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A view of the vaccine rollout from rural America

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 8, 2021
Dr. Scott Anzalone, a family physician and president of the school board in Logan, Ohio, talks about pandemic challenges.
"It's tough to find someone who's willing to come into a rural community," Dr. Scott Anzalone says of finding a partner for his practice, above.
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Restaurant workers in D.C. next up for vaccination

by Jasmine Garsd
Jan 8, 2021
If you are a restaurant worker in Washington, D.C., you will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination in February.
A waiter serves customers at a restaurant.
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Retail pharmacy chains will face challenges for vaccine rollout

by Marielle Segarra
Jan 5, 2021
Pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens have to consider storage requirements, more staffing and store layout for vaccine distribution.
A CVS pharmacist administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a nurse at a senior living facility in Kirkland, Washington.
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Relief and confusion as COVID-19 vaccines reach nursing homes

by Jasmine Garsd
Dec 23, 2020
The vaccine rollout will be a heavy lift for many homes that have been dealing with outbreaks, equipment shortages and labor challenges.
An 88-year-old nursing home resident in Florida prepares to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Teachers move near the front of the line for vaccine

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 21, 2020
It's up to states to decide if teachers qualify as frontline essential workers, given that they're able to work remotely.
A teacher helps her first-grade student during in-person class at an elementary school in Stamford, Connecticut, in September.
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Indonesia faces multiple challenges

by Victoria Craig
Dec 21, 2020
Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, is awaiting emergency authorization for China's Sinovac vaccine.
Before inoculations begin in Indonesia, the country's food and drug regulator must first give approval to China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine.
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The "cold chain" used by Dippin' Dots and COVID-19 vaccine

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Dec 17, 2020
The pelletized ice cream snack has to be shipped at extremely low temperatures. So does the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine.
Dippin' Dots on display in New York in 2019.
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Dry ice makers pressed to meet demand for vaccine distribution

by Erika Beras
Dec 11, 2020
Supercold storage is essential. But Is there enough dry ice to go around as the coronavirus vaccine is shipped around the country?
An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory, in Baltimore, Maryland, in November.
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Which essential workers should be prioritized for vaccines?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 11, 2020
Pilots, bankers, meatpacking plants and teachers all say they should be first for limited doses.
Farm laborers wash their hands before work in April in Greenfield, California. How are "essential workers" classified when it comes to vaccine distribution?
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Vaccine delivery across the country faces complex supply chain challenges

by Scott Tong
Dec 10, 2020
Within 24 hours of emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the vaccine maker Pfizer plans to move the product to patients nationwide.
A worker prepares boxes of vaccines before shipment at a French pharmaceutical company world distribution center.
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