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<div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-nyc-health-hospitals"><img alt="Stock photo of health worker in full PPE taking patient's temperature" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/stock-coronavirus-test-triage%20bay-ppe-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-nyc-health-hospitals">NYC hospitals ensure access to COVID-19 services past end of public health emergency</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>NYC Health + Hospitals, which operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City, announced plans to ensure New Yorkers continue to have the access to COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and treatment, as well as services to address Long COVID in all five boroughs.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-wvu-medicine-childrens-hospital"><img alt="WVU Medicine expert Lisa Costello, MD" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/stc-wvu-medicine-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-wvu-medicine-childrens-hospital">Tackling COVID-19 and the Tridemic with 'All the Tools in the Toolbox'</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As the respiratory illnesses spread, experts at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital began to share vital information addressing the "tridemic," to help keep kids safe, avoid hospitalizations and lessen the burden on the health system.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-university-florida-health"><img alt="Getting your COVID vaccine today is quick, easy ad free! Find a location near you: UFHealth.org/FLVaccines" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/stc-UF-Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-university-florida-health">UF Health offers a COVID-19 guide with vaccine finder and community vaccination stories</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>With COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions ticking up in early 2023, University of Florida Health — which serves all Florida counties — continues to encourage people to get vaccinated and boosted. The UF Health website features “Your Guide to COVID-Shots” with vaccine availability by county, stories from community champions and resources for community partners.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center"><img alt="Female RN in scrubs and badge stands in front of patient room in hospital" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/stc-dartmouth-Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center">A COVID-19 Vaccine Denier Urges Others to Get the Shot</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Despite data on the large numbers of people who have suffered and even died from COVID-19, many still don’t fear the virus and remain unvaccinated. That was the case of an unvaccinated man in New Hampshire until COVID-19 hospitalized him at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and nearly took his life. Today, he is in good health and vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-texas-childrens-hospital"><img alt="How important are vaccines? ASk maria." src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/stc-texas-forgotten-story-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-texas-childrens-hospital">Parents Share COVID-19 Stories and Urge ‘Prevent What’s Preventable’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Two healthy children overcame severe illness due to COVID-19, receiving care and treatment at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Both children had developed MIS-C, a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19. Texas Children’s has released a video of the parents sharing their stories — and urging other parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-lucile-packard-childrens-hospital-stanford"><img alt="Dr. Cornfield on CBS news segment" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/stc-lucile-packard-childrens-hospital-stanford-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-lucile-packard-childrens-hospital-stanford">Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, part of the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Network, is at “level 3 alert” capacity rate due to the triple threat of COVID-19, RSV and the flu. That’s one step away of putting tents outside the hospital’s front doors. Health officials say getting vaccinated is the best defense to avoiding overcrowded hospitals and keeping kids healthy for the holidays.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-lurie-childrens-hospital"><img alt="Dr, Mueller at lectern" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/stc-lurie-press-conference-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-lurie-childrens-hospital">Combat the Rising Risks of Respiratory Viruses by Getting Kids Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Fewer than 1 in 4 pediatric hospital beds are available nationwide, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A pediatric infectious disease physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago talks about the growing risks of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, and preventing hospitalizations by getting children vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-stanford-medicine"><img alt="How to have a patient centered discussion about COVID vaccines" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/stc-stanford-conversation-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-stanford-medicine">Personalizing Conversations to Increase Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>An animated video course describes seven distinct vaccine-related mindsets, or personas, and models how health care professionals can apply person-centered communication strategies when discussing COVID-19 vaccination. The online course, created by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and based on a recent research study, focuses on using active listening strategies and motivational interviewing.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Podcast</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/advancing-health-podcast/2022-10-05-covid-19-story-inspires-hope-bergen-new-bridge-medical-center"><img alt="children show off vaccination bandaids" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/newbergen-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/advancing-health-podcast/2022-10-05-covid-19-story-inspires-hope-bergen-new-bridge-medical-center">A COVID-19 Story that Inspires Hope: Bergen New Bridge Medical Center</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>In this podcast, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center's CMO reflects on key strategies and action steps that proved successful in getting shots into arms and overcoming barriers, such as access, trust and misinformation - and the lessons learned that are moving health care forward.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-akron-childrens"><img alt="children show off vaccination bandaids" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/stc-akron-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-akron-childrens">Akron Children’s Hospital Shares ‘What Parents Should Know’ About the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>When COVID-19 vaccines were first authorized for children, infectious disease specialists at Akron Children’s Hospital shared evidence-based information and answered parents’ and caregivers’ questions. The hospital team continues to discuss the latest updates on COVID-19 and allergies, asthma and flu in kids as new boosters become available.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-st-louis-childrens-hospital"><img alt="Know where to go: RSV and other Respiratory illness poster" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/stc-st-louis-children%27s-hospital-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-st-louis-childrens-hospital">Three Reasons to Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Clinicians at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are making sure parents and caregivers know how to evaluate respiratory illness symptoms when children get sick during the peak of cold and flu season when RSV and COVID-19 cases are expected to rise. The hospital continues to urge COVID-19 vaccination for children age 6 months and older, emphasizing the importance of vaccinating young children to prevent death, avoid severe illness and help protect all family members.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-munson-healthcare"><img alt="Let's Band Together poster features bandage with Munson Healthcare logo" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/stc-munson-healthcare-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-munson-healthcare">Munson Healthcare Urges People to ‘Band Together’ and Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Urging its communities to “band together to take action,” Munson Healthcare in Michigan has released eye-catching videos and other resources to encourage people of all ages to stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Emphasizing the intense safety monitoring and testing of these vaccines, the health system also shares information geared to parents: “The more kids who are vaccinated the better vaccines work.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-university-utah-health"><img alt="Project Art Heals Utah in white circle on red background" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/stc-project-art-heals-utah-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-hospitals-university-utah-health">University of Utah Health Promotes Vaccination, Honors ‘Shared Resilience’ During Pandemic</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Clinical leaders at the University of Utah Health are sharing data and stories to encourage people to get vaccinated or boosted against COVID-19. The health system also is the epicenter of Project Art Heals Utah, a collaborative art project that honors the “shared resilience” of communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-childrens-mercy-hospital-kansas"><img alt="COVID-19 6 Facts You Need to Know poster." src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/stc-Childrens-Mercy-Kansas-COVID19-facts-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-childrens-mercy-hospital-kansas">Children’s Mercy Shares the ‘Facts’ and Urges COVID-19 Vaccination for Children</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As kids head back to school, Children’s Mercy is sharing helpful information for parents and teens on COVID-19 vaccines, urging that everyone age six months and older get vaccinated. The info emphasizes the facts about COVID-19 vaccines, including how they were developed, how mRNA vaccines works and what to expect after receiving the vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px; " /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-nationwide-childrens"><img alt="young black boy with bandaid on bicep giving thumbs up gesture." src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/stc-nationwide-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-nationwide-childrens">Nationwide Children’s Hospital Urges Parents to Take Precaution of COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>While masks have been removed from most school supply lists this season, health care officials say new variants, such as BA.5, can spread quickly putting kids and families at risk.