Vaccine

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday sought to revive the nation’s stalled push to vaccinate Americans against the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, announcing new requirements for federal workers to be vaccinated and urging…

Covid cases are doubling in several states and hospitals are starting to fill again, especially in states with lower vaccination rates, as the highly contagious Delta variant rips across the country.Two of the states that were hardest hit…

A group of nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, called for mandatory vaccination of health workers on Monday. With the highly contagious Delta variant…

Of the 39 percent of adults who are unvaccinated, about half say they are completely unwilling. But even within that group, some say they would comply if required to do so.Understand the State of Vaccine Mandates in the U.S.Some are…

As Israel grapples with a new surge in coronavirus cases, its Ministry of Health reported Thursday that while the effectiveness of the Pfizer BioNTech serious disease vaccine remains high, its protection against infection by the coronavirus…

People will be given a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a Covid-19 mass vaccination center on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday January 4, 2020.Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19…

"I don't wear a mask when hanging out with other people who have been vaccinated," said Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Dean of Brown University School of Public Health. “I don't even think about it. I go to the office with a few people and they are…

Vials containing the Janssen Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.Johnson & Johnson via Reuters100 cases of a rare but serious neurological disorder have been reported following Johnson & Johnson…

More and more hospitals and large health systems are requiring their employees to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, due to rising case numbers due to the Delta variant and persistently low vaccination rates in their communities and even within…

The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Johnson & Johnson is much less effective against the Delta and Lambda variants than against the original virus, according to a new study published online on Tuesday. While worrying, the results…