Vaccination

WASHINGTON - An international effort to expedite the manufacture and distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the world was fueled on Thursday on two fronts: White House officials said the Biden administration would keep a U.S. pledge…

New Yorkers with chronic illnesses they re-questioned for the Covid-19 vaccine flooded a state website and call center Sunday morning, leaving many unable to make appointments at mass vaccination centers right away.State officials said…

Sofi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood, California.Keith Birmingham | MediaNews Group | Getty ImagesThe National Football League announced President Joe Biden that it is making all 32 football stadiums available to the…

Ruth Ann Platt, who saw the news on television about effective vaccines against the coronavirus, couldn't wait for them to get to her nursing home in Gainesville, Ga. "I thought it was great from the start," she said.When Ms. Platt, 88,…

More than 20,000 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 last weekend at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The idea for the three-day event came during a humble walk, according to Darius Adamczyk, CEO of Honeywell…

Amazon wrote to President Biden Thursday offering to help with communications and technology. Microsoft is opening its largely empty office campus as a vaccination center as part of a broader partnership with Washington State. Starbucks…

Brendan McDermid | ReutersLONDON - A digital Covid vaccination record is being jointly developed by a group of health and technology companies who believe governments, airlines and other companies will soon be asking people to prove they…

Bangalore Airport employees transfer cardboard boxes of vials of Covishield vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India on January 12, 2021 in Bangalore, India.Stringer | Xinhua | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE - India is preparing for one…

As governments around the world rush to vaccinate their citizens against the surging coronavirus, scientists are locked in a heated debate over a surprising question: Is it wisest to hold back the second doses everyone will need, or to give…

Like many black and rural Americans, Denese Rankin, a 55-year-old accountant and receptionist in Castleberry, Ala., Did not want the Covid-19 vaccine.Ms. Rankin was concerned about side effects - she had seen stories on social media of…