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-riley-childrens-health"><img alt="Dr. Sarah Bosslet" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/stc-rileys-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-riley-childrens-health">Riley Children’s Health Ramps Up COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Children in Indiana</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Riley Children’s Health is working to ensure that children, including those under age 5, get the COVID-19 vaccine, by hosting vaccine clinics across the Indianapolis area and ramping up access to the vaccine in pediatrician offices. The hospital also partnered with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to vaccinate hundreds of children.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-baptist-health"><img alt="Baptist health poster shows black man with bandaid on bicep, holding sign that says For You. For Me. For Arkansas." src="/sites/default/files/2022-08/stc-vax-Baptist-Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/role-of-hospitals-baptist-health">Baptist Health encourages COVID-19 vaccinations as kids return to school</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>To encourage Arkansas residents of all ages to get the COVID-19 vaccine and booster, Baptist Health has set up vaccine clinics across the state at banks, churches, schools, shopping malls and more.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/role-hospitals-beth-israel-lahey-health"><img alt="Boston Red Sox baseball" src="/sites/default/files/2022-07/stc-red-sox-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/role-hospitals-beth-israel-lahey-health">Boston Red Sox Players Join Beth Israel Lahey Health To Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Red Sox baseball players are among the Boston area community members who have recorded videos sharing why they got the COVID-19 vaccine. Posted on the Beth Israel Lahey Health website, the stories inspire others to get vaccinated and are part of the health system’s wide-ranging efforts to encourage COVID-19 vaccination.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/99-year-old-new-yorker-and-others-share-why-we-got-covid-vaccine"><img alt="Woman holding book, framed in a picture with the title saying got my vaccine." src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/stc-nyc-health-ospitals-lettice-graham-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/99-year-old-new-yorker-and-others-share-why-we-got-covid-vaccine">99-Year-Old New Yorker and Others Share ‘Why We Got the COVID Vaccine’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>To encourage all New Yorkers to get a COVID-19 vaccine and booster, NYC Health + Hospitals is featuring stories and videos of people sharing why they got their shots, including 99-year-old New Yorker Lettice Graham.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/role-hospitals-children%27s-hospital-Colorado"><img alt="Kid with yellow helmet and a face mask raising both hands in the air outside" src="/sites/default/files/2022-07/stc-childrens-coloradol-700x532jpg.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/role-hospitals-children%27s-hospital-Colorado">Hospital Shifts Attention to COVID-19 Vaccinations among Children Under Five</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Children’s Hospital Colorado has kept families informed with up-to-date news, resources and expert clinical advice about COVID-19 and vaccines. The hospital recently partnered with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children between 6 months and 5 years at mobile clinics at the hospital’s campuses.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/seattle-childrens-hospital-educating-parents-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-kids-under-five"><img alt="Child being vaccinated against COVID-19 by a medical worker, both of them are wearing face masks" src="/sites/default/files/2022-06/stc-child-vaccine-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/seattle-childrens-hospital-educating-parents-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-kids-under-five">Seattle Children’s Hospital Educating Parents about COVID-19 Vaccines and Kids Under Five</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Seattle Children’s Hospital is taking a collaborative approach with parents to vaccinate young children against COVID-19.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Podcast Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/encouraging-pregnant-women-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Doctor checking blood pressure of pregnant woman and both of them are wearing masks" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/maternity-vaccination-webinar-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/encouraging-pregnant-women-get-vaccinated">Encouraging Pregnant Women to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The COVID-19 virus can be especially dangerous for women during pregnancy. Learn why pregnant people are more prone to serious infections and what they can do to protect themselves and their babies.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/dartmouth-hitchcock-offers-vaccine-confidence-virtual-learning-community-influencer"><img alt="Person holding posters with messages to mask up, get vaccinated, and get boosted" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/VacciNATION-dartmouth-hitchcock-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/dartmouth-hitchcock-offers-vaccine-confidence-virtual-learning-community-influencer">Dartmouth-Hitchcock Offers Vaccine Confidence Virtual Learning for Community Influencer</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>A virtual learning program helps people get “the right care, when they need it, close to home.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/allina-health-clinician-publicly-urges-boosters-protect-against-ba2-omicron-variant"><img alt="seated female patient receives vaccine from standing male health worker in this video still" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/allina-700x532.png" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/allina-health-clinician-publicly-urges-boosters-protect-against-ba2-omicron-variant">Allina Health Clinician Publicly Urges Boosters to Protect Against BA.2 Omicron Variant</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>With mask restrictions lifting as a new omicron variant emerges, an Allina Health infectious disease expert takes to the airwaves, encouraging people to get a first or second COVID-19 vaccine booster.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/duke-health-addresses-covid-19-endemic-and-ongoing-need-vaccinations"><img alt="seated female patient receives vaccine from standing male health worker" src="/sites/default/files/2022-04/VacciNATION_Duke_Health700X532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/duke-health-addresses-covid-19-endemic-and-ongoing-need-vaccinations">Duke Health Addresses the COVID-19 Endemic and Ongoing Need for Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Experts from Duke Health explain how the COVID-19 vaccine is moving the nation toward endemicity.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/west-virginia-health-care-providers-overcome-unusual-covid-19-vaccine-challenges"><img alt="collage of news clippings and headlines on a black background" src="/sites/default/files/2022-03/VacciNATION_WVUMed_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/west-virginia-health-care-providers-overcome-unusual-covid-19-vaccine-challenges">West Virginia Health Care Providers Overcome Unusual COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>A lot could have gone wrong during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in West Virginia and yet the rural state has exceeded expectations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/one-most-successful-covid-19-vaccine-campaigns-in-us"><img alt="poster advertising radio program Al Cuidado de tu Salud shows Dr. Carlos R. Garcia, with text: Tema - COVID-19 - Conoce las vacunas y tratamientos mas comentados para el COVID-19. Lunes, 19 de Octubre, 8 pm" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/VacciNATION_puerto-rico-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/one-most-successful-covid-19-vaccine-campaigns-in-us">One of the Most Successful COVID-19 Vaccine Campaigns in the U.S.</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Puerto Rico governor applauds health care workers as the U.S. territory reaches a COVID-19 vaccine milestone.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/amid-relaxed-mask-guidelines-christianacare-stays-focused-covid-19-vaccination"><img alt="Little girl with braids wears a black teeshirt and a sticker on her forehead at a vaccination event." src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/VacciNATION_ChristianaCare-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/amid-relaxed-mask-guidelines-christianacare-stays-focused-covid-19-vaccination">Amid Relaxed Mask Guidelines, ChristianaCare Stays Focused on COVID-19 Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Timely communications from leaders — bolstered by community vaccination events — are key to ChristianaCare’s COVID-19 vaccination confidence efforts.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid19-vaccination-rates-climb-hospital-leaders-say-its-not-over-yet"><img alt="Poster shows health worker in mask and scrubs with text: We have come this far, let's not let this effort go to waste. Thank you." src="/sites/default/files/2022-02/VacciNATION-care-new-england-700x532-crop.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid19-vaccination-rates-climb-hospital-leaders-say-its-not-over-yet">As COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Climb, Hospital Leaders Say It’s Not Over Yet</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Though 80% of Rhode Islanders are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — having received two doses — Care New England says it’s not enough until all eligible people are vaccinated and boosted.