A Tale of Two Vaccines: Fighting COVID-19
In an interview with New Zealand Pacific Beat, RMI Secretary of Health Jack Niedenthal talked about the success in using the Moderna vaccine in the urban atolls but he said they are waiting for the…
Vaccine
Developments in Modern Medicine to Fight Viruses
As we know, coughing and sneezing spread the COVID-19 virus which remains infectious for up to several days. Soap destroys the virus by breaking up the fatty outside of the virus. Until recently we didn’t…
Tracking the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in NWA
Vaccination plans vary by state, but current information can likely be found online from your state’s department of health. The Arkansas Department of Health is tracking the distribution of the vaccine and current phase of…
Comments about Vaccine Outreach among Marshallese Taken out of Context
On December 28, 2020, a KNWA report on a Fayetteville Board of Health meeting suggested that minority populations would be the hardest to convince when it came to getting the Covid-vaccine. The news story specifically…
RMI Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa began their Covid-vaccine programs in mid-December. However, the Marshall Islands became the first independent nation in the Pacific to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccinations with just a few…
PFIZER COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS EM̧ŌJ KŌMĀLIMI
10 Tijōmba 2020, Salt Lake City, UT. Elan̄n̄e kwo jan̄in kar ron̄ enjan eo, eokwe kiiō raeleb Food and Drug Administration (FDA), department eo ej kōmālim kōjerbal jabdewōt uno ilo United States in bwe armej…
COVID Vaccines To Begin Distribution in the US Mid-December
A total of 313 people – 268 American workers plus 17 Americans and 28 Marshallese expected to be released from quarantine this week – have been repatriated to the RMI through Kwajalein as of November…