In the midst of a slower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still missing one crucial piece of information: the amount of vaccine doses that is currently available. “One …
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Will Not Be Widely Available by Late February, New CDC Director Says
The Biden-Harris administration likely won’t be able to stick to a COVID-19 vaccine rollout timeline set by the previous administration, according to Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., the new director of the Centers for Disease Control …
This Global COVID-19 Vaccine Issue Sets Us Up for a ‘Catastrophic Moral Failure,’ the WHO Warns
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is facing serious challenges in the U.S.—and across the world. While the U.S. and other individual countries are working to vaccinate as many of their own citizens as possible, people living …
Biden Announced He Will Release All Available Vaccine Doses—What Does That Mean for Access?
On Friday, the Biden transition team announced they are releasing all the available vaccine doses. Both FDA-approved vaccines require a second dose 21 days (Pfizer-Biontech) or 28 days (Moderna) after the first in order to …
Cosmetic Fillers and COVID-19 Vaccines: Here’s What You Need to Know
After a few reports that people who have cosmetic fillers and got a COVID-19 vaccine later developed facial swelling, many of the estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S. with fillers may be worried about …
Watching Dr. Fauci Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Is the Best Early Christmas Present Ever
History was made on Tuesday as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director whose updates have helped define Americans’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, received his first dose of …
9 Major Questions About mRNA Coronavirus Vaccines, Answered
Our worst COVID-19 fears have been realized. We’re currently seeing well over 200,000 cases diagnosed per day in the U.S., with out-of-control spread in almost every state. Hospitals and ICUs in particular are overwhelmed, as …
No, This Pandemic Is Not Over. Please Don’t Act Like It Is.
The other night, I made my stepmother cry. I’ve never done that before, but this time I felt as if I had to. My brother had told me about my father and stepmother’s holiday plan, …