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mardi-gras-nears-new-orleans-hospital-addresses-rise-pediatric-covid-19-cases"><img alt="A team of health workers in PPE crowd around a patient, viewed through an inerior hospital room window" src="/sites/default/files/2022-02/VacciNATION-nola-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mardi-gras-nears-new-orleans-hospital-addresses-rise-pediatric-covid-19-cases">As Mardi Gras Nears, New Orleans Hospital Addresses Rise in Pediatric COVID-19 Cases</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Hospital leaders say that while the omicron surge has declined, the death toll among children in Louisiana has risen to 21 in February.</p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Podcast Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/hartford-healthcare-improving-care-getting-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19"><img alt="Poster image of health worker in mask and face shield looking down. text overlay: Better than Normal. betterthan.org" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/VacciNATION-hartford-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/hartford-healthcare-improving-care-getting-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19">Better than Normal in a COVID-19 World</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>In this Advancing Health podcast, Jeffrey Flaks, CEO of Hartford HealthCare, and Rebecca Stewart, vice president of content strategy, discuss the health system’s efforts to connect with the community during the pandemic, build trust and get people vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/intermountain-healthcare-study-confirms-effectiveness-covid-19-vaccine-boosters"><img alt="YPoster: If you're in overall good health - a full vaccination and a booster remains the most effective way to protect yourself, and your community, from COVID-19. Recent studies confirm this fact." src="/sites/default/files/2022-02/vaccination-intermountain_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/intermountain-healthcare-study-confirms-effectiveness-covid-19-vaccine-boosters">Intermountain Healthcare Study Confirms Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As part of a national CDC study, Intermountain Healthcare research shows COVID-19 vaccine boosters are highly effectively in preventing hospitalization and death.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vermont-hospitals-and-communities-successfully-prioritize-covid-19-vaccination"><img alt="Young boy wearing medical mask stands with arms biceps flexed in muscle pose, beneath UVM poster that reads: Proud to be Vaccinated" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/VacciNATION-UVM-Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vermont-hospitals-and-communities-successfully-prioritize-covid-19-vaccination">Vermont Hospitals and Communities Successfully Prioritize COVID-19 Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As the state with the highest percentage of its population vaccinated, Vermont continues to urge that children become vaccinated and everyone receive a booster.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/three-indiana-health-systems-one-powerful-covid-19-vaccination-message"><img alt="Nurse with head down to folded hands - Yes, we care about you. No, that's not always enough" src="/sites/default/files/2022-02/VacciNATION_IU_Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/three-indiana-health-systems-one-powerful-covid-19-vaccination-message">Three Indiana Health Systems, One Powerful COVID-19 Vaccination Message</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Three leading Indiana health systems join forces to urge people in their communities to get the COVID-19 vaccine and do their part to fight COVID-19.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/patient-shares-long-covid-19-recovery-journey-and-encourages-vaccination"><img alt="Matt Umberger and Samaritan staff" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-samaritan-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/patient-shares-long-covid-19-recovery-journey-and-encourages-vaccination">Patient Shares Long COVID-19 Recovery Journey and Encourages Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>After being hospitalized for COVID-19, an Oregon man describes his yearlong journey recovering from long-haul COVID, encouraging others to stay healthy and get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/new-study-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-decreasing-among-black-individuals"><img alt="Jackson Hinds poster for vaccination event in Vicksburg January 22, 2022" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-jackson-hinds-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/new-study-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-decreasing-among-black-individuals">New Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Decreasing Among Black Individuals</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Findings suggest that access and other social barriers may be greater contributors to the gaps in vaccination rates.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/university-hospitals-uncovers-dangers-being-pregnant-and-unvaccinated"><img alt="video still of Ellie Ragsdale, MD, University Hospitals" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-university-hospitals-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/university-hospitals-uncovers-dangers-being-pregnant-and-unvaccinated">University Hospitals Uncovers the Dangers of Being Pregnant and Unvaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>UH explains what women need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/nebraska-medicine-shares-stats-and-stories-encourage-covid-19-vaccination"><img alt="Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services chart depicting COVID-19 hospitalization rates by vaccination status in Nebraska, 2021" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-nebraska-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/nebraska-medicine-shares-stats-and-stories-encourage-covid-19-vaccination">Nebraska Medicine Shares Statistics and Stories to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine shares stories about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, supported by analyses of 2021 COVID-19 statewide data.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/northwestern-medicine-says-believe-vaccine"><img alt="illustration of scientists at work with text The Science of Vaccines and Northwestern Medicine logo" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-northwestern-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/northwestern-medicine-says-believe-vaccine">Northwestern Medicine Says ’Believe in the Vaccine’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Health care leaders recognize that the COVID-19 omicron variant is different and underscore that vaccines work.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/uchicago-medicine-dispels-covid-19-vaccine-and-variant-myths"><img alt="Poster: Fact - Just because someone didn't die from COVID-19 doesnt mean they won't be impacted long-term or won't spread it to someone who will become severely ill or die. To learn more about the vaccine, visit: uchicagomedicine.org/covid-19" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-UChicago-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/uchicago-medicine-dispels-covid-19-vaccine-and-variant-myths">UChicago Medicine Dispels COVID-19 Vaccine and Variant Myths</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge in Illinois, UChicago Medicine is educating communities about COVID-19 vaccines, boosters and breakthrough infections.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/colorado-covid-19-spread-critical-and-so-are-vaccination-efforts"><img alt="Two women,one a UCHealth worker and the other an elderly patient, give double thumbs up to camera" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-UCHealth-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/colorado-covid-19-spread-critical-and-so-are-vaccination-efforts">The Colorado COVID-19 Spread Is Critical and So Are Vaccination Efforts</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>UCHealth says it’s better prepared now than before to respond to the current surge in COVID-19 cases and address vaccine hesitancy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/cmos-message-after-covid-19-infects-his-family-vaccines-work"><img alt="video excerpt of Johnston Health Chief Medical Officer Rodney McCaskill" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/vaccination-johnston-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/cmos-message-after-covid-19-infects-his-family-vaccines-work">CMO’s Message after COVID-19 Infects His Family: Vaccines Work</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The chief medical officer at Johnston Health in North Carolina shares his family’s personal experiences fighting COVID-19 and urges others to get vaccinated and boosted.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/omicron-variant-spreads-clinicians-advise-protect-each-other-and-get-vaccinated-or-boosted"><img alt="Sanford health graphic depicting COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU cases and ventilator cases broken down by number of vaccinated vs unvaccinated" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/VacciNation_SanfordHealth_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/omicron-variant-spreads-clinicians-advise-protect-each-other-and-get-vaccinated-or-boosted">As Omicron Variant Spreads, Clinicians Advise: Get Vaccinated or ‘Boosted’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Clinicians at Sanford Health in South Dakota are connecting with their community via digital platforms to address concerns about the COVID-19 omicron variant.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/data-variants-supports-getting-covid-19-booster-say-musc-researchers"><img alt="graphic of five coronavirus variants" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/VacciNation_MUSCHealth_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/data-variants-supports-getting-covid-19-booster-say-musc-researchers">Data on Variants Supports Getting a COVID-19 Booster, Say MUSC Researchers</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Two researchers at Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC, who are studying COVID-19 variants, warn of a new surge in cases and urge people to get vaccinated or “boosted.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/inova-health-supports-covid-19-vaccine-journey-hesitant-mom"><img alt="Sam Elgawly, M.D., director of clinical excellence and patient flow at Inova Health" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/vaccination-inova-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/inova-health-supports-covid-19-vaccine-journey-hesitant-mom">Inova Health Supports the COVID-19 Vaccine Journey of a Hesitant Mom</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>National poll reveals 40% of parents said their health care provider has the biggest influence on their decision to vaccinate their kids.