Advocates call on health experts to include LGBTQ people in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

direct to your inboxThe biggest vaccination rollout ever has started in earnest across Greater Manchester.Health teams have been working around the clock to make sure the Covid-19 jabs can be administered as quickly and smoothly as possible. Across the city-region 87,697 people have already received their first dose, as of January 12.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reminding County residents that “the most important action for everyone to take to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives is to stay home and not mingle with others not in your household.”

direct to your inboxPrimary healthcare staff and patients across Trafford are celebrating a busy few weeks administering COVID-19 vaccines.Sale Primary Care Network thanked its staff for working hard throughout the pandemic, particularly for their efforts distributing jabs in the last few weeks.The team managed to vaccinate 800 people in one day alone.In a tweet, a spokesperson for the network said: “Fantastic team effort from everyone as we vaccinated over 800 people in an attempt to protect

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is far more concerned with his celebrity status than he is with critical responsibilities attached to his position, as evidenced by the state's botched coronavirus vaccine rollout, Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean told "The Daily Briefing." "It's a disaster...it is just another leadership failure from this governor," Dean said on Tuesday.

Watch: Trailer for pandemic heist thriller Locked DownHealth professionals have warned Hollywood filmmakers to approach the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carefully if they tell stories set during the crisis. In the wake of the Michael Bay-produced thriller Songbird and the upcoming heist movie Locked Down, cinema has been urged not to “sensationalise or trivialise” the pandemic which has claimed almost two million lives worldwide.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday blamed the federal government for the state's deficit, as well as the slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday took a subtle shot at Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the state's sluggish COVID-19 vaccine rollout, pushing his fellow Democrat to broaden the eligibility criteria to include older New Yorkers and all essential workers.  "We need the freedom to vaccinate," de Blasio said during a news conference.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing back against criticism after he blamed other officials and hospitals for the state's slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines.

New York City administered just over 8,300 doses of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, a decrease of more than 2,100 shots compared to the number given out seven days ago, and far fewer than the 12,170 jabs given on Wednesday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo pinned the slow pace on poor hospital leadership.

new lockdowns. Startling figures from the Office of National Statistics, showing that two per cent of the population in England could be infected, were described by  chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty as “really quite a large number indeed”.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scolded CNN reporter Rosa Flores on Monday after she appeared to blame him for coronavirus vaccine distribution issues at local hospitals.

President-elect Joe Biden blasted President Trump on Monday for what he described as a painfully slow administration rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Biden spoke in Atlanta as he campaigned with the two Democratic challengers on the eve of Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections, which will decide whether Republicans keep their Senate majority.The former vice president said "it’s a shame what’s happening now" with the vaccine, charging that "this administration’s gotten off to a God-awful

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday admitted that the COVID-19 vaccine administration process in the state was going more slowly than he – and residents – would like, as officials worked on ways to accelerate the pace of the process.

Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed and increasingly relevant political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, which revolves around the raucous trial of a group of protesters accused of disrupting the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, took a leading four awards including Best Picture at the just concluded 25th annual Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival. If past winners at this Italian fest are any indication, the victories should give the Netflix film a boost stateside during Oscar season.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that hospitals that don't distribute coronavirus vaccines fast enough will be fined amid growing concern that the state's strict limits on who may get a vaccine could be slowing down the process.  Cuomo dismissed those concerns, instead ratcheting up pressure on some hospitals he said are not showing enough of a sense of urgency in administering vaccines.

Covid-19 pandemic.Cases have soared in the wake of Christmas and New Year celebrations.The worrying stats called re-opening schools as planned into question.Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce new lockdown ­measures on Monday.On her agenda is a potential plan to shut schools for the next month.Schools in Scotland are due to return full-time on January 18 – but a rise in infections has prompted plans for a longer school shutdown.While some Scots think keeping kids in the classroom is all wrong,

Chloe Bennet is opening up about her COVID-19 diagnosis. The 28-year-old star took to her Instagram Stories on New Year's Eve to share the news that she and several of her family members have contracted the coronavirus.«On Christmas morning I woke up with a high fever, and unable to breathe,» she wrote.

Amid an avalanche of awful Covid-19 news on Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a renewed focus on preventing gatherings ahead of New Year’s Eve.

The U.S. military began inoculating American troops based overseas this week, focusing on military and civilian health care workers, first responders and command teams. Troops based in Japan, South Korea and Europe were among the first to receive the vaccine amid rising cases of the coronavirus around the world.

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterBolton's hospital chief has paid tribute to her medical staff and shared her plans for the vaccine as a uniquely turbulent year draws to a close.Fiona Noden, who was appointed chief executive of Bolton NHS Hospital Trust just as the pandemic took a grip, has looked back on her first few months in the job and detailed the aspirations of the trust for 2021.Fiona, who was born and bred in Bolton, said she is