vaccine

Family Health Centers and AeroMethow are hosting a vaccine event in Winthrop on Saturday from 10 am - 2:45 pm. Appointments will be available by pre-registration only and be eligible for anyone who is in Phase 1A or 1B Tier 1. The two agencies will be taking reservations up until 4:00 p ...

The drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at the Town Toyota Center will not get started until Tuesday at the earliest. According to the state Department of Health, healthcare workers at the Town Toyota Center will administer Pfizer BioNTech vaccine doses every Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm ...

12th District Senator Brad Hawkins says making school employees, regardless of age, eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine is good news. "The people on the frontlines, helping our state fulfill its paramount duty regarding education deserve to be protected ...

The Washington State Health Department has announced an accelerated timeline to move into the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Assistant Secretary Michelle Roberts says more than 201,000 doses have distributed. "This week we're working on moving vaccine around the state to make sure it is in the right place as we ask the remaining healthcare workers to come forward ...

12th District State Senator Brad Hawkins says of the more than 2,200 responses to his recent survey about the COVID-19 vaccine, 67% of people said they would take it. The results also showed 53% of people think it should be required for kids to go to school ...

A fifth COVID-19 vaccine has reached the final stage of clinical trials. The candidate from Novavax begans its study Monday at several sites in the U-S, including the University of Washington. Up to 1,000 volunteers will be enrolled from a variety of age and ethnic groups, but also from different places around the state ...

The State Department of Health held their weekly update Wednesday morning saying that while the situation is improving, it's not far enough along yet. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Michele Roberts says the state got nearly 45,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, the second shipment to arrive ...

COVID-19 vaccinations have started being distributed to the first phase of recipients in North Central Washington. Chelan-Douglas Health Officer Dr. Malcolm Butler they were able to use a new technique to manufacture the vaccine without part of the virus ...

Governor Jay Inslee announced Sunday that the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup has reviewed the information regarding Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and given it a thumbs up. The first of the Moderna vaccine doses are expected to start arriving from the federal government this week ...

Kittitas County Incident Management will host a virtual Q&A Thursday the 17th regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. It will include a brief update on the status of the vaccine, but also allow the community to ask health and other experts questions they would like answers to. ...