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mount-sinai-experts-discuss-omicron-variant-and-urge-full-dose-vaccination"><img alt="Daniel Caplivski, M.D., director of the Icahn School of Medicine Travel Medicine Program at Mount Sinai" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/vaccination-mount-sinai-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mount-sinai-experts-discuss-omicron-variant-and-urge-full-dose-vaccination">Mount Sinai Experts Discuss Omicron Variant and Urge ‘Full Dose’ Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The holiday season is a good motivator to become fully vaccinated, say clinicians at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, a state where the omicron variant has spread.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospital-leaders-urge-their-mississippi-community-trust-your-doc-get-shot"><img alt="Forrest General CMO Dr. Steven Farrell" src="/sites/default/files/2021-12/vaccination-forrest-general-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospital-leaders-urge-their-mississippi-community-trust-your-doc-get-shot">Hospital Leaders Urge Their Mississippi Community: ‘Trust Your Doc. Get the Shot!’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Clinical leaders at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are participating in a campaign urging community members to get the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tufts-medical-center-responds-rise-demand-covid-19-boosters"><img alt="Tufts health worker administers vaccine to seated patient" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/vaccination-tufts-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tufts-medical-center-responds-rise-demand-covid-19-boosters">Tufts Medical Center Responds to Rising Demand for Boosters</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Growing concerns over the omicron COVID-19 variant ahead of holiday gatherings result in long lines at vaccine clinics in Massachusetts.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/uk-healthcare-teams-share-heartbreaking-stories-moms-and-babies-covid-19-and-urge-vaccination"><img alt="UK HealthCare worker wearing scrubs and mask discusses her patients" src="/sites/default/files/2021-11/vaccination-UK-Healthcare-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/uk-healthcare-teams-share-heartbreaking-stories-moms-and-babies-covid-19-and-urge-vaccination">UK HealthCare Shares Stories of Moms and Babies with COVID-19 and Urges Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>One chapter in a UK HealthCare video series focuses on its NICU, PICU and labor and delivery teams, who are caring for the “sickest patients this hospital is seeing at times” and urging pregnant women to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/golisano-childrens-hospital-serves-model-vaccinating-families-young-children-against-covid-19"><img alt="Smiling woman stands holding a child on each hip" src="/sites/default/files/2021-11/vaccination-GCH-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/golisano-childrens-hospital-serves-model-vaccinating-families-young-children-against-covid-19">Children’s Hospital Serves as Model for Vaccinating Families Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Golisano Children's Hospital is using logic and convenience to break down barriers and get shots into the arms of kids and their caregivers.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/st-patrick-hospital-addresses-unexpected-covid-19-surge-and-need-vaccines"><img alt="Health worker listens to boy's heart" src="/sites/default/files/2021-11/VacciNATION-st-patrick-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/st-patrick-hospital-addresses-unexpected-covid-19-surge-and-need-vaccines">St. Patrick Hospital Addresses Unexpected COVID-19 Surge and Need for Vaccines</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Officials at St. Patrick Hospital in Montana say as COVID-19 cases rose, patient ages dropped. Expanding vaccine eligibility to younger people came at the right time.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-hospital-shares-covid-19-prevention-checklist-holiday-gatherings"><img alt="APIC holiday COVID-19 and Flu prevention poster" src="/sites/default/files/2021-11/VacciNATION-Houlton-Regional-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-hospital-shares-covid-19-prevention-checklist-holiday-gatherings">Rural Hospital Shares COVID-19 Prevention Checklist for Holiday Gatherings</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Houlton Regional Hospital in Maine shared guidelines on safely hosting holiday get-togethers with friends and family and preventing COVID-19 and flu from spreading.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/military-health-facilities-playing-role-vaccinating-not-only-veterans-also-children"><img alt="Health worker administers vaccine to child of military family" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/vaccination-veteran-family-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/military-health-facilities-playing-role-vaccinating-not-only-veterans-also-children">Military Health Facilities Playing Role in Vaccinating Not Only Veterans, But Also Children</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>COVID-19 Vaccines – Including Pediatric and Booster Doses - Shipped to Military and VA Hospitals and Clinics.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/huntington-hospital-pivot-and-run-get-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19"><img alt="Huntington Hospital worker administers vaccine to woman sitting in chair" src="https://staging.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/vaccination-huntington-case-study-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/huntington-hospital-pivot-and-run-get-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19">Huntington Hospital: Learning to ‘Pivot and Run’ to Get People Vaccinated Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As COVID-19 vaccine demand ebbed and flowed, Huntington Hospital managed a constant cycle of testing the vaccination process and adjusting on the fly.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/making-meaningful-connections-combat-vaccine-hesitancy"><img alt="Poster lays out the 5 steps of motivational interviewing" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/vaccination-penn-medicine-november-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/making-meaningful-connections-combat-vaccine-hesitancy">Making Meaningful Connections to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Penn Medicine physician shares a successful technique for talking with people who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospitals-weigh-covid-19-vaccine-authorization-young-kids"><img alt="Texas Children's Hospital staff gathered in hall. Overlay: Our Shot for a Better Tomorrow" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/vaccination-texas-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospitals-weigh-covid-19-vaccine-authorization-young-kids">Hospitals Weigh in on COVID-19 Vaccine Authorization for Young Kids</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Pediatricians join the front lines of COVID-19 vaccination plans as eligibility expands to children 5 to 11 years old.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tips-preparing-children-ages-5-11-covid-19-vaccination"><img alt="stock photo of young girl playing doctor, using to syringe to give woman shot in arm" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/vaccination-connecticut-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tips-preparing-children-ages-5-11-covid-19-vaccination">Tips on Preparing Children Ages 5-11 for COVID-19 Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Connecticut Children’s is sharing information to help parents prepare their children for the COVID-19 vaccine, once authorized for ages 5-11.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-americans-lend-their-voices-encourage-others-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Ad Council advertisement with farmer and two yung children in a field reads 'We did a good day's work, and we can face tomorrow.' - Matt Splitter" src="/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNation_rural_americans_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-americans-lend-their-voices-encourage-others-get-vaccinated">Rural Americans Lend Their Voices to Encourage Others to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As deaths due to COVID-19 increase disproportionately in rural communities, farmers, ranchers and other rural residents are opening up about the hardships they’ve faced.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/colorado-clinician-shares-how-protect-children-not-yet-vaccinated-against-covid-19"><img alt="Dr. Reggie Washington, RMHC Chief Medical Officer" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNation_RockyMountainHospital_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/colorado-clinician-shares-how-protect-children-not-yet-vaccinated-against-covid-19">Colorado Clinician Shares How to Protect Children Not Yet Vaccinated Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The chief medical officer at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children is publicly urging everyone eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine to get it, and also sharing the best ways to protect children who cannot get the shot yet.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covenant-health-blends-old-and-new-practices-care-covid-19-patients-and-deliver-vaccines"><img alt="Stock photo of female health worker administering vaccine to elderly patient at home" src="/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_covenant-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covenant-health-blends-old-and-new-practices-care-covid-19-patients-and-deliver-vaccines">Covenant Health Goes Back-To-Basics to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The Texas hospital is making house calls to educate people about the vaccines and administers shots.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/henry-ford-health-overcomes-challenges-vaccinate-staff-and-communities"><img alt="Henry Ford staff wearing PPE" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/Vacci-Nation_HenryFord_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/henry-ford-health-overcomes-challenges-vaccinate-staff-and-communities">Henry Ford Health Overcomes Challenges to Vaccinate Staff and Communities</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As of early October 2021, the health system reached a 99% vaccination rate among staff and more than 600,000 people were vaccinated throughout the region.