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Sharp HealthCare is hosting the 2021 Sharp Women’s Health Conference–Which will be held virtually this year

In San Diego County, many people looking for a vaccination are finding a way to expedite the process by volunteering at local vaccination super stations, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda.

When local clinics, hospitals or the county announces there are COVID-19 vaccinations appointments available — or if sites have shut down due to shortfalls, NBC 7 will let you know here, first.

As eligibility opens up across California, some vaccination sites say they need more volunteers to administer the shot as the demand for the vaccine increases

In San Diego County, many people looking for a vaccination are finding a way to expedite the process by volunteering at local vaccination super stations.

NBC 7 visited Sharp HealthCare’s vaccination station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa and spoke with San Diegans who had just received their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Some San Diego County residents — frustrated with second-dose appointment cancellations at the Petco Park vaccination super station — have found another way to get that final shot.

Now that educators are eligible to begin receiving vaccinations, hundreds of teachers lined up at Sharp Healthcare vaccination super centers in Chula Vista and Grossmont Center to receive their first shots.

That vaccine eligibility expansion is promising news as hundreds of educators took a very important step today toward getting back into the classroom. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda spoke to some of the first teachers to receive a vaccine, now that they’re eligible.

The delay of coronavirus vaccine shipments to San Diego County this week is leading to the cancellation of vaccination appointments including those at Balboa Gym on Feb. 18, 2021. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports.

A Navy veteran has volunteered every second of every day that the South Bay Vaccination Station has been open — and he has no plans on stopping.

NBC 7’s Joe Little introduces us to a vaccination super station super volunteer.

Who is eligible to receive the coronavirus virus vaccine, right now — as of Jan. 20, 2021 — in San Diego County? How old do you have to be? Do you need an appointment. NBC 7 answers some of those common questions around the vaccination process.

Health officials are dealing with a shortage of medical-grade oxygen at hospitals in Los Angeles County. San Diego County health officials aren’t reporting the problem at hospitals here, but a local medical supplier told NBC 7 they are feeling the effects of the shortage. NBC 7 also spoke to a nurse from San Bernardino County who said the shortage has…

Ahead of New Year’s Eve, a San Diego nurse is reminding the community to avoid large gatherings as hospitals are dealing with a surge of patients. Hospitals like Sharp Healthcare are adding more nurses to work their ICU’s as more patients continue coming in trying to fight off the coronavirus. “There have been times when I want to just...

A nurse who cares for COVID-19 patients wants San Diegans to hear his message. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan has the story.

Sharp HealthCare was slated to vaccinate Carlos Alegre, a long-term care patient in Birch Patrick Skilled Nursing Facility at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Monday afternoon. With that, Alegre is expected to be the first patient in San Diego County to receive his first dose of the two-part Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Another round of COVID-19 shots are being administered at Rady Children’s Hospital – this time, the Moderna vaccine.

Sharp HealthCare was slated to vaccinate Carlos Alegre, a long-term care patient in Birch Patrick Skilled Nursing Facility at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Monday afternoon. With that, Alegre is expected to be the first patient in San Diego County to receive his first dose of the two-part Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.