Vaccine

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice on Monday touted the state's distribution strategy for coronavirus vaccines, specifically the emphasis on ensuring that older residents are given top priority."We don't have vaccines in a warehouse on a…

Illustration of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccineGiven Ruvic | ReutersLONDON - Health systems around the world are struggling to cope with the rising number of Covid-19 infections as they race against the clock to vaccinate the…

MIAMI — Linda Kleindienst Bruns registered for a coronavirus vaccine in late December, on the first day the health department in Tallahassee, Fla., opened for applications for people her age. Despite being 72, with her immune system…

For the first time since the pandemic began, Israel says more than a quarter of the most serious Covid-19 cases requiring hospitalization occur in patients under the age of 60.The Israeli Ministry of Health blames a new strain first…

A FDNY EMS Fire Brigade Bureau employee receives a COVID-19 Moderna vaccine amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States. December 23, 2020.Carlo Allegri |…

Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that their Covid vaccine is effective against one of the mutations in the new contagious variants in the UK and South Africa.Independent experts said the results were good news, but warned that each…

In the early stages of a global effort to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to those who need it most - a process that has so far been both hectic and slow - some health officials turned to an unexpected tool: the Eventbrite ticketing…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference in Brussels, Belgium on December 13, 2020 after speaking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the phone.Olivier Hoslet | ReutersLONDON - The European Union…

A health care worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine at Clalit Health Services in the ultra-Orthodox Israeli city of Bnei Brak on January 6, 2021.JACK GUEZ | AFP | Getty ImagesAs the US, UK and Europe try to speed up their own Covid…

Seniors 65 years and older wait in line at the Sarasota Department of Health's COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Sarasota, Florida, the United States, Jan. 4, 2021.Octavio Jones | ReutersThe American Hospital Association on Thursday urged…