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/how-one-woman-innovating-health-care-get-more-people-vaccinated"><img alt="Brigham spanish language announcement of a mobile vaccination clinic" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_brigham-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/how-one-woman-innovating-health-care-get-more-people-vaccinated">How One Woman Is Innovating Health Care to Get More People Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>New COVID-19 vaccine strategies to reach people still not vaccinated are under development.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/dartmouth-hitchcock-health-addresses-covid-19-flu-season-and-staffing-shortages"><img alt="Edward J. Merrens, M.D., chief clinical officer at D-HH" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_dartmouth-hitchcock-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/dartmouth-hitchcock-health-addresses-covid-19-flu-season-and-staffing-shortages">Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Addresses COVID-19, Flu Season and Staffing Shortages</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Getting the COVID-19 and flu vaccines is safe and effective and may ease strain on hospital staff.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/wyoming-hospital-urges-community-help-us-keep-critical-services-open"><img alt="SMH chart depicts current COVID-19 hospitalization and case rates in the SMH community" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_sheridan-memorial-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/wyoming-hospital-urges-community-help-us-keep-critical-services-open">Wyoming Hospital Urges Community: Help Us Keep Critical Services Open</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>In Wyoming — where COVID-19 vaccination rates are low — Sheridan Memorial Hospital calls for more people to get vaccinated by sharing data on rising cases and hospitalizations, and the impact on resources.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/connecticut-hospital-saves-critically-ill-covid-19-patient-prompts-vaccinations"><img alt="Robby Walker and Susan Walker" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNation_StFrancis_LP_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/connecticut-hospital-saves-critically-ill-covid-19-patient-prompts-vaccinations">Connecticut Hospital Saves Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient, Prompts Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Florida man survives COVID-19 by receiving rare blood treatment and encourages others to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-care-workers-implore-surrounding-community-see-us-hear-us-and-support-us-and-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Jorge Garcia of Tampa General" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_tampa-gen-700x532_0.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-care-workers-implore-surrounding-community-see-us-hear-us-and-support-us-and-get-vaccinated">Health Care Workers' Plea: See Us, Hear Us and Support Us — and Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Tampa General Hospital released a powerful video that captures health care workers’ fighting spirit while urging the community to “do your part” and get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid-19-patient-stories-go-viral-and-encourage-vaccinations"><img alt="Sharp Chula Vista ER nurse Danny Plata" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/VacciNATION_sharp_chula_vista_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid-19-patient-stories-go-viral-and-encourage-vaccinations">COVID-19 Stories Go Viral and Encourage Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Front-line workers who share COVID-19 information and stories on social media are having a positive effect in the fight against the pandemic</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/pediatric-docs-nationwide-say-pfizer-vaccine-use-young-kids-offers-hope"><img alt="young female Rady Children's Hospital patient is adminstered vaccine by female health worker" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION-pediatric-docs-rady-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/pediatric-docs-nationwide-say-pfizer-vaccine-use-young-kids-offers-hope">Pediatric Docs Nationwide Say Pfizer Vaccine Use for Young Kids Offers Hope</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Leaders of children’s hospitals applaud expanded vaccine eligibility among kids as an important step toward ending the pandemic.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mother-young-child-hospitalized-covid-19-shares-story"><img alt="Cecilia and her mother" src="/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION_colorado-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/mother-young-child-hospitalized-covid-19-shares-story">Mother of Young Child Hospitalized with COVID-19 Shares Story</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Colorado mom of a two-year old hospitalized for COVID-19 encourages people to get vaccinated “for our young children who can’t.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/rush-university-medical-center-vaccinates-community-hot-spots-against-covid-19"><img alt="Alma Blancarte Mora, R.N." src="/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION-RUMC-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/rush-university-medical-center-vaccinates-community-hot-spots-against-covid-19">Rush University Medical Center Vaccinates Community Hot Spots Against COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Inspiring nurse joins COVID-19 task force and launches community vaccination team.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/arkansas-hospital-emphasizes-empathy-vaccination-approach"><img alt="Stock photo of doctor and patient in exam room" src="/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION_saline-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/arkansas-hospital-emphasizes-empathy-vaccination-approach">Arkansas Hospital Emphasizes Empathy in Vaccination Approach</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Saline Health CEO says vaccine strategies must “start with the heart.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/idaho-activates-crisis-standards-care-health-care-leaders-deliver-vaccination-plea"><img alt="Idaho is under crisis standards of care statewide" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION_idaho-hopitals-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/idaho-activates-crisis-standards-care-health-care-leaders-deliver-vaccination-plea">As Idaho Activates Crisis Standards of Care, Health Care Leaders Deliver Vaccination Plea</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>As COVID-19 care demands “outstrip resources” at some Idaho hospitals, health care leaders came together to discuss how they are addressing the crisis and reiterate the solution: vaccination.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/death-hospital-ceo-inspires-community-staff-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Leon Haley Jr, M.D." src="/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION_haley-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/death-hospital-ceo-inspires-community-staff-get-vaccinated">Death of Hospital CEO Inspires Community, Staff to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The untimely passing of a UF Health CEO has prompted people to get vaccinated in his honor.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/physician-travels-country-get-people-vaccinated-through-education-encouragement"><img alt="Rhea Boyd, M.D., M.P.H" src="/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNATION_boyd-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/physician-travels-country-get-people-vaccinated-through-education-encouragement">Physician Travels Country to Get People Vaccinated through Education, Encouragement</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Health pediatrician leads national conversation on getting the unvaccinated vaccinated</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/clinicians-urge-covid-19-vaccination-defeat-unrelenting-foe"><img alt="Chart shows 17 vaccinated and 1 unvaccinated patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and 5 unvaccinated patients are on ventilators" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNation_Appalachian_Regional_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/clinicians-urge-covid-19-vaccination-defeat-unrelenting-foe">Clinicians Urge COVID-19 Vaccination to Defeat an ‘Unrelenting Foe’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Clinicians at Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina held a COVID Care Vigil and talked frankly about the resurgence in COVID-19 hospitalizations: “This wave has broken our spirits.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-system-vaccinates-patients-against-covid-19-discharge"><img alt="UR Medicine health worker administers vaccine to patient" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/VacciNation_URMedicine_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-system-vaccinates-patients-against-covid-19-discharge">Health System Vaccinates Patients Against COVID-19 at Discharge</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>After vaccinating patients at discharge at one of its hospitals, University of Rochester Medicine deployed the process across its entire care network.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospitals-share-covid-19-survivor-stories-urge-vaccinations"><img alt="Covington patient and COVID survivor Isaiah and his wife Abby" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/Vacci-Nation_CovingtonHospital_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospitals-share-covid-19-survivor-stories-urge-vaccinations">Hospitals Share COVID-19 Survivor Stories to Urge Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Hospitals are using first-person testimonies from COVID-19 survivors to emphasize the importance of vaccinations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/banner-health-mandates-staff-vaccinations-launches-shotofhumanity-campaign"><img alt="Banner Health infographic chart shows R0 value for several viruses, including the original (R0=3) and Delta (R0=7) strains of COVID-19" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/Vacci-Nation_BannerHealth_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/banner-health-mandates-staff-vaccinations-launches-shotofhumanity-campaign">Banner Health Mandates Staff Vaccinations, Launches #ShotofHumanity Campaign</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Like many U.S. hospitals and health systems, Banner Health is mandating that all employees be fully vaccinated, sending a strong message to the communities it serves.