If clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines aren’t expanded soon to include children it’s unlikely that even kids in their teens will be vaccinated in time for the next school year. The hurdle is that COVID vaccine makers are only in the early stages of testing their products on children. The […]
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One chilly October morning in Knoxville, Tennessee, a strange sound floated across the Gay Street viaduct. Alongside the rumblings of cars and the shakings of trains, it could clearly be heard: two violins, faint but strong, to the tune of the University of Tennessee football team’s fight song, “Rocky Top.” […]
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A critical care nurse in Long Island is reportedly the first in the country to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus. Sandra Lindsay said the shot didn’t feel much different than any other. Lindsay received her vaccine Monday as COVID-19 death rates in the U.S. reached 300,000, nearly one American […]
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Americans have made no secret of their skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines this year with fears of political interference and a “warp speed” timeline blunting confidence in the shots. As recently as September, nearly half of U.S. adults said they didn’t intend to be inoculated. But with two promising vaccines primed […]
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Rural hospitals started reshaping their finances around millions of dollars in relief that Congress appropriated to them through the CARES Act. Then, leaders say, the Department of Health and Human Services started changing the rules. Late changes to how hospitals may use coronavirus relief money may mean some rural hospitals […]
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The Daily Yonder’s team hit the ground running early on in the pandemic, tracking how the coronavirus has impacted rural America through consistently-released data visualizations pinpointing COVID-19 cases and related deaths in rural communities across the country. The Daily Yonder, from the Center for Rural Strategies, provides news, commentary and […]
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