COVID-19 vaccine

Grants available for COVID-19 vaccine providers

Vaccine providers do the important work of keeping our communities safe and healthy, and the ongoing COVID-19 response can be costly. To help offset COVID-19-related expenses, Immunize Nevada is offering COVID-19 vaccine providers grants on a rolling basis.

What grants are available to COVID-19 vaccine providers?

The Mini Grant can be used to reimburse a variety of expenses related to COVID-19 vaccination, including:

Please note: This article and video were created in September 2021, before a vaccine was available for 5-11 year old children. On October 29, the FDA authorized a smaller dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (10 micrograms, 1/3 an adult dose) for use in 5-11-year-olds.

I decided to become an obstetrician and gynecologist when I was in high school. This decision was largely motivated by a desire to provide excellent care to the women in our community because when I treat these patients I see my own sisters, my mother, my grandmother, and nieces. I give the care I would want my family to receive.

As parents, one of our most important jobs is keeping our children safe and healthy. It’s the reason we put them in car seats, bike helmets and life jackets. It’s the reason we nag them to brush their teeth and to eat more vegetables. And it’s the reason we vaccinate them. As pediatricians, our most important job is providing families with the information and tools to help them care for their kids — it’s the cause we’ve dedicated our careers to.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup have recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 to 15.

Delivering lifesaving information to a broad audience — like the entire state of Nevada — needs to happen with as few barriers to access as possible. That’s why live chat support was recently added to NVCOVIDFighter.org, Nevada’s statewide COVID-19 vaccine information and appointment scheduling hub. The effort was a collaboration between Immunize Nevada and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

Over the last few month’s I have heard several concerns about receiving the vaccine. Here are some of the common questions I regularly hear.

As a food allergy advocate and parent of two children with food allergies, my mantra is "scrutinize every morsel of food, beverage or medication" that will enter your body. Living with food allergies requires Sherlock Holmes-like skill in keeping allergens out of the body. This means that as the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more available, people managing or caring for those who have food allergies need to apply their super-sleuthing abilities to confirm the vaccination's safety.

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