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tennessee-hospital-leaders-pen-open-letter-getting-vaccinated"><img alt="Stock image of a female patient being vaccinated by a male health worker in scrubs and ppe" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/Vacci-Nation_Vacci-Nation_TennesseeHealthLeaders_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tennessee-hospital-leaders-pen-open-letter-getting-vaccinated">Tennessee Hospital Leaders Pen Open Letter on Getting Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Health care leaders plead for people to get vaccinated and mask up to slow one of the Tennessee’s biggest COVID-19 surges.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/wolfson-childrens-hospital-works-keep-kids-safe-school-begins"><img alt="Wolfson staff stand in front of a fountain outside Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children's Hospital" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation_Wolfson_for%20webpage_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/wolfson-childrens-hospital-works-keep-kids-safe-school-begins">Wolfson Children’s Hospital Works to Keep Kids Safe as School Begins</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The children’s hospital arms educators and parents with critical COVID-19 information and encourages vaccinations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/strategic-partnerships-help-centracare-vaccinate-latino-people"><img alt="CentraCare health worker vaccinates adolescent boy" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation_CentraCare_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/strategic-partnerships-help-centracare-vaccinate-latino-people">Strategic Partnerships Help CentraCare Vaccinate Latino People by Eliminating Language Barriers, Fear of Immigration Status</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>CentraCare is using multiple strategies to ensure communities with lower vaccination rates in central Minnesota get the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/delta-variant-spreads-doctors-deliver-straight-talk-covid-19-people-who-are-unvaccinated"><img alt="Dr. Enrique Lopez is pictured in ppe at Phoebe north" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation_Phoebe_Putney_Health_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/delta-variant-spreads-doctors-deliver-straight-talk-covid-19-people-who-are-unvaccinated">As Delta Variant Spreads, Doctors Deliver Straight Talk on COVID-19 to People Who Are Unvaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>A Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital physician, like many other clinicians, is making a personal plea to unvaccinated people, after witnessing new surges in COVID-19 cases.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/just-facts-stopping-spread-delta-variant"><img alt="Female patient is vaccinated by a health worker in PPE" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation_St_James_Healthcare_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/just-facts-stopping-spread-delta-variant">Just the Facts on Stopping the Spread of the Delta Variant</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>St. James Healthcare’s chief medical officer writes about how to stop the delta variant, as COVID-19 cases increase in Butte, Mont.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/patient-shares-harrowing-covid-19-battle-and-urges-vaccination"><img alt="Travis Campbell, Bristol patient" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation-Bristol-Regional-Medical-Center-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/patient-shares-harrowing-covid-19-battle-and-urges-vaccination">Patient Shares Harrowing COVID-19 Battle and Urges Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>A patient at Bristol Regional Medical Center in Tennessee documented his hospitalization with COVID-19 on social media.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/dynamic-communications-key-covid-19-vaccine-success-geisinger"><img alt="Geisinger nurse informatician Jana Kass and her husband Dan Landesberg, an associate vice president at Geisinger, and their dogs in a pregnancy announcement photo" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNation_Geisinger_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/dynamic-communications-key-covid-19-vaccine-success-geisinger">Dynamic Communications Key to COVID-19 Vaccine Success at Geisinger</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Geisinger’s approach to messaging is keeping its patients, communities and health care teams informed about COVID-19 vaccination.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-hospital-bolsters-covid-19-vaccination-numbers-building-public-trust"><img alt="Female patient is vaccinated by a health worker in PPE" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNATION_guadalupe-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/rural-hospital-bolsters-covid-19-vaccination-numbers-building-public-trust">Rural Hospital Bolsters COVID-19 Vaccination Numbers by Building Public Trust</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Guadalupe County Hospital, a 10-bed rural hospital, has prioritized vaccinating area residents, a population of many older adults and minorities, with excellent results.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/promedicas-advice-keeping-unvaccinated-kids-safe-covid-19"><img alt="Close up of arm, sleeve pulled up, COVID-19 vaccination sticker on shoulder" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/VacciNATION_ProMedica-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/promedicas-advice-keeping-unvaccinated-kids-safe-covid-19">ProMedica’s Advice on Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Safe from COVID-19</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>ProMedica shares key information on COVID-19 vaccination — including for young children — as the delta variant spreads in Ohio.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/team-effort-drives-maines-high-vaccination-rate"><img alt="Male Maine Health worker vaccinates a male patient at an outdoor vaccination event" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-maine-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/team-effort-drives-maines-high-vaccination-rate">Team Effort Drives Maine’s High Vaccination Rate</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>MaineHealth plays a key role in leading a highly coordinated, state-wide vaccination campaign.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/childrens-hospitals-chicago-respond-parents-concerns-about-covid-19-vaccines"><img alt="Young girl at Lurie, wearing a mask, stands with hands on hips like a superhero" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-lurie-childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/childrens-hospitals-chicago-respond-parents-concerns-about-covid-19-vaccines">Children’s Hospitals in Chicago Respond to Parents’ Concerns about the COVID-19 Vaccines</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Comer Children’s Hospital and Lurie Children’s Hospital are listening to what parents have to say about the vaccines and addressing misinformation.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospital-ceo-urges-community-please-care-enough-vaccinate"><img alt="CoxHealth workers in full PPE gather around a sick patient in the COVID-19 unit" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-CoxHealth-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/hospital-ceo-urges-community-please-care-enough-vaccinate">Hospital CEO Urges Community to ‘Please Care Enough to Vaccinate’</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Fighting an “avoidable surge” in COVID-19 cases, the CEO and care teams at CoxHealth share stats and stories to urge their Southwest Missouri community to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/adventhealth-accelerating-its-covid-19-vaccine-rollout"><img alt="Female AdventHealth worker stands over female patient in wheelchair and administers vaccine" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/Vacci-Nation_AdventHealth_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/adventhealth-accelerating-its-covid-19-vaccine-rollout">AdventHealth Is Accelerating Its COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>AdventHealth is ramping up plans to get more people vaccinated as new variants emerge.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/physician-encourages-other-expectant-mothers-get-vaccinated"><img alt="woman wears mask, with text over image: 'I'm going to dance at my niece's quinceneara'" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-Texas-Childrens-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/physician-encourages-other-expectant-mothers-get-vaccinated">Physician Encourages Other Expectant Mothers to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>An expectant mother and doctor at Texas Children’s Hospital shares advice on the COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/trinity-health-launches-it-starts-here-covid-19-vaccine-campaign"><img alt="woman wears mask, with text over image: 'I'm going to dance at my niece's quinceneara'" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-trinity-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/trinity-health-launches-it-starts-here-covid-19-vaccine-campaign">Trinity Health Launches “It Starts Here” COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Trinity Health is targeting marketing and communication efforts to encourage COVID-19 vaccine confidence and administer shots to minority populations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/jefferson-health-doctor-uses-social-media-debunk-covid-19-misinformation"><img alt="Dr. Austin Chiang of Jefferson Health" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-jefferson-chiang-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/jefferson-health-doctor-uses-social-media-debunk-covid-19-misinformation">Jefferson Health Doctor Uses Social Media to Debunk COVID-19 Misinformation</a></h4> </div> </div> <p> A physician/chief medical social media officer at Jefferson Health posts TikTok videos to dispel myths about health care and the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/collaboration-and-flexibility-are-cornerstones-lifepoint-healths-vaccination-efforts"><img alt="Lifepoint staff stand holding #VaccineHero sign that says 'I Miss So Much. Get a COVID-19 Vaccine'" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-lifepoint-1-workers-holidng-sign-700x532_Cynthia%20Greising.