Cases
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health are advising all COVID-19 vaccine providers to temporarily pause the use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as federal officials review six “extremely rare” cases of severe blood clotting. The U.S. has administered 6.8 million doses of the Johnson and… Read More

Gov. DeWine Encourages Young People To Get COVID-19 Vaccine During Stop At OU Clinic
By: Aaron Payne
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(UPDATE 4/13, 10:44 a.m.) A day after Gov. Mike DeWine’s visit to Ohio University’s on-campus vaccine clinic, the state advised a pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine as the feds review “extremely rare” blood clot cases. “In these cases, a type of blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) was seen in combination with low… Read More

Ohio High Schools Encouraged To Partner With Health Officials For Vaccinations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is calling on local health departments and Ohio school districts to find ways to connect high school students with the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s part of a month-long effort to vaccinate eligible teenagers and young adults. All Ohioans 16 and older are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine…. Read More

Vaccine Refusal May Put Herd Immunity At Risk, Researchers Warn
By: Geoff Brumfiel | NPR
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One in four Americans say they won’t get a coronavirus vaccine. Researchers say it could keep the nation from reaching a critical tipping point.

Ohio Sets Goal Of Vaccinating Most College Students Before Summer Break
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 50 colleges and universities across Ohio are launching COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week, including all 14 public universities. As Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) toured the Schottenstein Center’s vaccination clinic on Ohio State University’s campus, he said thousands of college students around the state will be getting the COVID-19… Read More

Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows ‘100% Efficacy’ In Adolescents
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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Pfizer says it will submit the clinical trial results “as soon as possible” to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is hoping to start vaccinating children before the next school year.

200 Million Shots In 100 Days: Biden Issues New Vaccination Goal
By: Domenico Montanaro | Alana Wise | NPR
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President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office.

Push To Vaccinate Ohioans Continues As Cases Plateau
By: Sarah Taylor | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSKU) — Ohio expects to receive more than half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week, “by far the highest amount that we have received,” Gov. Mike DeWine said in a briefing Thursday. He and Ohio Department of Health Medical Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff emphasized the need to vaccinate as many people… Read More

‘Lying Through Truth’: Misleading Facts Fuel Vaccine Misinformation
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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There’s no link between Covid-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a link have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.

Ohio Hits 1 Millionth COVID Case As Vaccinations Speed Up
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Just over a year after the state diagnosed its first patients, Ohio exceeded the milestone of 1 million COVID-19 cases. “When this started, I didn’t have any idea that we would be at this a year later and that we would have a million Ohioans or so infected,” Gov. Mike DeWine… Read More

DeWine On Opening Vaccine Eligibility: ‘We’re In A Race’
By: Jennifer Merritt | WVXU
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WVXU) — Gov. Mike DeWine visited the Cintas Center in Cincinnati Thursday, the first day the pop-up mass vaccination site opened in the city. With the site—expected to distribute 10,000 doses over three days—already fully booked, the governor explained why he decided to open up vaccine eligibility to more Ohioans when some older… Read More

Vaccine Experts Answer Your Questions About Pfizer, Moderna And Johnson & Johnson Vaccines
FRANKFURT, Ky. (OVR) — More than 2.5 million people in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the Moderna or Pfzier COVID-19 vaccines. Little by little, states have received more vaccine doses, but the national supply remains low. However, more promise is on the horizon as the U.S…. Read More

DeWine: Ohio Will Have 1,300 Schools Vaccinated By End Of Week
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Calling it an “urgent necessity” to return students to the classroom, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says more than 1,300 schools will have their teachers and staff vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the week. At his coronavirus briefing Tuesday, DeWine outlined the state’s strategy for dealing with the education disruptions levied… Read More

Tobacco Plants Contribute Key Ingredient For COVID-19 Vaccine
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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Here’s irony: tobacco plants may be key in preventing COVID-19. Two companies are using the plants to produce proteins for a vaccine. One candidate vaccine is already in a clinical trial.