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Tag: CDC

Posted inOpinion

WILLIAMS: It’s Time for the COVID Vaccine and You Have Choices

by Jimmie Williams September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

CEO and President of the Washington Literacy Center William Williams is urging people to get the COVID vaccine to protect against serious illness and hospitalization during the fall and winter, as new COVID-19 variants continue to evolve.

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by Terri Schlichenmeyer July 10, 2024July 10, 2024
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**FILE** Dyson S. Barnes, 9, receives a coronavirus vaccination at a clinic inside Capitol Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights, Maryland, on Nov. 17 as his mother, Shannon Duckett-Barnes, captures the moment on her cellphone. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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