Some Rural Areas Are Leaders In Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccines - NPR

Some rural areas, where health care is usually harder to get, appear to be leading the nation in delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. But health leaders are cautioning there are caveats. Read More

The world’s now scrambling for dry ice. It’s just one headache in getting coronavirus vaccines where they need to go - CNN

Vaccines like to be kept cool, none more so than the Pfizer candidate for Covid-19, which has to be deep-frozen. And that’s going to be an issue for developing countries – and for rural areas ... Read More

Why Lagging COVID Vaccine Rate At Rural Hospitals 'Needs To Be Fixed Now' - NPR

When it comes to persuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, health care professionals are influential. But in some rural communities, hospital staff themselves are hanging back. Read More

COVID-19 vaccine distribution's 'last mile' poses huge challenges - Science News

But though the race to make a COVID-19 vaccine is moving at a world-record pace, it is far from over, says Robin Townley in Washington, D.C., who heads special-projects logistics for A.P. Moller ... Read More

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine distribution will be a "logistical nightmare" - CBS News

Pfizer's shipping boxes, packed with specially formulated dry ice and containing between 1,000 and 5,000 vaccine doses each, can only be opened twice a day for less than three minutes at a time ... Read More

Alaska's geography poses unique challenge in getting COVID-19 vaccine, treatments to rural areas - Alaska Public Media

Vaccines and a new antibody treatment hold promise in fighting COVID-19. But health-care providers face unique challenges in distributing those medicines across Alaska, with its hundreds of ... Read More

COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be widely available in rural areas early, CDC says - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

When a COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the FDA, it likely won't be available widely in rural communities at first due to challenges in shipping and storing it, a CDC official told ProPublica. Read More

Vaccine Rollout Was Weaker In Greater Black Populations And Rural Areas, Study Finds - Forbes

Just over half of healthcare facilities in rural counties administered the vaccine (51.1%), one of the lowest rates, below the 62.7% that offered vaccines in suburban areas and 64.4% in urban ... Read More

Gap in COVID-19 vaccine uptake between urban and rural areas in the US continues to widen: CDC - ABC News

However, a previous report by the federal health agency found that, in April 2021, the gap was smaller with 45.7% of urban residents given at least one dose of the COVID vaccine compared to 38.9% ... Read More

Experts express concern over vaccine distribution to rural areas

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:58:06 GMT (1736863086454) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) 4e40b6ec727d160233a708fd49e77004811ccc03 ... Read More

Ohio and U.S. vaccine coverage in rural areas | wtol.com

In Ohio and U.S., vaccine coverage lags in rural areas The vaccination rate in rural areas of Wood County is as low as 21 percent. To stream WTOL on your phone, you need the WTOL app. Read More