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px; border: 1px solid #efefef;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/collaboration-and-flexibility-are-cornerstones-lifepoint-healths-vaccination-efforts">Collaboration and Flexibility Are Cornerstones of LifePoint Health’s Vaccination Efforts</a></h4> </div> </div> <p> LifePoint Health combines the best of large health system resources and grassroots efforts to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of individuals across its national network.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-system-teams-emmitt-smith-and-jill-biden-covid-19-vaccination-efforts-teens"><img alt="Emmitt Smith and First Lady Jill Biden at Parkland event" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-parkland-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/health-system-teams-emmitt-smith-and-jill-biden-covid-19-vaccination-efforts-teens">Health System Teams with Emmitt Smith and Jill Biden on Vaccination Efforts for Teens</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Pro Football Hall of Fame player Emmitt Smith encourages teens to stand up for each other and get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/ssm-health-working-with-diverse-partners-key-to-covid-19-vaccination-efforts"><img alt="Sable Flames volunteer vaccinates man at community event" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/ssm-health-700x532.png" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/ssm-health-working-with-diverse-partners-key-to-covid-19-vaccination-efforts">Working with Diverse Partners Is Key to SSM Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>By partnering with community organizations to administer vaccines and “being vulnerable” while encouraging vaccine confidence, SSM Health is reaching more and more people who have not been vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/torrance-memorial-local-fire-department-help-homebound-residents-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Health worker vaccinates homebound patient" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/VacciNATION-torrance-memorial-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/torrance-memorial-local-fire-department-help-homebound-residents-get-vaccinated">Torrance Memorial and Local Fire Department Ensure Homebound Residents Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>By partnering with the local fire and public health departments, Torrance Memorial Medical Center is vaccinating people who are homebound.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/sutter-health-community-partners-encourage-covid-19-vaccination-among-latinos"><img alt="Female patient at outdoor vaccination event is vaccinated by female Sutter health worker" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-sutter-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/sutter-health-community-partners-encourage-covid-19-vaccination-among-latinos">Sutter Health and Community Partners Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among Latinos</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Sutter Health and community partners are reaching out to areas in Northern California with high rates of COVID-19 cases and with residents who are hesitant to get the vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid-19-vax-squad-bus-visits-hawaii-schools-get-students-families-vaccinated"><img alt="Illustration of Hawaii Pacific Health Vax Squad bus" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-hawaii-pacific-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/covid-19-vax-squad-bus-visits-hawaii-schools-get-students-families-vaccinated">COVID-19 Vax Squad Bus Visits Hawaii Schools to Get Students and Families Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Using a tour bus converted into a mobile vaccination clinic, Hawaii Pacific Health is visiting schools and administering the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tampa-general-hospital-plays-pivotal-role-florida-covid-19-vaccine-rollout"><img alt="Tampa General Commendation Certificate from Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-tampa-general-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/tampa-general-hospital-plays-pivotal-role-florida-covid-19-vaccine-rollout">Tampa General Hospital Plays a Pivotal Role in Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Tampa General Hospital joined one of the first COVID-19 vaccine pilot programs and also is the first hospital in Florida to offer monoclonal antibody treatment.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/baptist-health-encourages-arkansans-mak-powerful-choice-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Baptist Health pediatrician Janell Vinson, M.D., discusses why she got vaccinated in this video still" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-Baptist-Health-fb-insta-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/baptist-health-encourages-arkansans-mak-powerful-choice-get-vaccinated">Baptist Health Encourages Arkansans to Make a ‘Powerful’ Choice and Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Baptist Health is sharing “why” videos on YouTube that feature community members and clinicians encouraging their friends, neighbors and patients to get the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/vanderbilt-health-uses-creative-partnerships-get-people-vaccinated"><img alt="Dolly Parton is vaccinated by Vanderbilt Health workers" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-vanderbilt-dolly-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/vanderbilt-health-uses-creative-partnerships-get-people-vaccinated">Vanderbilt Health Uses Creative Partnerships to Get People Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Vanderbilt Health extends its vaccine partnerships to include Nashville royalty and businesses.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/luminis-health-go-for-haircut-get-covid-shot"><img alt="Team of health workers stands in front of a table with the Luminis Health logo" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-Luminis-Health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/luminis-health-go-for-haircut-get-covid-shot">Go for a Haircut, Get a COVID Shot</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Luminis Health is sending mobile vaccination teams to barbershops, churches and other neighborhood places to help boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/effingham-health-system-making-case-covid-19-vaccination"><img alt="Health worker prepares an injection" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-effingham-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/effingham-health-system-making-case-covid-19-vaccination">Making the Case for COVID-19 Vaccination</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Effingham Health System is helping people make educated decisions about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/henry-ford-health-system-partners-with-schools-host-vaccine-clinics"><img alt="Stock photo of young woman getting a vaccination" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-henry-ford-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/henry-ford-health-system-partners-with-schools-host-vaccine-clinics">Henry Ford Health System Partners with Schools to Host Vaccine Clinics</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>By partnering with school districts and participating in a clinical trial, Henry Ford Health System is helping ensure the COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children and getting more adolescents vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/allegheny-health-network-strives-equitable-vaccine-rollout"><img alt="health worker wearing team vaccine shirt holds up sign that says they are available to give vaccine" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-allegheny-team-vaccine-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/allegheny-health-network-strives-equitable-vaccine-rollout">Allegheny Health Network Strives for an Equitable Vaccine Rollout</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>It takes leadership involvement, community partnerships and a can-do attitude to deploy and sustain a vaccination movement.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/emory-healthcare-physicians-major-league-sports-teams-are-working-get-more-atlantans-vaccinated"><img alt="Video still of a male and female Emory physician" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-emory-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/emory-healthcare-physicians-major-league-sports-teams-are-working-get-more-atlantans-vaccinated">Emory Healthcare Is Working and Partnering to Get More Atlantans Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>In Atlanta, sporting events are back and helping to get people vaccinated. In addition, physicians are sharing their “my why” stories.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/uihc-study-shows-minimum-side-effects-covid-19-vaccine"><img alt="poster indicates patients are vaccinated whether they get J&J or Pfizer vaccines" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/VacciNATION-iowa-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/uihc-study-shows-minimum-side-effects-covid-19-vaccine">UIHC Study Shows Minimum Side Effects from COVID-19 Vaccine</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>The health system is taking extra steps to reassure special groups of people to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/vaccinating-lgbtq-community"><img alt="screenshot of participants in Boulder Community Health video call" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION-boulder-community-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/vaccinating-lgbtq-community">Vaccinating the LGBTQ Community</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Boulder Community Health shares how it’s encouraging LGBTQ people to say yes to the vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/encouraging-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Four men wearing masks stand in a row, arms around shoulders" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION-kaiser-permanente-hawaii-700x532.png" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/encouraging-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-get-vaccinated">Encouraging Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Kaiser Permanente Hawaii responds to the lagging number of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders getting vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story<img alt="child icon" src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/child-icon.png" style="margin-left: 5px;" /></p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/spectrum-health-launches-this-is-big-vaccine-campaign"><img alt="stock photo of people holding signs that say Vaccine? Yes or No" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION-spectrum-health-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/spectrum-health-launches-this-is-big-vaccine-campaign">Spectrum