Coronavirus Vaccine

A recent study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that a more “efficient and equitable administration” of COVID-19 vaccines needs to be a high priority after preliminary data showed mostly non-Hispanic White women received the COVID-19 vaccine so far.

The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear.

The investigation into the death of a 64-year-old man in Northern California shortly after he received the coronavirus vaccine has revealed that the man had recently tested positive for coronavirus and was showing signs of illness when given the vaccine.

City officials said they gave him the task because he and his friends had organized one of the community groups that set up COVID-19 testing sites throughout the city last year. But they shut the vaccine operation down once they learned that Doroshin had switched his privacy notice to potentially sell patient data.

Amid the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, various retailers have answered the call to help immunize eligible members of the public, including Walmart, Costco and Publix.

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that new coronavirus variants are a “wake-up call to all of us” and said scientists must be ready to tweak vaccines as needed to stay ahead of the public health crisis.

The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Friday that he hopes children will begin to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by late spring or early summer.

President Joe Biden visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda on Friday during his first major trip beyond the White House since the inauguration.

Regulators have authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.

With vaccinations off to a rocky start globally, experts had been counting on a one-dose vaccine that would stretch scarce supplies and avoid the logistics nightmare of getting people to return for boosters.

Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot.

Experts warn that common over-the-counter pain relievers could interfere with the body’s immune response that triggers protection from illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not quite as well — against new mutated strains of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa.