Vaccinations
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Uptick in COVID-19 Cases Hits NYC Areas with Low Vaccination Rates

New Yorkers 18 to 44 are lagging in getting the shots. So are residents of some Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island neighborhoods, our analysis shows. Health experts say there’s no reason to panic — but urge all to get vaccinated as the Delta variant spreads.
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School-Based Vaccine Program Kicks Off This Week in Bronx, de Blasio Announces

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters New York City is bringing vaccines to public schools this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The effort will begin Friday with four schools in the Bronx and will expand to schools in all five […]
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MTA Struggling to Get Majority of Workers on Vaccination Train

The transit workers who kept the city moving through some of its darkest days took a sizable hit during the pandemic, with more than 160 MTA employees dying from COVID-19. Agency data shows that 41% of the more than 70,000 MTA employees have received at least one vaccine dose  — about the same rate as […]