Officials are increasingly concerned about a group of Americans who remain stubborn about getting the vaccine: Republicans, especially men. While enthusiasm for the vaccine has grown over the past few months, the white Republican male MORE
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in talks with Dollar General, one of the nation’s largest retailers, to expand the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to rural areas. While Dollar General does not have pharmacies, MORE
Alaska will allow anyone in the state over the age of 16 to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Michael Dunleavy (R) announced Tuesday night, adding the measure is “effective immediately.” Alaska is the first state to allow MORE
Two Florida women disguised themselves as grandmas to gain access to their second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Florida is currently distributing vaccines to those 65 and older. The two women were 34 and 44, and MORE
President Biden said on Thursday that the state of the vaccination program he inherited was in “much worse shape” than he had expected. “We’re not going to have everything fixed for a while, but we’re MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the new variants now found in the United States, originating in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and South Africa, are expected to persist and outnumber the original COVID-19 strain. He MORE
The White House plans to inform states on Tuesday afternoon that vaccine allocations will increase by 1.5 million doses next week, to reach 10 million doses on an increased release of Moderna vaccines. This increase MORE
Drugmaker Merck & Co said on Monday that they would be ending their vaccine program due to inferior immune responses. Two vaccines in development from Merck showed immune responses below the level of those seen MORE
The early phases of the vaccination effort were designed to put the highest-risk people at the front of the line, but the pace of inoculations has frustrated experts and everyday Americans alike. The new recommendations MORE
In a major departure from vaccine rollouts around the world, the United Kingdom announced this week it would change its vaccine distribution plan to prioritize giving first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, even if it means delaying second doses. MORE
Police in Grafton, Wisconsin, have arrested a pharmacist formerly employed by Aurora Health who intentionally spoiled 500 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. The pharmacist was arrested on charges of first degree recklessly MORE
An employee at an Aurora Health facility outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was fired after admitting to removing 500 doses of vaccine from its refrigeration, ruining them and causing them to be discarded. Hospital officials said MORE
“I love my uncle. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong” Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, internal medicine resident physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center My hospital, along with hundreds of others across the MORE
When Vice President Pence and his wife bared their arms on national television to receive a coronavirus vaccine, a doctor just miles away who treats patients stricken with covid-19 was still waiting for a dose of prevention. MORE
Army General Gustave Perna, chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed, apologized to some state governors Saturday, acknowledging a “miscommunication” with states about how many doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine would initially be available. More MORE
Mike and Karen Pence along with Surgeon General Jerome Adams received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning. Pence rolled up his short sleeve and later claimed he didn’t feel a thing. NPR
Officials in multiple states said they were alerted late Wednesday that their second shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine had been drastically cut for next week, sparking widespread confusion and conflicting statements from Pfizer and federal officials about who MORE
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday night that White House officials will not necessarily be given the first shot at the new Covid-19 vaccine. “People working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat later MORE
The pain in Timothy Smith’s left arm had gotten worse — “It felt like somebody had bashed my arm for a solid hour,” he said — and fatigue was starting to set in, but the MORE
The vaccine has been authorized far quicker than any other in history, its lightning development outpacing the traditional timeline of 15-20 years. The United Kingdom became the first country Wednesday to formally approve the Pfizer and MORE
There’s been a lot of positive news about the release of a COVID-19 vaccine lately. Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna are touting better than expected outcomes from the research trials of their vaccines. But MORE
Moderna’s COVID vaccine is easier to store, transport, and prepare than Pfizer’s, experts have told Newsweek, giving it a “huge advantage” if and when the time comes for them to be rolled out across the MORE
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers. “Following our guidelines, the participant’s illness is MORE
Yes, Trump really did blame ‘blue states’ for the US’ bigly, COVID-19 related deaths. He pointed to a graph that the White House first unveiled in the spring, showing two estimated ranges of possible death MORE
Governments are desperate for a successful vaccine to help put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused 900,000 deaths worldwide as well as economic unheaval. Among the many vaccine trials underway, the WHO MORE