JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – 50.4 percent and 40.8 percent. Those figures provided clear examples Monday of the gap between COVID vaccination progress in Tennessee and nationwide — a day after federal officials celebrated the milestone that half of U.S. adults had received at least one dose of COVID vaccine.Where 50.4 percent of American adults have received one dose, Tennessee’s figure is nearly 10 percent lower — placing it 47th out of the 50 states. The data come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Dr. Stephen May doesn’t need convincing that his part of...…JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – 50.4 percent and 40.8 percent. Those figures provided clear examples Monday of the gap between COVID vaccination progress in Tennessee and nationwide — a day after federal officials celebrated the milestone that half of U.S. adults had received at least one dose of COVID vaccine.Where 50.4 percent of American adults have received one dose, Tennessee’s figure is nearly 10 percent lower — placing it 47th out of the 50 states. The data come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Dr. Stephen May doesn’t need convincing that his part of...WW…

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WJHL) – The ladies inside a local business on this small Appalachian town’s main drag weren’t aware a COVID outbreak at a nearby nursing home had infected more than 200 residents and staff when they spoke to a reporter on a cold December morning.Two of them were unmasked, having already had the virus. One said COVID was “part of life” and Americans were going to have to learn to live with it.Not far away, staff at Heritage Hall Nursing Home continued to grapple with an outbreak that has cost 33 lives — so far — and recorded 219 total positive cases. It’s the largest of...…BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WJHL) – The ladies inside a local business on this small Appalachian town’s main drag weren’t aware a COVID outbreak at a nearby nursing home had infected more than 200 residents and staff when they spoke to a reporter on a cold December morning.Two of them were unmasked, having already had the virus. One said COVID was “part of life” and Americans were going to have to learn to live with it.Not far away, staff at Heritage Hall Nursing Home continued to grapple with an outbreak that has cost 33 lives — so far — and recorded 219 total positive cases. It’s the largest of...WW…