First Pfizer doses arrive at hospital

A nurse prepares a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine ... Center received its first 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Monday, just as 12,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Hawaii. Read More

Leave benefit for feds getting COVID-19 booster shots upheld by OPM

"The administration strongly encourages federal employees to get recommended doses of updated COVID-19 vaccines." ... Read More

FDA could authorize coronavirus vaccine 'within days,' if hearing goes well: HHS secretary

Alex Azar, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, offered an optimistic outlook Sunday on the timeline of the first coronavirus ... Moderna's vaccine on Dec. 17, arrive ... Read More

NASEM releases evidence review on COVID-19 vaccine safety

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis, according to a new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report examining whether COVID-19 vaccines can cause ... Read More

COVID-19 vaccines: Get the facts

In some people, COVID-19 vaccines can lead to heart complications called myocarditis and pericarditis. Myocarditis is the swelling, also called inflammation, of the heart muscle. Pericarditis is the ... Read More

Who Is Eligible for a COVID-19 Vaccine in Your State?

Alaska was the first state to announce ... 10 expanded the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine's emergency use authorization to include adolescents ages 12-15, and on May 12, the Centers for ... Read More

CDC panel: Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot

The CDC recommended the new shots for everyone 6 months and older, and allowed that people with weak immune systems could ... the COVID-19 vaccine, 50% fewer will get sick after they come into ... Read More

Boosted immunity: Study reveals longevity of COVID-19 booster shots

Thinking about getting a spring-time booster shot? A new study coming out of York University's Centre for Disease Modelling in the Faculty of Science shows that immunity after a COVID-19 booster lasts ... Read More

Next generation COVID-19 immunization strategies could deliver vaccine directly to the respiratory tract

However, while current COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against developing severe disease, they do little to prevent infection and transmission. Findings published in the journal Nature by ... Read More

Doctor who treated first US COVID-19 case weighs in 4 years later

Dr. Diaz was the one to treat the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the country, in Everett, Washington. SEE MORE: US health officials ... Dr. Diaz told Scripps News in a February 2021 interview. Read More

Oregon study: COVID-19 vaccine not associated with cardiac deaths in healthy young people

A study by the Oregon Health Authority found reassuring evidence that a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine — myocarditis — was not associated with cardiac deaths among previously healthy young ... Read More

Percentage of Population Fully Vaccinated

Use the map to explore state percentages across the U.S. Map (USAFacts) The availability and distribution of vaccines have fostered optimism for diminishing the spread of COVID-19. Vaccines from ... Read More