![Dr. James Black, head of emergency medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga, was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday in the city that was once among the most severely affected pandemic hotspots in the world.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2020-12/121720_albany_vaccine_02.jpg?itok=2Nb_wgxP)
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Dr. James Black, head of emergency medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga, was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday in the city that was once among the most severely affected pandemic hotspots in the world.
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