vaccine hunters

March 16, 2021 | Deirdre Byrne

5 Things to Know Today, March 16, In Montgomery County

Today is Tuesday, March 16, and it is National Panda Day. To celebrate, click here to watch a video of Xiao Qi Ji—the National Zoo’s 6-month-old panda cub —wrestling with a log. And as you enjoy the cuteness, here are five things to know in Montgomery County: 1. Council in Virtual Session: Montgomery County Council […]

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March 8, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

Vaccine Hunters Say Some Maryland Residents Faced Discrimination at Vaccine Sites  

During a council briefing Monday, Montgomery County’s “Vaccine Hunters” reported several incidents of racial discrimination at retail pharmacy and hospital COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state. “What’s happened this week is we’ve had at least three incidents— I just found out one yesterday— of immigrants, undocumented or documented, who have gone to retail pharmacies and […]

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March 1, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Dr. Gayles Tells ’60 Minutes’ He’s ‘Extremely Frustrated’ With Lack of COVID Vaccine Doses

Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles was interviewed on the latest “60 Minutes” episode that aired Sunday on CBS. While at Richard Montgomery High School’s vaccine clinic, Gayles told correspondent Bill Whitaker and a a national audience he was “extremely frustrated and exhausted,” because Montgomery County is receiving so few doses of the COVID-19 […]

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February 17, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

Ocho Maestras de MCPS son ‘Las Caza Vacunas’

Además de que se dedican tiempo completo a enseñar en las Escuelas Públicas del condado de Montgomery (MCPS), 8 maestras decidieron convertirse en “las caza vacunas” para ayudar a personas vulnerables a conseguir la codiciada vacuna contra el Covid-19. El equipo de las Caza Vacunas: Courtney Mason Potter, María Peterson, Becky Taylor, Maisie Lynch, Kathleen […]

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