Health Launches ‘This is BIG’ Vaccine Campaign</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Spectrum Health is sharing “My Why” stories along with safety information to encourage everyone, including adolescents, to get the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/university-health-empowers-people-to-encourage-others-to-get-vaccinated"><img alt="stock photo of people holding signs that say Vaccine? Yes or No" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION_University_Health_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/university-health-empowers-people-to-encourage-others-to-get-vaccinated">Health System Empowers People to Encourage Others to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>University Health in San Antonio is disseminating important information on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines — and sharing tips on how to talk with family and friends who are hesitant to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/peacehealth-vaccinating-rural-america-through-peer-to-peer-outreach"><img alt="Patient Gabriela has received first does of vaccine" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION_PeaceHealth_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/peacehealth-vaccinating-rural-america-through-peer-to-peer-outreach">PeaceHealth Is Vaccinating Rural America Through Peer-to-Peer Outreach</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>PeaceHealth says misinformation holds back many people from getting vaccinated in their communities, so it’s spreading the word about vaccination benefits among farming families.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/personal-stories-from-baystate-health-employees-encourage-covid-19-vaccinations"><img alt="Patient stands in front of poster that says I Took My #BestShot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION_Baystate-Health_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/personal-stories-from-baystate-health-employees-encourage-covid-19-vaccinations">Personal Stories from Baystate Health Employees Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>From sharing personal stories on social media to creating a “selfie station” at the health system’s COVID-19 vaccine center, the Baystate Health team is encouraging its community to get vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/nurse-urges-historic-rural-black-community-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Black Female health worker gives shot to black male patient in this stock photo" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION-Central-Alabama-Veterans-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/nurse-urges-historic-rural-black-community-get-vaccinated">Nurse Urges Historic, Rural, Black Community to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Alabama nurse leads by example getting vaccinated and encouraging others in historic Tuskegee to do the same.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/addressing-vaccine-confidence-ochsner-health"><img alt="Billboard at Smoothie King Center announced free walk-up vaccination during game" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION-OchsnerHealth-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/addressing-vaccine-confidence-ochsner-health">Addressing Vaccine Confidence at Ochsner Health</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Ochsner Health is targeting minority groups and specific patient populations to address COVID-19 vaccine concerns, plus offering the vaccine for free at pro basketball games and local festivals.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/vaccine-swat-team-ensures-everyone-has-chance-to-get-vaccinated"><img alt="Health workers wearing masks stand around posterboard that reads '10000 vaccines given!!''" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION_Southwest-Health-System-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="https://www.aha.org/vaccine-stories/vaccine-swat-team-ensures-everyone-has-chance-to-get-vaccinated">Vaccine SWAT Team Ensures Everyone Has a Chance to Get Vaccinated</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Southwest Health System is doing everything possible to make sure its community is vaccinated, including sending out a vaccine swat team to give COVID-19 shots to homebound people.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/atlanticare-responds-to-new-jerseys-covid-19-vaccine-call-to-action"><img alt="masked woman at vaccine event stands with arms raised in celebration" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNATION_AtlantiCare_700x532-main-image-arms-raised.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/atlanticare-responds-to-new-jerseys-covid-19-vaccine-call-to-action">AtlantiCare Responds to New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call to Action</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>AtlantiCare relies on efficient and effective collaboration and communication to vaccinate communities.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/physician-musician-performs-people-after-receiving-their-vaccine"><img alt="Doctors play music for patients who've been vaccinated" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNation_MWHC_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/physician-musician-performs-people-after-receiving-their-vaccine">Physician Musician Performs for People after Receiving Their Vaccine</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Armed with his guitar, a physician has been entertaining people getting their shots at the Mary Washington Healthcare COVID-19 vaccine clinic.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/uva-health-vaccine-confidence-virtual-town-halls"><img alt="female health worker administers an injection to an elderly male patient in this stock photo" src="/sites/default/files/2021-05/VacciNation_UVA_Health_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/uva-health-vaccine-confidence-virtual-town-halls">UVA Health Vaccine Confidence Virtual Town Halls</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>A team of doctors and scientists at UVA Health answers the public’s questions about deployment, efficacy and safety of all COVID-19 vaccines.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/setting-right-course-vaccination-success"><img alt="two women, wearing masks, sit at a Johns Hopkins vaccination event behind a sign that says 'I got my COVID-19 vaccine'" src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/Hopkins1-vaccination-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/setting-right-course-vaccination-success">Setting the Right Course for Vaccination Success</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Johns Hopkins Medicine combines smart strategies with effective partnerships for its vaccination efforts.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/nyc-health-hospitals-vaccines-all-new-yorkers"><img alt="man seated in chair receives vaccine from health worker kneeling next to him" src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/nyc-health-vacc-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/nyc-health-hospitals-vaccines-all-new-yorkers">NYC Health + Hospitals: Vaccines for All New Yorkers</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>NYC Health + Hospitals shows what it takes to get people vaccinated.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/ut-southwestern-medical-center-offers-online-vaccine-action-center"><img alt="female health worker draws vaccine into a syringe for an injection in this stock photo" src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/UT_southwestern_vacc_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/ut-southwestern-medical-center-offers-online-vaccine-action-center">UT Southwestern Medical Center Offers Online Vaccine Action Center</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>By offering online content in English and Spanish, UT Southwestern is ensuring its community has the information to feel confident about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Case Study</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/atrium-health-multipronged-approach-reduce-vaccination-barriers-and-promote-vaccine-readiness"><img alt="Compiled image of three faces - Video chat style" src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Atrium_stadium-vaccinations-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/atrium-health-multipronged-approach-reduce-vaccination-barriers-and-promote-vaccine-readiness">A Multipronged Approach to Reduce Barriers and Promote Vaccine Readiness</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Atrium Health has worked with new partners to roll out mass vaccination events, roving units and smaller vaccination events to reduce barriers to access.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/spreading-vaccine-confidence-through-mass-vaccination-clinics-house-calls"><img alt="Penn Medicine health worker adminsters vaccine dose to community member at mass vaccination event" src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/vaccination-penn-medicine-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/vaccine-stories/spreading-vaccine-confidence-through-mass-vaccination-clinics-house-calls">Spreading Vaccine Confidence Through Mass Vaccination Clinics, House Calls</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Penn Medicine and Mercy Catholic Medical Center partner on a community-based collaborative to administer COVID-19 vaccines and leave no one behind.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/sarasota-memorial-health-cares-video-addresses-concerns-about-covid-19-vaccines"><img alt="Manuel Gordillo, M.D." src="https://www.aha.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/VacciNATION_Sarasota_Memorial_700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; margin-top: 0"><a href="/sarasota-memorial-health-cares-video-addresses-concerns-about-covid-19-vaccines">Sarasota Memorial Health Care’s Video Addresses Concerns about COVID-19 Vaccines</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>In a video talk, an infectious disease specialist at Sarasota Memorial Health Care addresses seven COVID-19 vaccine myths.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-heading"> <p>Short Story</p> </div> <div class="panel-body" style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><a href="/vaccine-stories/rush-university-medical-center-taps-faith-leaders-build-vaccine-confidence"><img alt="Clergy member receives vaccine dose from Rush health worker " src="/sites/default/files/2021-04/vaccination-rush-700x532.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /></a></div> <div class="row" style=""> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4 style="padding-top: 5px; 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