vaccination

If you can't make it to Yakima's State Fair Park to get a vaccine there are other places around the Yakima Valley that are offering the vaccine.

Vaccinations are also available at Yakima's State Fair Park.

The additional vaccine doses will be provided directly by the federal government and will not be taken from the state or county’s regular allotments.

Appointments will be required to get a vaccine at the site.

When it is available the goal is to vaccinate up to 500 people in the Yakima Valley everyday.

Data from the Washington state Department of Health shows only a fraction of the more than 356,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine delivered here have been used.

The nation’s largest union for meatpacking workers and the association representing meat producers joined forces to urge all 50 U.S. governors to urgently prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations.

SPOKANE (AP) — Spokane County has reported 24 confirmed or probable cases of mumps, a sharp increase from last week when there were only nine. The Spokesman-Review reports that 17 of the people affected by the disease were fully vaccinated, while the other seven people had an unknown vaccination status...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Health is letting parents know that all students at public and private high schools must be vaccinated for chickenpox beginning this fall. Officials say they hope parents will get their teens vaccinated soon to avoid a last-minute rush before the 2016-2017 school year begins. The...

The Yakima Fire Department is preparing for a possible outbreak in the flu virus after thousands of people across the country have been sickened by the virus. Fire department officials say the number of flu cases is expected to be on the rise in the next few weeks so they say now is a great time to get a flu shot...