Ken Miller
Indian Health Service pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine

By Ken Miller Apr. 14, 2021 03:16 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indian Health Service is pausing its use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in Oklahoma and all other regions at the...

Report: Oklahoma's contact tracing data was insufficient

By Sean Murphy Mar. 25, 2021 12:20 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health lacked sufficient contact tracing data to measure the spread of COVID-19 in the state and help...

Oklahoma opening coronavirus vaccinations to all residents

By Ken Miller Mar. 23, 2021 01:18 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is joining an increasing number of states that will offer the coronavirus vaccine to all adults, deputy state health commissioner...

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff speaks at Maria Empanada, Tuesday March 16, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Harris back on the road after opening weeks in Washington

By Darlene Superville Mar. 17, 2021 02:32 PM EDT

Oklahoma vaccinations getting back on track after storm

By Ken Miller Feb. 23, 2021 12:19 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma hopes to be back on schedule for coronavirus vaccinations by next week following a powerful storm that forced clinics to postpone...

Oklahoma COVID deaths top 4,100; virus cases above 416,000

By Ken Miller Feb. 18, 2021 01:54 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma expects to receive its weather-delayed weekly shipment of the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday and is scheduling vaccination...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, Dr. John Corman, the chief clinical officer for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, holds a sign that reads "Need Vaccine" to signal workers to bring him more doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle. Governors and health officials have been reluctant to sign on to a Biden administration plan to open 100 federally supported vaccination sites by the end of February. With vaccine supplies running tight, they want assurances that the doses will come from a separate federal supply and not their own. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites

By Sean Murphy And Geoff Mulvihill Feb. 13, 2021 09:03 AM EST

Wintry weather closes coronavirus vaccine sites in Oklahoma

By Ken Miller Feb. 10, 2021 01:39 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Wintry weather across Oklahoma that has left roads slick and hazardous statewide on Wednesday has led to the closings of some coronavirus...

Coronavirus hospitalizations fall below 1,000 in Oklahoma

By Ken Miller Feb. 09, 2021 11:18 AM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Plans to open federal pods to provide coronavirus vaccinations in Oklahoma are on hold after state health officials learned the government...

Coronavirus vaccine to be sent to Oklahoma pharmacies soon

By Ken Miller Feb. 03, 2021 05:14 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — About 11,500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be shipped to pharmacies across Oklahoma next week, state health officials said Tuesday...

One-day record of 65 COVID-19 deaths reported in Oklahoma

By Ken Miller Jan. 27, 2021 12:35 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health will receive an approximately 16% increase in coronavirus vaccine per week during the next three...

Rev. Derrick Scobey, right, Ebenezer Baptist Church Senior Pastor, talks with the media as as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, center, and Dr. Lance Frye, left, State Commissioner of Health, look on, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Scobey helped to organize the event in an effort to encourage more African Americans in Oklahoma City to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Dozens line up at Oklahoma City church for COVID vaccine

By Ken Miller Jan. 26, 2021 04:39 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, two nurses put a ventilator on a patient in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. U.S. hospital intensive care units in many parts of the country are straining under record numbers of COVID-19 patients. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

By Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster Jan. 24, 2021 09:33 AM EST

Oklahoma coronavirus deaths top 3,000; US toll hits 400,000

By Ken Miller Jan. 19, 2021 12:31 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma surpassed 3,000 deaths due to COVID-19 Tuesday as the national death toll topped 400,000, and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines...

Virus vaccine shipment change frustrates Oklahoma official

By Ken Miller Jan. 15, 2021 04:06 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s deputy health commissioner said Friday that a change in the shipment of the coronavirus vaccines came unexpectedly and has left...

FILE - In this May 16, 2019, file photo, Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, speaks during a news conference accompanied by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, left, in Oklahoma City. Some Oklahoma educators oppose Gov. Stitt's waiver of a mandatory quarantine for public school students, teachers and staff who are exposed to the coronavirus in schools that have a mask mandate. A spokesperson for Hofmeister said Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, that Hofmeister did not know about Stitt's plan and was not asked for input. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki File)
Oklahoma educators push back on governor's virus waiver

By Ken Miller Jan. 13, 2021 02:22 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. A much-anticipated Medicaid expansion is coming to Oklahoma in 2021 after years of resistance from Republicans in the Legislature and the governor's office. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Oklahoma governor pushes for return to in-person schools

By Ken Miller Jan. 12, 2021 01:45 PM EST

Coronavirus vaccine preregistration now open in Oklahoma

By Ken Miller Jan. 06, 2021 11:05 AM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Registration began Wednesday in Oklahoma for residents to be notified when they are eligible for a coronavirus vaccination, according to...

Sehrish Shahabuddin and Jessica Garner shop in the snow on Brookside Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simns/Tulsa World via AP)
Heavy snow expected in Texas; storm could spawn tornadoes

By Ken Miller And Acacia Coronado Dec. 30, 2020 08:46 PM EST

Oklahoma City firefighter dies of COVID-19

By Ken Miller Dec. 29, 2020 04:36 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City firefighter, whose nephew became the first department employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, died of the virus after...