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Many colleges will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools are also mandating that staff members be vaccinated. Other colleges are encouraging community members to get vaccinated against through walk-ups without appointments.

What you need to know: CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommend use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine resume in the United States, after a temporary pause.

The PRRI–IFYC Religion and the Vaccine Survey, the largest study conducted to date in this area, reveals that faith-based approaches supporting vaccine uptake can influence members of key hesitant groups to get vaccinated and thus can be a vital tool for the public health community as we work toward herd immunity.

A 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in her convent and why it’s important to embrace the vaccine.

The coalition was featured in America Magazine.

The coalition was featured on Aleteia, an online Catholic news and information website.

The webinar is free and open to anyone who wants to learn about vaccine equity and the many ways the Catholic Church can promote it. #CatholicCares.

Cases of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia after Receipt of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network April 13, 2021, 1:00 PM ET CDCHAN-00442

The following statement is attributed to Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC and Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Español (Spanish) Media Statement For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286

The coalition includes the CHA, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and Jesuit Refugee Service along with religious orders and groups representing church ministries in education, chaplaincy, advocacy and mission work.

Join Maryknoll on World Health Day, Wednesday, April 7, for a 30-minute webinar on global vaccine access.

The Pontifical Academy for Life promotes accurate information about and a correct understanding of topics of global bioethics, according to the direction of Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis, and as expressed by the messages and discourses that these popes have addressed to the Pontifical Academy.

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) calls on global leaders to ensure that COVID vaccine efforts prioritize all countries equally, and include refugees and other forcibly displaced people in each country’s vaccine distribution plans.