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Peggy Franklin, a volunteer nurse from Reno, administers vaccines at a mobile vaccination clinic held at a tribal health center on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation and Colony on May 18, 2021 in Fallon, Nev. It's one of several methods health officials are employing here and across the country to bring vaccines directly to people to counter waning demand. In tiny towns, ballparks, strip clubs, and marijuana dispensaries, officials are setting up shop and offering incentives to entice people who so far have not gotten shots. (AP Photo/Sam Metz)
Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity

By Scott Sonner And Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 11:17 AM EDT

Beshear: Vaccination efforts aimed at convenience for public

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 28, 2021 06:58 PM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's expanding COVID-19 vaccination campaign is aimed at making it increasingly convenient for people to get the shots needed to...

Big Tucson vaccine site plans halted, mobile service sought

Apr. 21, 2021 12:32 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A plan to establish a large federally supported mass vaccination site in metro Tucson is being shelved and Pima County instead is now...

Federal virus vaccination center in Tulsa to be open to all

Apr. 20, 2021 03:48 PM EDT
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A coronavirus vaccination site in Tulsa operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with state and local officials and the Oklahoma...

Experts: J&J pause shouldn't affect Nevada vaccination push

By Scott Sonner And Ken Ritter Apr. 13, 2021 12:27 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada stopped using Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday while federal authorities investigate reports of some people in...

Quynh Tran, a clinical pharmacist from The Public Health Commission Corps, prepares a vial of Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at a mobile vaccination unit currently stationed at the Oxford Casino, in Oxford, Maine. The clinic pivoted to administering the Moderna vaccine after the Johnson & Johnson vaccines were paused with guidance from the Center for Disease Control. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)
Maine tells health care providers to pause J&J vaccine

Apr. 13, 2021 01:45 AM EDT

FEMA to open coronavirus vaccination center in Tulsa

Apr. 09, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The White House and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Friday that a mega coronavirus vaccination center will open in north Tulsa,...

A worker readies syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, March 29, 2021, at "Vaccine Fest," a 24-hour COVID-19 mass vaccination event in Metairie, La., just outside New Orleans, hosted by Ochsner Health System and the Jefferson Parish Government. Every adult in Louisiana over the age of 16 is now eligible to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as the state's expanded eligibility went into effect Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
FEMA opening mass vaccination site in Louisiana capital city

Apr. 09, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Madison to become Wisconsin's 3rd FEMA mass vaccination site

By Scott Bauer Apr. 06, 2021 09:57 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The COVID-19 vaccination center at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison will be able to increase the number of doses delivered by 2,100 a...

Mobile unit will bring COVID-19 shots to rural Maine areas

Apr. 06, 2021 02:10 AM EDT
CALAIS, Maine (AP) — Maine is going to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get COVID-19 vaccines to residents in rural and under-served...

Minnesota to host FEMA vaccination site at state fairgrounds

Apr. 05, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced plans for a mass vaccination site at the state fairgrounds in St. Paul...

State's 1st federal mass vaccination site opens in Yakima

By Nicholas K. Geranios Mar. 31, 2021 11:39 AM EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Just in time for the asparagus harvest that will employ large numbers of farm workers, the federal government has opened a mass COVID-19...

FEMA to open vaccination center in Prince George's County

Mar. 30, 2021 04:11 AM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to open a community vaccination center in Prince George's County, Maryland officials...

FILE - Thursday, March 11, 2021, photo, Dr. Tomas Aragon, State Public Health Officer and California Department of Public Health Director takes part in a vaccination event at the RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., to highlight the new one-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to end its mass vaccination pilot programs in Oakland and Cal State LA campus in Los Angeles next month. Officials said Friday, March 26, 2021, that the vaccine sites have provided nearly a half-million doses so far. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
FEMA vaccination sites to close as California ramps up shots

By Kathleen Ronayne And Stefanie Dazio Mar. 26, 2021 06:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey arrives for a news conference to talk about the latest Arizona COVID-19 information in Phoenix. Ducey is prohibiting government mask mandates and allowing bars and nightclubs shuttered for months to open their doors without restrictions. Ducey's move Thursday, March 25, 2021, leaves in place few of the restrictions he implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Arizona to give Pima County go-ahead for FEMA vaccine site

Mar. 26, 2021 11:48 AM EDT

FEMA helps bring massive expansion to Hynes vaccination site

Mar. 26, 2021 10:20 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a partnership Friday that will boost the number of coronavirus vaccine doses...

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey arrives for a news conference to talk about the latest Arizona COVID-19 information in Phoenix. Ducey is prohibiting government mask mandates and allowing bars and nightclubs shuttered for months to open their doors without restrictions. Ducey's move Thursday, March 25, 2021, leaves in place few of the restrictions he implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Arizona governor lifts mask mandates, reopens bars

By Jonathan J. Cooper Mar. 25, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

Philly cancels thousands of uninvited vaccine appointments

Mar. 23, 2021 02:16 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city of Philadelphia is canceling tens of thousands of vaccination appointments for the Federal Emergency Management Agency-run...

United Center vaccinations now limited to Chicago residents

Mar. 08, 2021 08:51 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday said limiting the mass vaccination site at Chicago's United Center to city...

Kenneth Henderson carries a case of donated water back to his home, which was without running water after the recent winter storm, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston. Local officials, including Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, say they have focused their efforts during the different disasters on helping the underserved and under-resourced but that their work is far from complete. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Deep freeze just latest disaster to befall Houston's needy

By Juan A. Lozano Mar. 08, 2021 05:11 AM EST