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- FILE - Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. Lindsay has appeared on panels, Zoom town halls and at other events in the United States and in Jamaica, her homeland, promoting vaccination and addressing questions, fears and misconceptions from the public. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool, File)
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First COVID-19 shot recipient in US now a vaccine activist
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer
Tue,12/28/21-1:31AM , 208 Reads
She became a vaccine celebrity by accident.

Since being hailed as the first person in the United States to get a COVID-19 vaccine, New York nurse Sandra Lindsay has become a prominent face in the country's biggest-ever vaccination campaign.

She has been promoting the shots on panels, in Zoom town halls and at other events.
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- FILE - A woman watches hearses drive in convoy through Soweto, South Africa, Tuesday Dec. 7, 2021. Over 40 hearses took part in what was a COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign, with the slogan: "We not in a hurry to see you!" From South African undertakers to ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbis, an unconventional cadre of people has joined global efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates. Launching campaigns that traditionally have been the realm of public health authorities, they’re opening church doors, going door to door, village to village, touting the benefits of vaccination, sometimes making shots available on the spot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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Undertakers, rabbis join global fight promoting COVID shots
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer
Tue,12/28/21-1:14AM , 353 Reads
In Germany, Lutheran pastors are offering COVID-19 shots inside churches. In Israel’s science-skeptical ultra-Orthodox community, trusted rabbis are trying to change minds. And in South Africa, undertakers are taking to the streets to spread the word.

The funeral directors' message: “We’re burying too many people.’’
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Schools use therapy-based programs for 'overwhelmed' kids
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer
Sun,12/19/21-11:01PM , 280 Reads
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — On a windy December morning in rural southwest Michigan, an American flag flapped at half-staff outside Paw Paw Early Elementary School. A social worker with a miniature therapy dog named Trixie offered comfort at the entry doors.
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New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer
Thu,12/02/21-12:08PM , 310 Reads
New autism numbers released Thursday suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages.
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